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Valued Member
United States
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Hello, I have the following two coins I am having difficulty identifying. Also, what grade, if any, would you assign? Thank you in advance!     |
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Pillar of the Community
Sweden
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What are their diameters? The design for every denomination was the same for the same material in those days.
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
Bust quarters. Scarce coins but not terribly sought after in low grade damaged condition. Still nice pieces of history though!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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As OLCoins stated, both bust quarters. Both have enough damage to put them out of many collectors sights. They might sell to someone just trying to "fill a hole" in their type set, but generally those folks who accept this kind of coin don't spend a great deal.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 How did you happen to come across them? |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Hey Coinfrog,
They were part of my grandfather's coin collection that was passed down to my sister and I. It's kinda sad that for years, he would try to get me to share in the hobby, but I was more into trading cards, then video games, then girls. I wish I had spent some time with him and learned how he obtained these coins.
So little by little, when I have some free time, I sort through the couple boxes and look for coins with low dates and eye appeal and ask the good people here for their thoughts.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hmmm, I'm actually interested in video games ironically at the moment. While I'm still highly involved in numismatics as usual, I've been getting into a lot of retro gaming.
Do you still have any old consoles? I know this is offtopic, haha.
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Valued Member
United States
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Of course! NES, SNES, Game Cube are all still in working condition.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I remember cashing in grandma's Christmas-gifted savings bonds to buy a NES in 1987, at the age of 9. It was the first thing I ever bought for myself. Had Zelda memorized, then Metroid, SMB2, SMB3. My neighbor Donna worked at Wal-mart, and she snagged me a copy of SMB 3 a week before it was released. For that one week, I was the coolest kid on the block. Then the kid down the street got a Genesis and it was goodbye cool for me. However, for the "really" retro-minded, I've got my original wood-base Atari 2600 stashed away in an attic somewhere that was given to me by a family friend who worked at a store somewhere, complete with the Pong wheel paddles, 4 or 5 joysticks & 20-30 cartridges. No demand for those things anymore, but they were a trip back in the day, especially to a 5 year old kid such as myself at that time. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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United States
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Great story paralyse! My birthday is in October, and I remember coming up $20 short in birthday cash for the Nintendo Power Glove, so I gave my money to my parents begging them to chip in the last bit to buy it for me. As a 9 year old, I forgot all about it a week later. Fast forward to Christmas, and my parents got me the best present ever...the Power Glove! Too bad it sucked and we had to return it a week later.
Not until I was older, did I realize I paid for 90% of my Christmas present, and even worse, after it was returned to the store, I didn't get my money or another present in return.
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