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New Member
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Hi folks. I'm brand new to this and don't know what I'm looking at. Got all excited a year ago when I googled one coin and found someone selling something similar to mine for over 10 grand...and I have 3 or 4 them! I'm in Northwest New Jersey and want a reputable place to have these checked to see if they are truly worth anything or duds. Thanks
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Suggest taking a few items to a local coin shop--there appear to be some options in Allentown. We on this forum are always interested in looking at good photos of interesting pieces. Consider posting full, large and sharp pics of one or two coins you feel are most interesting--obverse and reverse.
Edited by ijn1944 08/14/2023 4:14 pm
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@too, first welcome to CCF. Second, yes you can start new CCF threads for a few representative coins for us to evaluate. Going to a local coin shop is also a good idea, although if these are actually big ticket items, then there may be other selling venues to maximize your return. Keeping the coins and continuing to pass them along to future generations of your family may also be a good option.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Tools88, I strongly recommend that you acquire a Red Book and learn about your coins before going to the LCS.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Moderator
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Be careful accepting a first offer on coins always have them looked at by at least 2 different people
rggoodie aka Richard "catch em doing something right"
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Be cautious going to coin dealers in that region. I have heard a number of unfortunate stories about fly-by-night dealers. People getting offered scrap silver prices for coins in reasonable condition, dealers offering people common date prices for more valuable dates, that kind of thing. One of the major complaints was getting one price over the phone, driving to the shop, and then in person getting lowballed. If you don't know what you have, many of those shops will happily separate you from valuable coins (or silver jewelry, gold jewelry, whatever) at a terrible price.
Take your time, inventory what you've got, do the research. People here are super helpful with questions.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Please post pictures one coin at a time front and back (obverse and reverse) so that the experts here can evaluate and give you good advice before you make any hasty decisions. Make sure the pictures are large, cropped and focused so that we can help you.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Best to upload images of coins front and back on here let experts give you a form of valuation, then go from there Oh and 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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  to the CCF!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Let's see these Coins.
We will be realistic with prices.
People can ask as much as they want for a coin, doesn't mean it's worth it.
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pictures can be difficult to take and post. How about starting with the year, mint, and denomination of the coin in question.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 your best bet is to post those coins here as stated above. you can get decent photos using the steps below. you have hundreds of years of experience here that pretty much as accurate as any third party grader including LCS owners. post photos depending on denomination and year in one of the following forums US Modern Coin Grading US Classic and Colonial Coin Grading just watch the lighting to reduce any glare as much as possible 1. turn off flash 2. place coin on flat surface with indirect natural light. maybe a window sill in a cloudy day. Use a black or white background to avoid any reflective color 3. move phone about 3in from coin 4. zoom in using your fingers until the coin comes into focus and fills the cameras view finder. if your phone has a portrait selection use that and then press and hold on the coin in the view finder to AF lock it 5. hold phone steady. if you cant then place something on either side of the coin (like books) at that distance and lay phone between them. this will hold it steady and allow you to zoom and take the photo without any blurring
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