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11 hours ago, DWLange said:

You can find out here:

http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/Home

that's where I found it. Just was trying to get a second opinion. The marks are in the right place but there shaped a little different. I found 2 of them, there also VAM38's. I have many VAM 38'S. These are the only 2 that also have the markings for a VAM 4a. Really weird. 

Not sure if this is 4a or not. Only picture I see the mark is in the crest of the neck then 4 marks in front. this looks a little different.

8 minutes ago, Coinbuf said:

I'm surprised you have a local dealer that is open under the current conditions; the coin looks fine but you could weigh it if your concerned.  I don't have the correct weight handy but I'm sure you could google it.  $50 over spot is not a screaming deal but not a hose job either.

He's a coin dealer that has had a store in my town since before I was born. He "don't give a S@#$ about no corona" his words. lol. I actually screwed up and ordered 2 half ounce gold bars from apmex an they were almost $200 over spot for the very little gold they had in stock. So for me it was shockingly low.  

18 minutes ago, ronnie stein said:

Not much to do lately, just stay at home, every day. Thanks for posting, it's beautiful, I just keep staring at it. You know a little more than nuttin, you know an eye catching coin when you see one. 

well turns out, Me and my wife are "essential" workers. So were actually busier than ever But I figured with all the economy issues going on, might as well diversify from silver and get a little gold just in case. thanks for checking it out. 

3 minutes ago, Greenstang said:

Looks genuine to me.

great! thank you. don't know nuttin bout gold.

Just purchased my first gold American eagles from a local dealer. He charged $50 over spot. [much better than apmex or a few others I looked at] Did I get scamed? 

Trying to decide if I should send this one off. Looks like it might be cleaned but would it be worth it still?

Found a very nice franklin. would love to have opinions.

1 minute ago, Just Bob said:

Looks like machine doubling to me. 

What I thought. Still learning the difference. but the coin is in good shape I think.

I cant find anything on variety plus or variety vista like this. Has anyone come across doubling like these?

gonna use a jewelry cleaner basket to drop the coins for 45 seconds. then rinse them off and pat dry them.

39 minutes ago, Lancek said:

I've used it on coins that were an otherwise hopeless case.  Ugly toning, hazy build up, tape residue.  Over dipping can do more harm than good.  I dilute it 50/50 with distilled water.

I bought a couple lots of modern commemoratives proofs.  Not in the OMP, and horribly cloudy. Nobody else must have realized what they were, so I got them for under melt.  So I had nothing to lose.  19 out of 20 turned out great.  One developed some very dark brown spotting.  One of the ones that turned out great was the 94 POW commem.   Sent it in for grading, came back a PF68 DCAM.

Nice! Ive got some really nice jeffersons and franklins in cards that have weird spotting and hazing. I was gonna try the e zest on some average dates and see what happens. Ill post some before and after, see what y'all think.

I just scanned your barcode with the ngc app. popped right up. Nice coin.

just watched a video about a coin dealer, cleaning coins using Ezest. he claimed he sent coins off and never got dinged for being cleaned. Do you think that's a good Idea?

3 hours ago, Just Bob said:

I must have missed that one.

3 hours ago, kbbpll said:

Actually an FS-501 AU55 sold on Heritage for $164.50 in Oct 2015. The "just to have one" collectors might be willing to spend in that range for this one, considering the UNC examples are a lot more expensive.

4 hours ago, Just Bob said:

I checked past auctions at Heritage, and found that the lowest grade for a D over Inverted D was MS64. I averaged the selling price of the four coins that sold at this grade, and came up with $437 and some change. I then went to NGC price guide and found a series that had five MS 64s listed at prices between $415 and $470,and averaged  the price of those five coins in XF, to come up with a retail price of  $103.00.

Not at all scientific, but it is really close to Crawdad's suggested Buy It Now price, so, yeah, starting it at around $70 with a BIN of around $100 sounds like a good idea.

5 hours ago, CRAWTOMATIC said:

Not FS as in Full Steps.  When you see FS in front of numbers like that (FS-501) it refers to the Fivaz-Stanton catalogue system of varieties.  Cherrypicker's Guide and all.

It's a low population of 15 certified by NGC.  And while it's not the worst of the population it's near it.  In my quick search I only found a MS-65 5FS one sold recently.  That went for $750 vs a normal 65 5FS in the $25-$40 range.  That same ratio wouldn't apply to this one since it's not top end and lacking the eye appeal.  But there is interest.  Be open to offers but I wouldn't set sights too high.  If I were selling it I'd be content with $60 - $80 but happier with $100 (Buy It Now with Best Offer).  If you do auction it I'd suggest a floor of what you're willing to part with it.  The worst you could do is start bidding @ 99cents and only get a few interested bidders due to timing.

I could be low on my estimate but that's partly based on my opinion it wouldn't be an example I'd seek out for my personal collection.

6 hours ago, Hinkle said:

Hi Bink2090, to my understanding that collectors aren't really interested unless it's MS 65 or more. It's cool coin ,fs and everything. Just hope you get out of it,what you paid for it getting it graded. Good luck. 

Thank you guys for the info. Couldn't find a completed auction for this. wasn't expecting a windfall of money for it. just thought it would be cool to get it graded. I had plenty of other coins in the mix to cover any loss on the grading of this coin. not sure if I even want to sell it, I went through about 1200 nickels to find it lol. just wanted to find out if it was worth anything monetarily. Again thanks for all your help. 

Trying to figure what would be a good starting price at auction or to sell to a dealer.

1 minute ago, Six Mile Rick said:

Pop that puppy out and take it back to the dealer that offered you $400.

I would feel guilty. but they are professionals. that's the only reason I had it graded. I was afraid they were trying to rip me off.lol

thinking about possibly having pcgs take a look.

3 minutes ago, B.C said:

Crack it out and hope they don't notice the cleaning  hope they can pass it off as something it isn't I'm sure it happens but I'm sure we would all hate to have it happen to ourselves 

I actually showed it to 3 different coin dealers before I sent it off. they all offered $400-$500 for it and none of them thought it was cleaned.[ or at least never said as much] so I was a little surprised that it came back details.

yea. Im wndering if it would be better to crack it out and sell to dealer.

What would be your best guess on the value? cant find any comps on the auctions or ebay.

I was checking on my second submission, An 1878 morgan VAM. earlier today and it was marked finalized,imaged and shipped. I was able to see the image and the grade. but just now when I tried to look at it again it was gone and says: "Details not found. If you've entered a valid submission number, details will be available when the submission is at the "Scheduled for Grading" status." anyone have this issue before? making me a lil nervous.

1 hour ago, kbbpll said:

I was in Greeley, CO. On the day "the Eagle has landed", we were driving up Big Thompson to see Rocky Mtn Natl Park. We were listening to NASA on the car radio. During the final approach, we pulled off to the side of the road and stopped to listen. Literally every other car on the road did the same. We watched the first step on TV later that night, and went outside to look up at the moon. Holy expletive, there's people up there! Cool memories, thanks for posting your grandpa's coin.

Thank you. He was a very special, surprising, amazing man’s man. Don’t think I’ll ever meet a more interesting person in my life.