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Someone is selling a few Libertys NGC PF70on ebay, with the ANA Chicago coin show label, for $499.99. I don't know if anyone will pay that, but they're for sale.

RWB, my mistake. The quarter tube was 40 coins, not 25.

There's no way he paid $32 a coin. He took all of the coins out of the proof sets they had and are selling them separately. The Kennedy tube had 20 coins in it and the quarter tube had 25 in them. The coin shop I'm dealing with, probably has at least 300 or 400 proof sets. He opened up the safe and I never saw more proof sets in my life! Plus, he probably has at 100 sets out on display.

Hoghead, actually, the coin shop is very well respected within the community. They typically have very good prices and I truly think he didn't want me to damage the coins by taking them all out. I bought new generic silver rounds yesterday for $27 each. I think that's a fair price. But I do appreciate your response.

RWB......What bothered me, is that they put them in a tube! So I think I'm safe to "assume" that that destroyed any chances of grading any on the 40 coins. Thanks for your reply.

My LCS also has tube of silver proof quarters for $235. I looked at a couple of them and and they were proofs from sets and in mint condition. I saw a couple of 2019's and some 2017's. He didn't want me to pull them all out, because they're proofs and he doesn't want them to get scratched up. Is that too high of a price for silver proof quarters? Thanks

Everyone, they are all silver and in proof like condition. However, he said they're all from 2000 and above. It looks like I'll pass. Thanks for the advice.

My LCS is selling a tube of random dated silver proof Kennedy halves for $250. They were all taken out of proof sets. I'm not real familiar with the pricing of silver Kennedys, but I looked some up on ebay and they seem to be going for decent prices. In your opinion, is $250 a good price? Thanks in advance, Scott

How nice to wake up and have my dreams of being a millionaire crushed! LOL. I appreciate the responses and all of you taking time out to let me know. One last question. Why would anyone bother to nickel a plate a cent?? Scott

If it was nickel plated, that doesn't explain why there only seems to be 30% copper in the coin. I believe it's suppose to be 95% copper . The odds of the cent being extremely rare are incredibly high. But I think it's worth checking it out. Thanks everyone for your input.

I watched the video and it's very possible it was dipped in mercury. The extra weight of .22% lead might be from the mercury. However, the composition of it still doesn't make sense. I looked up what metals mercury reacts with and it doesn't react with zinc. So I'm trying to figure out why no zinc showed up in the makeup, why the nickel shows up and shows up in such a high quantity. Maybe the mercury is "throwing off" the machine that analyzes the metal. I don't know!

Yes, it's 3.22 grams, which is high. IF the composition is correct, either the nickel content or lead content is what most likely increased the weight over a regular cent. IDK, the whole thing is bizarre. But the fact that no one has ever discovered one of these, makes me think there's an explanation for it. I just don't know what it is yet!

I didn't know that it would throw off the composition reader.

The metal composition of the cent wouldn't change to 69% nickel!

I'm not a newbie, but I'm totally baffled by a 1979 Lincoln, (no mint mark), cent I have. I went to 3 coin shops and all three of them told me that they're baffled as well. The composition of the cent is as follows: 69.79% Nickel....29.99% Copper and .22% Lead. It looks like a "steel" cent. However, there is no steel in it and it doesn't stick to a magnet! All 3 coin shops looked at it closely and said it does not look like it's a counterfeit. It doesn't resemble a copper cent at all as far as the "color" goes. Has anyone ever run across one of these? I researched it and can't find one single article about it. The pictures I'm attaching make it look like a copper cent, but it looks just like a steel cent. I'm very curious if anyone has run across one of these.