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It is tough to say for sure where I need to look is banged up and worn but I can still see the line on  the left and the one on the right is showing enough for me to say it is a 40 reverse . I went and looked at mine and even though It is banged up I can still see the steps better than this one I am going to say it is a 38 reverse labeled as a 40 reverse.

Yes that is one of the better ones. Good find

It looks like it could be a partial filled die on the tip of the.. S ............At any rate it is a good looking cent

That is a good looking Ancient . I was looking at a whole collection in a case that the local dealer here on the Cape had picked up. All NGC Graded and all very nice coins. Most were a bit out of my price range but still amazing looking. 

On 11/11/2023 at 10:32 AM, ldhair said:

Wood is not really a good idea for coin storage. Even with old wood, you still have to machine it. The fresh surfaces will start pulling moisture from the air in the room. That moisture may start a new wave of outgassing. The type of wood is also a big factor. I don't know of any type of wood finish that is safe around coins.

I wonder ? I have all my ASE's in airtight holders in a oak cigar box that is inside a safe ? But then again they are only bullion. I do have some other things in there also like my 66 and 67 SMS mint boxes. All that stuff seams like it is dry. Although gas is dry also. I just keep checking on them every couple of months just to be sure.

I hope you do well QA. And yes it was I who said they can ask whatever they want. (Because) e-Bay has no power over the price. In reference to the fact that they are over priced or out of the ball park or just wrong. IMO. 

On 11/11/2023 at 12:20 AM, dprince1138 said:

Again ,, dprince is adding comments unrelated to the original post. Not cool at all. Very disrespectful. Please stop .

Hello Robertdpg . Most of the members here that have commented all have given you very good answers. Your coin may be from someone cutting open the uncirculated silver set to get the IKE Dollar and Kennedy half, out of the set in the red, white and blue package. No matter it is a cool find . Can I ask if you have weighed the coin yet . That would also help with some nicer photos' Try placing your phone on a can to hold it steady and then zoom in to only get the coin from rim to rim . Also use a white piece of paper to place the coin on for the shot.

On 11/11/2023 at 7:21 AM, dprince1138 said:

I see what might be a cud, as well as perhaps a small die crack(s).  There truly needs to be better resolution to be certain.  If you have a fairly new iphone, you should be able to take decently high magnificantion (5x or more) photos, then use the share option to send the photos to a cloud drive or as an email attachment using gmail, or even to facebook.

For multiple mint issues, it could be worth a few dollars.

No No No....... You are seeing displaced metal from the rim being hit and banged around for twenty-four years.   

On 11/10/2023 at 2:43 PM, GoldFinger1969 said:

I enjoy all the pictures...but it wouldn't hurt if some of you were to give an approximate purchase price and/or current FMV for the coins....and also what it might cost in 1 or 2 grades higher/lower or whever the "inflection" point is.

It adds some information to know if some of these MSDs are $50, $250, or 4-figures.  Or more !!  

If you can see the numbers on the slab you can look up the coin and get a price. It is normally a bit high but it will give you something to go by. I think my 1898 is $235 

It got old...... I am starting to look that way

On 11/9/2023 at 3:39 PM, Nicoke said:

It was only on a kitchen scale. It was reading 5 the other quarters were all 6. Ill have it weighed on a better scale. If it is less what does that mean?

It is unlikely that it will be worth any more than 25 cents. It is still a common coin. At one time there were 16 billion or more of them out there ............

On 11/9/2023 at 2:27 PM, hr1704 said:

The button-coins were either not rare or badly worn out or both.  The dealer I sold them to said he might resell them as buttons but are only worth the melt value.

Ironically, the original coin in this thread is MS65 and appears to be the only known version of it in gold.  Some people still think it's only worth melt value. 

I'm sad for every one of these coins that lasted all these years only to be chucked into a furnace and melted.  That's why I'm trying to find someone who really wants this Luxembourg coin.

I'm a noob and should probably learn not to be sentimental about it.

I don't think the coins were melted it is just what they call the value of the coin . Some of those coins look good enough to resell at melt or a bit more.

It is in good shape from what I can see. The coin being thinner on one side may be the copper edge showing more than the silver. It is only worth a quarter anyway you look at it unless it is a lot lighter.

On 11/8/2023 at 8:29 PM, EagleRJO said:

I think threads stay open for comment quite a while.

Yes they do ..... Just ask QA  our  resident thread resurrection pro.    He can find a post hidden in the henhouse

On 11/8/2023 at 6:03 PM, dprince1138 said:

Thankyou for the bumps!

Is there a prize for getting comments on a thread. I see the bump comment quite a lot on dprince threads. Actually, I think it is his top reply to a question.

That's like a carbon mark. That stinks