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Posted 07/18/2017 3:17 pm
Value is highly dependent on grade in the case of your silver dollars. Grade is highly dependent on how much wear, marks, or lack thereof are on the coins. Coins directly from the mint often have marks on them since, as they were being stamped, they dropped in on top of the other coins that ha just been made, thereby making marks.
A coin entirely free from wear is called "Mint State." The more lacking in detracting marks, the more value. The higher the MS number assigned to the coin when grading, the less marks there are. MS70 is perfection.
There recently was a link put on this forum by a member to help grade Canadian coins by looking at pictures. It might be able to give you an idea, but admittedly, I found did not see how the one pic of an MS63 n that site looked different than their MS66. However, the difference in prices for most coins in MS66 can be a great difference than an MS66.
http://www.saskatooncoinclub.ca/art...i_coins.html
Posting good pics here, people will be willing to help you get an idea of the grade.
Also - only handle these coins by the edges. Finger oils will ruin the luster on the surfaces. Whatever you do, don't equate the word "shiny" with value either. A lot of people totally ruin any value a coin has by thinking if they polish it up, collectors will pay more. Nothing is further from the truth. A cleaned coin is seen as an altered coin.
A coin entirely free from wear is called "Mint State." The more lacking in detracting marks, the more value. The higher the MS number assigned to the coin when grading, the less marks there are. MS70 is perfection.
There recently was a link put on this forum by a member to help grade Canadian coins by looking at pictures. It might be able to give you an idea, but admittedly, I found did not see how the one pic of an MS63 n that site looked different than their MS66. However, the difference in prices for most coins in MS66 can be a great difference than an MS66.
http://www.saskatooncoinclub.ca/art...i_coins.html
Posting good pics here, people will be willing to help you get an idea of the grade.
Also - only handle these coins by the edges. Finger oils will ruin the luster on the surfaces. Whatever you do, don't equate the word "shiny" with value either. A lot of people totally ruin any value a coin has by thinking if they polish it up, collectors will pay more. Nothing is further from the truth. A cleaned coin is seen as an altered coin.
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Download and read: Grading the graders
Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves
https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2
Download and read: Grading the graders
Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves
https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2
