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<p>[QUOTE="tommybee, post: 1058628, member: 24999"]I picked the bag up this afternoon. First, it was NOT a sealed bag from the mint. The coins were in one of those heavy duty clear plastic bags. Very good mix of coins from all years. All P's and D's...No S's. I looked through them all pretty quickly for silver. Zero silver. However, there was one painted or electroplated gold. It had some counterstamps on the obverse. To the left of Ike are 5 stars in a pentagon (for five star general, I suppose) To the right of Ike is "1945-1985" I assume this commemorates a WWII battle, or some other milestone in Ike's career.</p><p> </p><p>There are also two "holed" dollars. Most are in average circulated state. Some are worn almost smooth. Very few high grade, if any. I find it hard to grade clad, but I'm going to work my way through them to see if any are worth sending into NGC. A couple have pretty nice copper/gold or rainbow toning. Plenty of 71's and I know they are rare in gem state. I found about 15 type I 1976 as well. I'll look for die errors, varieties, too. I need to brush up on what to look for. </p><p> </p><p>I've asked my wife to take some pics and I'll get them up shortly. After I've pulled what I want, my dealer friend is going to buy the rest at a small premium. So I should make a little money no matter what. I'll probably pull about 60 of the best ones, put them in tubes and hold on to them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tommybee, post: 1058628, member: 24999"]I picked the bag up this afternoon. First, it was NOT a sealed bag from the mint. The coins were in one of those heavy duty clear plastic bags. Very good mix of coins from all years. All P's and D's...No S's. I looked through them all pretty quickly for silver. Zero silver. However, there was one painted or electroplated gold. It had some counterstamps on the obverse. To the left of Ike are 5 stars in a pentagon (for five star general, I suppose) To the right of Ike is "1945-1985" I assume this commemorates a WWII battle, or some other milestone in Ike's career. There are also two "holed" dollars. Most are in average circulated state. Some are worn almost smooth. Very few high grade, if any. I find it hard to grade clad, but I'm going to work my way through them to see if any are worth sending into NGC. A couple have pretty nice copper/gold or rainbow toning. Plenty of 71's and I know they are rare in gem state. I found about 15 type I 1976 as well. I'll look for die errors, varieties, too. I need to brush up on what to look for. I've asked my wife to take some pics and I'll get them up shortly. After I've pulled what I want, my dealer friend is going to buy the rest at a small premium. So I should make a little money no matter what. I'll probably pull about 60 of the best ones, put them in tubes and hold on to them.[/QUOTE]
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