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Thanks. I was pleasantly surpised with how much came off. That date is super sharp now!

De-crudidation complete (mostly... might do better with a bit more time)... Turned out nicely. The crud came off for the most part.

Lol... glad I’m losing my mind too much... And the warning is appreciated. But distilled water and ultrasonics is as aggressive as it gets. I did more than my fair share of unforgivable damage in my youth... still have a few floating around as reminders to never do that again. Ha!

To me, 40 is pushing it. The wear on ol’ Abe’s temple looks more 30-ish to my super calibrated, ultra trained eye. Lol I think the crudation (I -will- be stealing that, by the way) doesn’t look like corrosion in my pics. Only because I don’t see any green. Going to give it a bath in distilled water in the ultrasonic cleaner to see if I can knock it loose.

Well, at $40. I did -not- get a deal on the 1879... hopefully it’s worth a bit more than that. Where is a good place to look for values? NGC, PCGS, and the Red Book all said I didn’t do quite that bad. If I did, I’ll blame the wine... Appreciate the input on the cross. I’ll need to figure out actual (current) market on the CC to see if a cross makes sense. According to the same 3 sources, I paid 2-6 grades lower... so i only overpaid a little? Ha! But, since I like them, I’m less concerned with the current value. Liquidity is more for “future” considerations.

Cool. Never seen (nor heard of) that before, but I dig it! Adds character to an otherwise mediocre find. And yes, I actually revised the numerical rating down but forgot to change it from XF to VF (corrected now). Damn rookies!

So in the 'rona induced boredom, I dug out an old Whitman folder I had and discovered that they weren't all the typical junk. Okay, so it's not high grade 1909 S VDB, but it's better than a kick in the shin... So two questions - I put this at about a [edit]VF25/30... does this seem about right, based on these pics? And second question - any idea on the "texture"? It doesn't seem like damage or someone attempting to clean it (I'm thinking like a wire wheel) since there are no breaks at any of the features (like inside the letters and right up to the rim).

Yeah, the light wasn't in the best position and made the tics look deeper than they do in hand. Moved the light a bit and got a better shot. Good eye! Had to look it up, but it's a match. Shot of the die details and a close up of the mint mark It runs almost all the way around. Crazy. Almost spot on! AU53 and IMS64 You can blame it on the bad pic! Now a follow-on question - if I'm holding these for future value and ease of moving them (in the event of my untimely demise) should I get them reslabbed by NGC? The 1879 is Anacs and the 1885 is IGC.

It must have been boredom... or wine... or some combination of the two.. I didn't / don't intend to collect, but these two Morgans appealed to me on the 'bay... I'm 90% sure they're over-graded, so I figured I'd give you chuckle-heads something to chuckle at. I paid a few grades down and I like both of them, so I won't be horribly upset, regardless. I'll post the slabbed grade in a few days. Pics have been sized way down to get to a good file size. I can post full size if you're really curious... For your amusement, an 1879, Rev of '78 (guess I'm still sore about the really nice one that came back as "cleaned", lol) And an 1885 CC Yeah, there's a bit of rim damage by the second U in Unum, but not at the first.. that's just slab filler. And what's up with the arc on the reverse that runs along "D States Of"?

Really. No, really. My wife reminded of these little gems. I found them under a stump that I dug out of my back yard. Have no idea how they came to be there, but I'm glad I didn't just grind the stump out. There were also two pretty cool plastic toy coins as well, but I'm pretty sure those are just fun to look at. I think at least one is a Japanese coin, but I don't know for sure. Any help on identification and (very rough) valuation would be awesome! Coin 1 Coin 2 (4 Mon?)