MarkFeld

Based on his same post on other forums and supposedly no follow-up or conversation on his part, it appears that the poster is looking to bash CAC, not receive an education. If, as he claimed, he's a "very seasoned collector" he's had ample opportunity over a long period of time, to get educated about CAC.

Unfortunately, that sums it up accurately.

I don’t know who the seller is. So for all I know, he might not be able to determine if it’s been cleaned or he might think it has been, but he doesn’t want to tell you. I think you’d be taking an unnecessary risk in buying that coin. There are plenty of graded examples available.

My guess is that the pictured Isabella Quarter is uncirculated, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s been cleaned. The luster in the fields looks a bit off and subdued.

The coin looks more like a Proof than a business strike. Either way, paying to have it graded would be a very costly, unnecessary way to preserve it.

Whew!😉

The coin has already been purchased and nothing can be done about the mark-up or cost. And it doesn’t really matter what the dealer from whom it was acquired would pay to buy it back. There are a great many other options. What counts now is getting top dollar for it.

The “markup” is irrelevant. Dealer A buys a coin for $3000 and marks it up 100%. Dealer B buys a coin for $5000 and marks it up for 20%. In each case, the selling price is $6000.

I would suggest calling NGC and asking them.

Welcome to the forum. Unless the color balance in your images is way off, the coin sure doesn’t look like it’s pewter - that and it’s appearance concerns me. If you’d like to post or message me with your zip code, I’ll be happy to see if I can help you locate a dealer in your area.

Agreed about the sandblast gold Proofs. Before so many of them were altered, because each date had its own unique color/finish, I could tell the date, just from viewing the reverse. Not so, very often, these days.

While I haven't seen the coin in hand, based on the images, it doesn't look like any satin proofs or satiny business strikes I have seen. If it does look like the images, I'd have to vote cleaned - that is, if I get a vote..

I remember seeing pictures of the coin several years ago. The strike is amazing. However - and I imagine that Roger has heard this opinion from me and/or others, previously - the coin gives the appearance of having been cleaned. The sheen/luster looks off.

I understand that he believes the coins were stolen and he might even be correct. But that’s HIS belief. No matter how strong or well founded that belief might be, it’s absurd and laughable for him to state that “EVERYONE agrees the Farouk coin was stolen”. - especially when at least three posters have disagreed with his assertion in this very thread.

You do yourself a large disservice by misusing and abusing the word “everyone”. Since you’re well enough read to know what it means, I can only guess that you must be doing so in order to try to bolster your argument. I don’t believe or agree that the coins were stolen, and neither do numerous other people, some of whom have posted here. Yet, despite the fact that you already knew that, you chose to say “everyone” anyway. You’re capable of much better. I’m of the opinion that you like to get the last word, so please feel free to have at it.

As I recall, the court didn’t find otherwise, because it didn’t even allow for the possibility that there was an exchange. I can read plain English just fine, thank you. Speaking of which, why are you the only one to claim that the Farouk example was “stolen”?

If the 1933 Saints were stolen, rather than exchanged, (which was legal), why was there no shortage reflected in the records? Those records were supposedly extremely meticulous. The Mint can’t have it both ways - or at least shouldn’t be able to. And by the way, I don’t know anyone other than you, who has maintained that the Farouk example (which was granted an export license) was stolen. Period!😉

No, that is not a doubled die.

My guess is that you’d be throwing your money away by getting it graded.

Odds are much greater that they’ll lose more, not “make it back in spades”.

Even the less than ideal images posted make it obvious that your 1937 nickel isn’t a Proof. But suit yourself. I’d wish you luck, but luck isn’t going to transform your nickel into a Proof. Whether the OP or otherwise, you have no obligation to reply to any posts.

As I mentioned before, your coin isn’t a Proof and neither is the other 1937 that’s been posted to this thread. So I don’t understand why you’re mentioning anything about values for Proof examples. Additionally, there are numerous price guides that are far more accurate and up to date than the “Red Book”.

No.

There’s no way to provide a meaningful grade guess from those images. Do you know how high the coin would need to grade in order to recoup the grading cost?

The Buffalo nickel isn’t a Proof and has been cleaned or polished. It’s worth less than $1. The other two coins are circulated, with the Large Cent looking cleaned, too.The color on part of the obverse of the 1909-VDB looks off, but maybe it’s the image. None are worth getting graded.