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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 7384686, member: 1765&quot;]First of all, welcome.&nbsp; Second, thanks for doing a little bit of homework before asking questions, and not just coming here expecting a free appraisal of what you have.</p><p><br /></p><p>The half dollar you show looks like an XF coin, worth about $150.&nbsp; In addition to checking eBay sold items, look through PCGS&#039;s <a href="http://pcgs.com/auctionprices" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://pcgs.com/auctionprices" rel="nofollow">auction prices</a>, which is free for anyone to use.&nbsp; Also look at <a href="http://coins.ha.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com" rel="nofollow">Heritage&#039;s</a> sales, which is free to use once you set up a free account.&nbsp; Be aware that once you get below $100 in value, there won&#039;t be as much on these sites, and you&#039;ll be best to use eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as what to slab, you don&#039;t <i>have</i> to slab anything, but doing so offers best protection and liquidity and provides assurance of authenticity.&nbsp; The cost of slabbing needs to be considered, of course, including the round-trip postage costs, which can add a lot the cost per coin if you do just one or two coins.&nbsp; I would probably slab the 1831 half, but send it with a bunch of other similarly valued coins.&nbsp; The gold you mention is a maybe.&nbsp; Post pictures here.&nbsp; If they aren&#039;t problem coins (cleaned, scratched, removed from jewelry), or they are better dates, then they&#039;ll probably be worth slabbing for the reasons above.&nbsp; If you decide not to slab anything, then there are still decent coin holders you can buy to help protect your coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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