AdamWL

It's not even recognizing the green bean on my latest cac'd addition. Weird.

Depends what your goals are. Are you working on a Morgan set, a type set or just want a nice silver dollar?

I haven't been around forums much lately. I tend to be like that when I go through a purchasing drought.

I imagine there's a lot going on in the coin world with the introduction of CACG though.

On 6/28/2023 at 12:42 PM, Ali E. said:

Hello, Adam.

Yes, any individual can access their site to look up a coin. However, our program has an automated process that verifies without the need for manual, human intervention. This is the connection with CAC that has been severed. Again, we will post more information when it becomes available. Thanks very much.

I see. I was wondering if perhaps that was the case.

Thanks Ali.

Huh... That's weird. I have no problem accessing it

Anyway, thanks for the info Mike.

I just entered a new purchase into my sets it fits in, and its green bean does not show up. You can enter the cert # on CAC's site and see that it has a green sticker. 

Paying fees to have those Lincoln Cents graded would be throwing money away.

It is not a reputable grading company. Could be based in a guy's basement.

Thanks for the insight and opinions guys.

I'll probably enjoy it for a while before I let it go. It is a pretty cool/lucky find for me.

And now for the question.

I feel 99.9% sure this coin is an 1856-S. A quick glance at my Redbook shows me it's not exactly the most common date. Starts at $300 in G4 - I know my 2023 Redbook isn't exactly the best way to price a coin, but the point remains. Would any collector even want to pay for it in this condition?

I'd gladly own that coin. I normally avoid damaged and cleaned coins like the plague. But I would make an exception for a rare enough coin, due to budget constraints. 

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Check out this website if you want some help figuring the "melt" value of silver coins: http://coinapps.com/silver/coin/calculator/

Most dealers would probably give you slightly less than melt for junk silver. Ebay might be a better route, but I haven't done the math on whether the premiums people pay covers the auction fees.

Edit: Just to clarify, without knowing what you have, it's hard to know if it's worth more than spot. But most of those pre-64 dimes, quarters and halves you mentioned probably do fall into that junk silver category. 

I agree with @Simple Collector on the assessment of the pictured coins.

Photos would help clear things up.

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