Mr.Bill347

I’m going with acid damage too. Surface is etched and clad layer eaten away.

The first two are picker tokens. Fruit and corn, cotton pickers would take their haul to canners and the like and be paid in tokens which they could use at a local store. I don’t know about the bar tokens. I can’t see a picker taking out their pay In liquor or stogies

Thank you Sandon! I passed on it but it sold about 1/2 hour ago.

It is being sold by a local lady. I would be able to examine it in person, weigh it measure it, but being in coins for a while I am a skeptic about anything. Despite all that I agree with you. I’m gonna pass but I won’t be out $200 thanks Greenstang’ Ps it is already sold anyway. Bill

The seller agreed to let me weigh it and check specifications. Please opine.

By my calculation, this coin would contain 447.33294 dollars in todays gold price.

New pictures

Ok this is wayyy out there. A person on Facebook (of all the worst places to buy a coin). Is offering what appears to be a 2016 Gold Sovereign for $200. is this crazy enough to purchase ? Person has agreed to allow me to weigh it and measure it and examine in in hand.!

For sure JP! I don’t want my kids to end up spending valuable time with mine. I would rather sell them as a lot!

Gosh VkurtB be sure to let me know you don’t like the idea! The two Ike proofs I have were scratched when I got them (cheap), the commemorative coins were hazy from improper storage before I got them. This way I can still look at them rather than boxed up in some clamshell that will never see daylight. True if I wanted to buck up and have a TPG slab, I could, but this way I can enjoy them and save about $40 apiece. The vast majority of my collection is NGC slabs. But loose stuff that has no large value , why not? See my stuff https://www.ngccoin.com/profile/484776/coins/

I still have all the ogp.

Why, because they are proof UCAM but not good enough for TPG grading and because I like them that way. 😊

Found these on Amazon and slabbed up a few of my PROOF coins. They are excellent quality and very professional looking with the tabs around the coin. Good seal too. They are also the same size as NGC slabs.

A nice parting gift for sure! If you would like to get me one I would be incredibly thankful!

I picked up these two raw coins this week. 1979 S type 1 and Type 2 Proof UCAM.

OP didn't indicate at first post that it was a 1909 S VDB, if that is what he was after, it surely is a fake. You can't even breath near a real one for $26. Forget about it!

Your photos are so out of focus I am unable to even tell the denomination. Hold your phone about 4 inches above the coin and zoom in until the image fills the frame. Then edit the photo and crop it to the edges. Be glad to help once I can see it.

https://www.austincoins.com/2-1-2-indian-gold-coin-ngc-pcgs-ms-64/

I compared your picture to a Great Southern coin. The S mint mark looks the same. This coin is selling for $255. I would not shy away from this one If the price is right.

Seems to be worn so thin ya can’t see it!

I added to my Morgan set, this nice MS63 1880 S Morgan dollar. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to me !

Glad you guys touched base on NGCx. I got home from a trip today, flipped on the Tele and what did I see? Mike the coin guy, hawking a 2023 Silver Eagle NGCX10 coin for $79.99. Mike stated after today, ahem, the price would be $129. So the big dealers are creating their own market with NGC creating a new entity just for them. I call BS! But wait there’s more….,Mike said if you buy one today, you will get one FREE NGCx submission, and up to five at $10. makes me question who motivates this? I’ll not be interested, thank you very much, and if I see one for sale, I’ll scroll right on by! it’s a scam! It’s kinda like NFTs non fungible tokens. Won’t even get you a cup of coffee. I see these becoming about as valuable as BGS Beckett graded coins, Happy New Year!

Sorry about the new acronym. Coinbuf, I assumed would figure it out. Lol 😆

I’d say it is apples/oranges. As a PS collector, the coins are all handled as proofs but only about 20% of them would get a 70. I have many that most likely would not grade a 65. I have every PS from 1954-2022. Nice to collect but no windfall will be gained . Some have/will appreciate but since none are actually graded , it won’t matter. I probably have twice the value that I spent.

Hold the phone ! Why would you have what appears to be a common 1938 D Buffalo nickel even if it is an AU-58, would not be worth the cost of grading unless there is a specific or sentimental reason to do so. Even if it is an RPM D/S, would be worth $50, but can’t tell from the photos.