How To Know When To Grade Coins?

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there could be something good in here worth grading, the Morgan dollar at the bottom left give me hope there might be some nice condition barely circulated in here,

the Eisenhower dollars (top of the picture) are likely clad and just worth a dollar unless in pristine condition. But there might be something in the Morgan and Peace dollars worth doing. the morgan and Peace dollars are worth at least the silver, and there's a premium above that still, but there could be something there that has good condition still or a better mintmark like if the 1921 Morgan is a D or an S and in good condition, like MS64 or higher normally.

As stated, when you have some time, pick one that catches your eye and you are curious about. take good in focus pictures of it, front and back, the entire coin, and put it up here for us to take a look at.

I mean there are even the VAMs to look for , the Die varieties, might be something there in that box.

to CCF, RhythmDude!

That would be both sides of one coin per post. A few additional photos of same coin if needed to show a particular detail or two.

Go to your original post, and click on the edit button above it (to the right of the time and date posted). You can then add more images to your post.

Also worth noting that even if the date and mint mark combination are not valuable, some die variations are so it can still be valuable to get feedback on the coin. VAM collecting is still an emerging trend, as were mintmarks once upon a time, so rare VAM varieties that might not command price premiums today could be very valuable in future years. In addition, cool or unusual toning can also add a premium to a coin. Some collectors just adore rainbow colored toning, for example, even on common dates and will pay into the hundreds of dollars for a nicely toned example.

Nice collection! I would be very excited to go through that box.