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I decided to go ahead and crack the case. Here is a pic of the obverse. I don't really see anything with the naked eye, but with just the phone camera you can see those scratches. It appears to me as though it had been improperly cleaned previously. So the question now is in this shape, what would it do.to value?

14 minutes ago, Just Bob said:

It's a good looking coin, and definitely looks Ucam, but I can't tell if all of the scratches are on the holder or if some are on the coin.

Honestly, even with coin in hand it's hard for me to tell if all the scratches are just on the slab or not also lol. I am fairly certain they are but again not positive.

1 minute ago, JKK said:

Too much glare to comment helpfully.

No worries. Camera on the phone is all I have and lighting is terrible here so just did the best I could. I appreciate it the help anyhow

Just now, kbbpll said:

Do you mean ACG (Accugrade)? One of the earliest slabbing companies (1984). I own a couple of them and have no problem with the grade they assigned. I'd just leave it alone. @EdG_Ohio I agree that 1959 was a great year!

No, u fortunately lol. According to the slab it's American Grading Company...

This one is graded as GEM PROOF. Again will probably keep as it at least for now.

This is graded DCAM GEM PROOF by INB. I really like this one and realize only worth about $20 or so if the grading is accurate. Do will probably leave as is at least for now. Thoughts?

Again no grade and given condition probably just face value?

There is no grade on this slab and given the shape ( IMO) probably just worth face value.

Graded Proof 65 and slabbed by AGC. 

Again I know the grading is MS62 by SCGS is probably inaccurate

Graded MS62 by SCGS. Currently slabbed. Leave alone? Possibly regrade?

I realize this coin being graded as MS63 by AGC is probably inaccurate. Being that it is currently slabbed should I leave as is? Use as pocket change or possibly send it in to be regarded by a reputable company?

9 minutes ago, JKK said:

I doubt anyone here will give any cred to any of those grades without seeing the coins. I would treat coins slabbed by those services as ungraded. It is okay to post a thread for each coin; that's what we ask of people. Just, please, please, crop the photos well and make them as sharp as possible. Obverse and reverse, full images.

I appreciate it. Yeah I know the grades are most likely inaccurate but I will go ahead and start a thread for each one then. Thanks

Ok well I don't think it would be prudent to post 10 separate responses to show pics of each coin. If need be I can and will, just don't want to clutter things up lol. And I'm not computer literate enough to post online somewhere else and link to them.

Anyhow, there is a 1959 Jefferson "graded" MS63 by AGC (American Grading Company

1963 Jefferson graded MS62 by SCGS

2005 S DCAM GEM PROOF Jefferon by INB

1963 MS64 Jefferson by CCGC (Champion City Grading Company)

1930 Buffalo with no grade 

1963 GEM PROOF Jefferson by INB

1968 S Washington Proof 65 by AGC

A 1926 and a 1929 Wheat penny no grade on either by INB.

Ok, so being extremely novice as I am, I am curious yall's thoughts. I received a gift a while back that contained several slabbed coins but they are not NGC or PCGS. Some are International Numismatic Bureau and others are Superior Grading Company. After researching I see that neither of these companies are very reputable. In fact couldn't find anything on SGC  except of an asphalt company lol. Anyhow, my question is what should I do with those coins? 

  I don't remember much about the coins presently and can't look at them as they are inaccessible. But I do remember there are pennies, dimes, nickels, and quarters. Some of the supposed grading was MS65, Gem Proof and things like that. Again, knowing the grading is probably way over coming from them companies, should I take the chance an unslab and send in to a reputable company? Or just keep as they are until such time their value may increase enough to make the cost worth it? Or just use them for some extra change in my pocket?...lol

Also another question, is there a way to take it back to original so that won't simply go off bullion rate?

18 minutes ago, Greenstang said:

See these on eBay occasionally. Someone gold plates a silver coin and thinks they can sell it at a premium.

It is still worth the silver bullion, so it is still worth something.

Yeah I believe that is where mine came from. Someone had ordered a "lot" on eBay to give me. Just so I understand, when you say it's still worth the  silver bullion, are you talking the silver melt price? 

I believe this is a 2016 Silver Eagle that has been gold plated. If in fact that is the case, what has that done to the coin? Completely trashed it to where it's not worth anything? Or just slightly decreased value? TIA

Ok a couple more questions if yall don't mind. First, from what I am understanding, even a proof coin would still need a grade such as PF66, MS67 or whatever in order to look up a close approximate value, correct? Secondly, I realize none of the coins are very valuable and probably not very "collectible", but I still think it's a nice little set, just curious what yall's opinions are?

4 minutes ago, Just Bob said:

In the past, NGC offered a multiholder option to every customer. You could have most any coins you wanted put in the holder. I believe they now only offer the service to bulk submitters. This "set" was probably put together by either a collector wanting different examples of recent half dollar proofs, or by a dealer wanting to sell sets of recent half dollar proofs. The "Brilliant Proof" designation was possibly requested rather than assigning each coin a grade individually.

As for value,you can look up the approximate retail value of the Kennedys  HERE, and the Franklin half HERE.  Since the submitter did not request grades, I am going to assume that the coins would not grade above PF67 or 68, and that they would not receive the CA or UC (cameo or ultra cameo) designation. (Actually, the 1976 might, but the others would not). Since the values given are retail, you should probably divide them in half, to get the approximate dollar amount that you could sell them for. I would leave the set intact, if it were mine, but that is just my opinion.

And to answer your other question, proof coins, like most all coins and collectables, are priced/valued by condition, desirability, and rarity/availability.

Thank you all for the help. My experience with collecting has just been seeing a coin I liked and holding on to it if possible. Or searching online and just liking some of what I saw. So I have just been trying to get a better understanding of all of it and what I have.

3 minutes ago, KarenHolcomb said:

Ok. Well don't thank me cause I found squat. Apparently that number on the label should tell you everything and NGC should be able to tell you why it is packaged as it is and why they slabbed it but didn't give it a grade. I am awful sorry but all I can tell you is to contact NGC with it. There is another forum here called Ask NGC and you should post it there. Maybe David Lange will respond.

No worries, thank you. 

@KarenHolcomb thank you much

27 minutes ago, KarenHolcomb said:

Ok. Well first off, while it is a dandy photo it doesn't offer us a way to see the coins. So if you could either take individual shots of both sides of each coin or at least flip it over and show us the other side as well as the NGC tag stating what you said above, that'd be great.

Idk much about grading, but idt NGC or the others grade a set without it being a set, if that makes sense. I could be wrong. Have you googled like, '5 coin Kennedy Half Dollar Set' ? And then Googled each individual Coin as is graded by NGC? I hate to send you to the neighbors app to check  value so I will look if and after you provide the requested photos.

I agree with you on not thinking they would grade a set without it being a set, but I don't know. The 1 person I had look at it gave me the impression of it not being an actual set. I have tried googling it, but part of the problem is there is 1 Franklin half dollar and 4 Kennedy's. As for googling each coin as graded by NGC, the only thing I find is " proof" coins or MS coins and with these showing to be Brilliant proof I am not sure where that grading falls. Here is a pic of the flip side. Hope this helps and if need each individual coin pic let me know and I'll try my best as all I have is my phone.

I received this set a couple years ago and am looking for more info as I pretty much have no clue lol. From what I can gather, this is simply 5 separate coins that someone had "made into a set", not an actual "set". It does have the NGC cert tag on it and it does come up with NGC. According to the NGC sticker, they are "BRILLIANT PROOF". There is a 1961 Franklin, a 1964 Kennedy, a 1969 S Kennedy, 2000 S Kennedy, and a 1976 S Kennedy Bicentennial.

So, since these had previously been sent in and graded and slabbed would it be best to leave them as is or separate them? Since these were just made into a set what would be the approximate value as a set? Value individually? I realize nothing I have is probably going to make me rich, I am not that lucky lol. Just trying to understand some of this. Also, how is proof coin value determined? Is it solely the collectibility of the coin?