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<p>[QUOTE="croesus_amok, post: 24836979, member: 151299"]Hello,</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my first post (apologies if it's in the wrong place). I have read many messages on this site in the past few days - thanks to everyone for contributing to such a great resource.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the deal: A few years ago, I inherited a modest collection of pennies and nickels which has sparked in me an interest in collecting. Over the past year I have been buying a raw (ungraded) coin from eBay about once a month. I am trying to complete a collection of Indian Head cents and have been focusing mainly on those. I just bought a lot of 11 Indian Head cents because it seemed like a really good deal. Of the 11, four coins are duplicates of what I already have in my collection. One coin, in particular, appears to my very untrained eyes to be really nice. I'd like to sell the duplicates. Should I get this one graded first?</p><p><br /></p><p>I ask because it 'seems' to be in good condition but I don't know if it has been cleaned or not and while I'm fine spending sub $100 on something that may have been messed - I feel queasy offering something for sell that I really am unqualified to judge adequately. Should I get this graded (my personal guess is it is in the XF territory) or is that overkill and should I just list it as is. (NOTE: I am fine if it has been cleaned - I just want everyone to know that upfront in a transaction - so grading would give everyone the same information.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for your advice.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1590810[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1590811[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="croesus_amok, post: 24836979, member: 151299"]Hello, This is my first post (apologies if it's in the wrong place). I have read many messages on this site in the past few days - thanks to everyone for contributing to such a great resource. Here's the deal: A few years ago, I inherited a modest collection of pennies and nickels which has sparked in me an interest in collecting. Over the past year I have been buying a raw (ungraded) coin from eBay about once a month. I am trying to complete a collection of Indian Head cents and have been focusing mainly on those. I just bought a lot of 11 Indian Head cents because it seemed like a really good deal. Of the 11, four coins are duplicates of what I already have in my collection. One coin, in particular, appears to my very untrained eyes to be really nice. I'd like to sell the duplicates. Should I get this one graded first? I ask because it 'seems' to be in good condition but I don't know if it has been cleaned or not and while I'm fine spending sub $100 on something that may have been messed - I feel queasy offering something for sell that I really am unqualified to judge adequately. Should I get this graded (my personal guess is it is in the XF territory) or is that overkill and should I just list it as is. (NOTE: I am fine if it has been cleaned - I just want everyone to know that upfront in a transaction - so grading would give everyone the same information.) Thanks in advance for your advice. [ATTACH=full]1590810[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1590811[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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