New To Collecting...

50cents, I assume that blue tint is natural toning. Wow, what a beautiful coin!

Just like a lot of things, education is the key. For every coin series, there is a book that will have a lot of useful info. And also for every coin series, there are fakes (either completely counterfeit, or altered coins to make them seem like a more rare counterpart (such as adding or removing mintmarks, or other parts of a coin). THe main two in the SLQ series are 1916 and 1918/7.
If you ever pull the trigger to buy one of these, I would say to buy it authenticated/slabbed/graded or study up on them so you know what to look for.

You definately picked a great coin to start with. You should have a great time.

I noticed you are from the uhh... state up north. Do you follow any college teams in the Ann Arbor area?

Oh yes.....Wolverine fan through and through!

thankls for the link!

That Heritage site is very nice.

Do any of you buys coins from there?

My local dealer is a clown, so I will be looking at buying coins(slabbed) online, and wondering what the most reliable way is. There is a reputable dealer near me ...but they are about an hour away.

Thanks Mrcoin.....I had planned on buying slabbed coins to begin with...until I get a feel for how to grade coins. Also I have read about the reputable slabbing services. Thanks for pointing out a couple I didn't know of.

I have no idea how someone can become as knowledgable in grading coins as to pick out cleaned or artificial toned coins. Especially without holding the coin in hand. I am hoping to get to that point someday so as not to pay the 30-50$ markup for slabbing, or whatever it costs.

Thanks for the heads up...I'm getting married this weekend so I won't be able to make it.

As to being a State fan....you have my condolences

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Originally posted by janknez

Tbar, there's a nice little show this Sunday (10/29) in East Lansing, if you're near there. At the Kellogg Center on MSU's campus -- the Lansing Coin Club fall show. 10:00 to 4:00, I think.

I was glad to see somebody else from Michigan, but now that you've admitted to being a Wolverine fan, I'll just say welcome.

Go green.

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I've bought from Heritage, very satisfactorily. It pays to have a good idea of market prices before getting too excited at a Heritage auction, though....

For the record, I've been an Ohio State fan since the Woody Hayes days, but we park such differences at the entrance to Coin Community.

Michigan HUH? Well if your ever in the Chicago land area (that is in Illinois) you may want to plan on being around on almost any Sunday. There are coin shows on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sundays of every Month just outside Chicago. One coin show is in Lamont, one in Itasca and one in Coutryside. The Coutryside coin show is usually about 70 to 90 dealers and is the better show of the 3. All 3 have free admittance, free parking and easy to get to. However, if your hungry the food is not for the thrifty at heart. There are occationally a few really biggies at the Rosemont Convention Center in Rosemont of course. However, those last about 3 to 4 days, cost $5 to get in an $11 to park and the food really stinks to say the least.