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Hi, New here and I am interested in some help with coins I inherited. Fist one is a 1787 Massachusetts Penny. I know nothing about condition, Grading etc and need help with appraisal of this coin and a few others. anything you have to offer would be appreciated.  Edited by joefoto
11/18/2024 11:19 am
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 It's a 1787 Massachusetts cent, Ryder 3-G (variety), rated R2-R3 scarcity, and grading about VF20. Nice color and surfaces, but holed. The hole reduces the value quite a bit since it's not a rare variety. Without the hole it would probably go for $400-$600, but even with the hole, it's a popular early pre-Federal issue and still has some collector value. Personally, I'd keep it as a family heirloom, but if I had to put a number on it, I'd list it for $75-$100 or thereabouts. 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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to the CCF! |
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To CCF! Pretty cool coin.  Errers and Varietys.
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Thanks for the comments. I have a couple of old coins with holes in them. was there a reason for the holes in these coins?
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Often they were so that you could place a string through it and wear it as a necklace or bracelet.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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