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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah, make sure you let us know what it comes back as. If a coin sounds weird when you flip or drop it, there's usually something going on there.
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One possibility is that someone inherited a large collection (increasingly common), looked up the date in a Red Book, decided it had no value, and went out and spent it. Stranger things have happened... ! |
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United States
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This could be your lucky break. I hope it turns out to be 40% silver for you!
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United States
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I recommend weighing it before sending it in for grading. It could save you a few bucks. I found a silver Kentucky State Quarter, or so I thought. It looked silver and sounded silver, but later I realized that it was probably plated because it had a "D" mint mark. I weighed it. It's the usual clad quarter weight. |
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Maybe some silver blanks were hung up someplace in the minting process and got struck.
Where would they get hung up? I suppose anywhere from the time the blanks are punched out of the strips until they are fed into the dies. I am sure there are several places in bins and along the line that some could get stuck or left behind undetected between minting. You'd be amazed at how stuff can get stuck in machines. In the early 90s, I was working for a calendar printing company. We were cleaning a collator one day (this is a machine that took the 12 calendar pages and put them in order). There was a small corner of paper sticking out from a hidden crack in the machine. It was a full calendar page, crumpled up, from 1936. The machine was cleaned every year after the busy season, but this page stayed hidden for 60 years. |
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Sending in the '77d to ANACS on Friday! Sweet talked my way into getting the fall special which ended Monday, now I need to find a few more coins to send in. I am also sending a 1900 o Morgan, 1912 Wheat (rough condition but it was my Grandpas), 1910 Barber dime, I am thinking about sending in a 1893 Columbuan Expedition half (vf), 1943 Steelie, and a few random merc dimes and Washington quarters to fill out the ten coin for $100 special. In you guys opinion, am I wasting my $ sending in these extra coins when I could Grade the one 77d for $30 to $40 alone? The Morgan, Barber dime, and 1943 Steelie are all in beautiful condition the rest would be just to fill out the order. REACT TO ME!!  |
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I wish you luck Hybes. I have seen a few copies of the half dollar in pewter (sp)....counterfeit obviously. These have had the distinct sound that silver has. It is just a thought that popped in my head when reading your post. I, like you, am a roll hunter specifically for halves. I have had great success with well over 10K in silver halves. I will add the success is not so much today as it was 3-4 years ago. No, I don't think your crazy because I have seen some wild stuff going through the amount of halves I have been through. Like I said, I wish you all the luck because that would be a great find. Keep us posted.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:I am also sending a 1900 o Morgan, 1912 Wheat (rough condition but it was my Grandpas), 1910 Barber dime, I am thinking about sending in a 1893 Columbuan Expedition half (vf), 1943 Steelie, and a few random merc dimes and Washington quarters to fill out the ten coin for $100 special. I think sending in those coins is a waste of your quota. You would probably be better off getting a bunch of uncirculated recent rolls from the bank and looking for the very best examples out of them. Maybe you could find an MS69 or MS70 common coin. Making a common coin , well, uncommon. Most anyone would look at those coins you are considering sending in lower grades and wonder why were they graded? |
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I agree with Wheezydog about your submission choices. The Barber dime might be worth grading if in at least AU condition. Excepting the keys and some semi-key dates, it's not worth grading most circulated Mercury dimes and Washington quarters. Your Morgan, Colombian half, and steel cent are a complete waste of the grading fee, unless they happen to be in choice MS condition or better. If your Wheat cent has great sentimental value and you would like to have it in a slab, then go for it! Maybe you could sort through all those silver half finds and see if you have any double dies. I found a nice 1964 DDO Kennedy in a roll. ANACS is good for certifying varieties and error coins.... |
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you know, if you had just posting some of the pics that people here were asking for, rather than posting vague shots that don't give us a close up of the rim, we could have told you by now whether it was silver. have at it though...at least the grading service will be unequivocal. oh yeah, agree with the above. you shouldn't waste your money on grading some of these. can't you just store up the extra promotional gradings for later?
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Broke out my wifes camera, does a little better than my droid. Added approx. 15 pictures close-ups, obverse shots, reverse shot, edge shots, and tissue test. If you have questions about the photo read the caption below it. I hope all the shots will help clear things up, off she goes in the mail tommorow! http://picasaweb.google.com/1074358...jzK_5hM2dag# |
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Pillar of the Community
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that's a silver man! you've got yourself a 77 silver! no joke, that's no clad.
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Valued Member
United States
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I hope so. My only fear is that it may be plated. I hope to know soon though! How long does the grading process usually take?
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Pillar of the Community
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oh yeah I didn;t think about that. it could be plated.
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