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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1075087, member: 27832&quot;]Okay, I won&#039;t drag this one out -- this one turned out to be more or less as advertised. The SLQ was advertised as 1920, but if it has a date, I can&#039;t discern it. One of the Peace dollars is holed, more thoroughly than any I&#039;ve seen -- probably a 1/4&quot; hole. I didn&#039;t notice it in the images, but now I can see it if I look at them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1878-CC looks like AU-50 details to me. I&#039;m trying to decide whether to send it in under ANACS&#039;s &quot;Dollars and cents&quot; promotion (ten dollars and/or small cents for $100), and I welcome opinions. It looks better in hand than in this photo -- if I ever want to sell coins on eBay, I have <i>got</i> to learn how to take photos that emphasize a coin&#039;s beauty, rather than its flaws.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]106615.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The gold eagle looks... really, really nice. It&#039;s got a couple of pretty bad rim hits, but the fields seem mostly in pretty good shape, it&#039;s got full luster (as best my inexperienced eye can tell), and I don&#039;t see a trace of actual wear. Here again, I&#039;d welcome advice on whether or not to get it slabbed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]106617.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The half-eagle isn&#039;t in quite such nice shape -- it&#039;s got some odd scuffing in the fields, but it still doesn&#039;t really look either cleaned or circulated to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]106616.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t recall anything else in the batch that&#039;s really worth a photo. Common Peace and Morgan dollars, a bunch of Ikes that don&#039;t mean much to me yet, some currency that also doesn&#039;t mean much to me, and lots of odds and ends. The cardboard flips have come in very handy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Oh, yeah, the Roosevelt book ended up having 35 silver, 13 clad, and the IHC book ended up having random (worn, common) coins in the last page. No 1909-S, as I expected. The Flying Eagle cent is in pretty rough shape, but it&#039;s still my first.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I was quite pleased. Got my first gold, got a nicer date Morgan, and laid in more silver -- and got some lower-value stuff for the kids to add to their collections, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part 3 will be along later tonight or tomorrow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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