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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Urban_Lawyer, post: 1451651, member: 36361&quot;]My in laws dropped by the a visit for Memorial Day weekend, and my mother-in-law told me she had an old coffee can that belonged to her mom with &quot;some silver-colored coins&quot; in it.&nbsp; She knew I collected and wanted me to take a look at at them.</p><p><br /></p><p>My jaw hit the floor when I saw what she had!&nbsp; The can was FULL of AU-50 or better silver Roosies and Mercs (about 400 at my count) and also contained about 100 silver Washingtons (which were a little rough for wear but still very cool).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The best part was the &quot;collection&quot; my mother-in-law&#039;s grandfather had that ended up in the can.&nbsp; He had several worn-but-readable large size silver certificates from Series 1923, a couple of civil war era sitting liberty dimes and quarters, an 1868 nickel 3-Cent Piece, AND (wait for it) a beautiful 1822 large cent!</p><p><br /></p><p>A picture is below... the coin is gorgeous.&nbsp; All the hair lines are perfect (sorry for the imperfect picture) and everything seems almost MS on the obverse.&nbsp; The reverse (which I didn&#039;t think of getting a picture of before she took the coins home) had a little wear on the &quot;c&quot; of &quot;cent&quot; but otherwise was also nearly perfect.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What do you guys think the grade / value would be if I talked her into submitting it for slabbing?&nbsp; She laughed at the fact any of it could be worth anything (until I showed her the spot value of silver on Coinflation.com) but the details seem too good to just allow it to sit around in a can.&nbsp; I at least talked her into letting me put it in a flip.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]180036.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and here&#039;s a picture of the 3-Cent Piece next to a damaged sitting liberty dime, which I believe is an 1857 based on (1) the star pattern and (2) the last digit being &quot;7.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]180045.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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