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Valued Member
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Opening it kills the value. I'm not sure how a sealed plastic bag will allow PVC contamination, though. 1922's in GSA Soft aren't uncommon for the type. You wouldn't be leaving a *ton* of value by opening it, although you know as well as I they're appreciating.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes...it will absolutely KILL the value as you will lose the GSA provenence if you remove it from the holder.
There are times when it is best to leave things alone...this is one of those times!
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Valued Member
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The coin appears to have a thin layer of yellow funk over the entire surface. I wonder if it came out of a smokers home. I am also not sure how sealed it is as there small perforations in the plastic.
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I wonder if it came out of a smokers home. Most GSA coins never left the Mint from the day they were struck. Some few circulated examples made it back to storage; they were what the Soft Packs picked from but anything that "looked" circulated went there too. In your shoes, I'm looking really, really closely at that stuff o see what it actually is. PVC is a non-zero possibility but way down the probability list. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Would his situation call for getting it TPG'd and conserved in order to authenticate the coin? Would that help it from a loss in value at all?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As I do not collect holders I would like to ask, What is the premium involved here?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The coin itself is not rare and cleaning it or trying to conserve it adds nothing to the value. The value is that the coin is STILL IN THE GSA HOLDER! In the holder it's worth 40 to 50$.... out of the holder it is a 20$ coin on a good day.
The coin in a GSA holder has provinence to an era when the last great silver dollar hoards that the Treasury held were released (1970's).
Enjoy it as is and leave it alone!
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The premium is sizable; enough cross the block on ebay to get a feel for what people will pay. There's a 1923 going unsold at $89, and three 1922's like yours currently up for bidding. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I am in the DO NOT remove that coin camp. As mentioned, it is at least half the value. And a nice pick up that is at 20 bucks.
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