Lamination On 3CN

It is hard to tell from the pictures but my first impression is that is the lamination may not add to the numismatic value. Now, we are talking about an awesome coin here so it is valuable in its own right. I am always hesitant to state a price (especially since yours is out of my ball park) so I would suggest looking at Heritges sold coins. I suspect this is a low four figures coins but there are those more knowledgable than I who may chime in.

I am going to check Heritages site tomorrow just out of curiosity and will update here if no one else has chimed in.

I also asked the mods to move this thread for addition exposure (if you don't mind).

VERY nice coin!

It's a beautiful coin. Lamination or not.

Welcome to the CCF, DarrinB.

Beautiful type coin, this. Yet, I concur with the assessment of Biochemist6 on the coin. A proof coin at this level is typically sought by a collector who craves perfection. While I've never personally encountered a collector who sought early, impaired, proof type coins, there may well be a few out there who'd pay a premium for a coin like this.

There are many collectors that simply view counterstamped coins as impaired pieces with little value. They are highly collectible when one can attach some history and have the coin tell a story. Attaching the curiosity of a lamination to your proof coin does offer some appeal, yet as with the counterstamps, the market is narrow, methinks.