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 Welcome to the forum, bagvette! Your coins are in excellent condition. However, they are toned on the obverse, but not the reverse which seems odd to me. It's possible that they have been "cleaned", although I'm certainly no expert on that. As for value, check sold listings on ebay. I don't think that any of these are rare enough to retire on. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Odd coloring indeed. to the CCF! |
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first - only post one coin per post please second, based on your photos all three coins have been cleaned. all the original surfaces have been removed. this will affect the value of the coins the 78S has some pretty deep scratches on the jaw the coin would grade AU details. the 83O may be UNC but the coin would also receive a details desgination the 84O also looks UNC but would received a details designation all three coins are common and the value would not warrant the cost of slabbing as they probably would be in the $35-40 range in order to have a coin graded you want it to be at least $150 |
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Do you know how these coins were stored--album with one side only visible, both sides visible? Other?
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Unless you feel strongly that they all could get an MS-65 grade, forget about slabbing.
(As an aside, my personal opinion is that the obverse toning is disturbing.)
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Looks like the obverses were exposed to the elements but reverses protected. This can happed with coins used in wall displays, belt buckles, lockets, poorly stored, etc. and then removed. I would not grade them. I have a 1/10 oz silver libertad I took out of a locket that looks very dark on exposed side, nice on protected reverse side.
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11/18/2022 10:46 am
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It would cost you what these are worth to get graded.
Spend the grading fees on more coins .
What you have pictured would retail for about 130 to 150 USD
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Thanks to all who have responded. I have 15 of these colored coins. Coins were in these small boxes with felt like lining. If the coins were cleaned wouldn't that remove the color? Unless they were cleaned then later toned?    |
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Comments have sparked my curiosity. The heads are colored but I'm not sure that is toning. Tail sides are mostly without corrosion because the coins were face up in the boxes. I wonder if mold could cause that coloration?   |
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To the Forum. |
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If the coins were cleaned wouldn't that remove the color?
Unless they were cleaned then later toned? to answer your question. cleaning a coin would most likely remove the toning. in your case every one of these coins was cleaned and probably not rinsed properly. it removed all the original surfaces as can be seen by the dullness of all the reverses. they all have the same look. they were most likely stored obverse up and retoned however that toning is not natural |
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Thank you!
This is good info.
These coins won't be sold, just passed down, so these comments are quite valuable. So my heirs won't have to figure this out.
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These coins don't look cleaned, the lighting doesn't make the luster flashy.
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