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New member here, thanks for the opportunity. First, a true tale about where I 'found' these, then on to my questions. Skip this paragraph if so inclined. It was 1978 my first year as a married guy, and we had an apartment next to a retired couple. Within the year, they scooted to FLA and told me their storage unit in the basement is open, go get anything they are leaving behind. There were two like new 15" tires.... There was also a wooden desk swollen shut from the basement environment. Crowbar in hand, I destroyed the drawer front and reached in. Pulled out a lot of junk, and also a small box o 1928 world's fair international silver plated spoons. At that time, my effort was profitable and I needed no more. But continuing on, I pulled a tiny box with old coins, and hidden within were the two ID'd in this topic 1879 and 1880 Shield nickels. Over the years I've casually researched them - enough to know they are more valuable than all the others combined. I have scoured sheildnickel.net and learned a ton. Please excuse the crappy Galaxy S9 photos, but as you can see, using the online PGCS tools, I expect these to grade in the (1879) 45-50 range, and (1880) 50-55 range. Here's the catch - I also believe the latter (1880) is a business strike as it appears to have the 'island' under the "T" in STATES. What do I do next? Send for grading? Hold or sell? Any advice? Thanks all.     |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quite a story. I'll leave the analysis to the experts.  to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
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That is quite a haul. Definitely worth grading in my opinion. I truly hope they are genuine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice story, and the 1880 looks promising. It definitely should be sent in to be confirmed as a business strike, and I would use a top tier TPG like PCGS. There's no way it would sell at business strike prices without being certified. |
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to the Community! Very nice!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for sharing, very interesting. As for whether to hold or sell, that's totally up to you! One things for sure, as mentioned above, I would definitely send them off to a TPG for authentication/ grading. Keep us posted. Edit: you may also want to consider an acetone bath for both, primarily the 79. See if you can loosen up the buildup that's on there. Will certainly boost the eye appeal if its able to be safely removed. Key word safely. Edited by Ty2020b
11/19/2020 11:07 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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WOW! Yes send to PCGS for authenticating.
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Pillar of the Community
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@just carl, that's the first time I've seen you want to put a coin in a slab—usually you just want to crack them out!  |
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Maybe it's the image, but isn't the top of the 7 supposed to be distinctly wavy? There's a lot of disturbance in the field around the date. Just observing.
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@kbbpll yes, thank you for pushing me in my retirement to not only learn about coins, but also photography AND computer cropping, etc. (JK - the latter I worked in computers (and still teach cybersecurity) for over 40 years!). But regarding photography, I did mess around and using the same sub-par S9 phone was able to get a much better (although still dirty...) view of the wavy '7'. Note the original photos was HUGE and cropped significantly - hence the very poor resolution.  Edited by fredm2654
12/18/2020 10:09 am
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