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Or just buy it from MCM in the OGP for $102, which is a little closer to the $75 US Mint Price, and just leave it like that.

I have a lot of more modern (post-depression era) coins and sets from the US Mint, and was an avid collector of ASE including both proof and bullion gold and silver coins until this year when the quality of the capsules and packaging dropped like a rock. They also made a very poor decision imo to completely cancel all Morgans this year, but increase other higher margin coins/medals such as the ASE. Like some others, I think I will also be canceling all my Mint enrollments because of the recent poor decisions and product quality decline. But the nicer ones do come in protective capsules in a presentation box (except its really cheesy this year) with a COA. I have a lot of coins from the US Mint, and that's they way ALL of them will stay. Like others have said I think sending them in to a TPG is a loosing game for more modern coins and medals.

Kidding aside, as clearly stated above multiple times the value of the coin is in fact $1, along with criticism of the seller. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw the first listing, and then spit my coffee out all over my office desk when I saw the second listing (worth a few bucks also at best) from the same person with a different username. They also appear to be generating fake reviews among multiple accounts buying and selling cheap items from one to the other (to get the "100% Positive Feedback" below the username), with very few actual sales. Looks like a real scam artist, or artists, preying on the uninformed so I thought it was worth my time to file complaints with eBay and try to expose the fraud, with some humor mixed in, which I would suggest others do also. There are a lot of rip offs on eBay, but those were particularly bad which I think can reflect negatively on the collecting community in general.

Actually, the coin I posted is both "genuine" and a "fantasy coin". What Neophyte was trying to convey is that the coin I posted was not struck/issued by the US Mint. It is a completely make up coin struck by the Moonlight Mint representing what Dan Carr at that mint imagines a 1964 Morgan would look like if it was in fact produced that year. Probably not a good example of a holdered coin for a newer collector, but I just grabbed whatever I had on my phone to post, and my eyes aren't as sharp as they used to be. You mentioned a "holder" for your coins which I just associate with the type of rigid plastic slab I posted and grading companies use. However, they are actually called a "slab style coin holder" (attached example of what I have used for Morgans, as well as for the fantasy coin posted before), with there being many types of "holders" as JKK noted which include other options for storing your coins. There are "flips" that can be either the stapled cardboard type or flips that are the mylar pocket type (example attached) popular with dealers, as well as many collectors, as they are easier to use and take up a lot less space. There are the clear plastic capsules or "air-tites", which is what the US Mint uses for special coins, and also book-style coin albums with holes for your coins. Lots of options, which you don't necessarily need to go to a dealer to have done for you, but having a dealer do that for you may be a quick economical option for just a few coins.

Well, you got a lot going on. I also got suked into starting to collect older pre WWII German coins, "Potty dollars", and more recently late date half dollars because I like the way they look. I guess different types of coins keep getting added as time goes by until you have to start breaking things down into categories like you. 😆

It's not worth it to have those graded due to the cost. Sounds like a plan to just slab them yourself. Most of the coins I get are raw and I just slab them myself (like the attached), which I have posted about a few times. If you are interested in collecting there have been a number of threads started by new members that include a lot of good tips if you search around, and there was a good post recently by one of the vets about resources for newer collectors here ...

Unfortunately, it looks to me like they are either very worn and cleaned (1890-CC F/VG) or very common date/mark with some scratches/cleaned (1902-O & 1882-O). Are you thinking about keeping them to collect or just sell them? If you are trying to sell them you can bring them to a local coin shop to see what they will give you, but it's probably going to be close to the melt value of silver, or maybe just a little above that for the 1890-CC if you are lucky. Get a few more opinions before deciding.

Now I know a lot of you serious collectors must be thinking "what if that baby sells out before I can save up enough to buy it". Well, don't you worry because that rocket scientist has more than one of these 1861-1865 special super-old one-of-a-kind rare coins for sale. Feast your eyes on the attached bad boy. I know, I know it's not as "valuable" because it has no Road Rash, but you can fix that really easy by tossing it in your driveway to run it over multiple times and BINGO ... $1,500 upgrade. And the seller doesn't accept returns, that's strange.

AU with no number grade agreed. But Sandon, you are slipping. TPG slabbed with that obverse rim damage, and of all ppl you "presumed" it was genuine. Just a reminder that the coin did come from eBay, and there is no way any genuine raw coins are for sale there.

Yea, I guess 5 months just isn't enough time to get over covid, and there are those pesky NYC rules about handicap accessibility for public venues for people who need access assistance temporarily from a fall I keep forgetting about, gosh darn.

No need for any advice, it's not happening.

Haven't gotten a roll of dollars in forever, but okay value at $1, and Grade-RR ("Road Rash') picked up in a parking lot. [And was it after Lincoln, or maybe after the following year, that they were just issued for numismatic sales?] About the dates, the coin and listing does have the years Lincoln was president, but then in reference after those dates is the word "coins" (plural). They seem to imply by that, or think, it's one of the "1861-1865 Coins". If they would have found a 2007 GW copper dollar (president from 1789-1797) they would have had a brain aneurysm. This bonehead must have either thought it was that old being a RR grade from having watched too many YT click-bait-get-rich-quick-from-pocket-change vids, or even worse figured ppl would think it's that old by special listing it that way. Why can't I find coins like that.

I'm not sure if these coins are legal tender, but if so I would peg the value right at ... drum roll ... $1 for a "Road Rash" grade coin.

I was orig looking at an XF or AU for the 1903-O in my collection, but I think the attached BU/MS is going to be my Huckelberry for that coin given the significance, It's also interesting that I noticed a 1903-O graded G-4 is being seriously bid up over at GC. I do occasionally see the worst grades available going for more than higher grades. Must be a few ppl going after it for their "Low Ball" sets.

Thats why he wasn't tagged. And just one post. Btw, with the NGC [ + ] and [ * ] designations what's the point of the CAC stickers anymore (other than to overcharge people for the same coin )?

@Quintus ArriusI just realized you are not that far from me, small world. But how many different places can you be located at? Kinda like a shell game? I assume you will be going to the NYINC coin show in January since you could almost see it from your "location" (well, maybe not that close). And what's up with the OP dropping a CAC grenade and then bailing? "Fake news" again?

Talking about overpriced eBay garbage this has got to win some type of award ...

Was totally kidding, but that is a very sad truth. I see so many raw coins on eBay that are overpriced garbage or fakes it would make your head spin. Caveat Emptor! If you looked closely I bet the number of fakes is staggering. But at least with the counterfeits eBay does seem to take them down if it's pretty obvious and I say something.

The first two have the black holders which I don't like, and the last is the PCCB slabs I posted above which I do use. There are better prices than that, and I can usually find them for about $20 for a 10-pack w/ shipping. PCCB and Ursae Minoris are similar, but neither brand has the in-between size of 30.5mm. For a half size coin (e.g. mid to late 1800's half dollars at 30.6mm), I have found that you sometimes have to force the coin in the smaller coin holder (e.g. 30mm coin holder) and for the larger size coin holder (e.g. 31mm coin holder) it is a little loose and you can end up with something like the old PCGS OGH "rattlers". Thats why I was looking for a coin holder like the pic I posted that can be ordered for a 30.5mm coin.

If you didn't actually pick it up in a parking lot it would likely be disqualified by the judges as not being a verified "Good, Bad & Ugly Parking Lot Coin". Wait, you are one of the judges.

Pretty nice for a coin out of the cull jar ... hmmm. I would grade it an AU - Details Cleaned/Damaged ... The while cotton glove is a nice touch. You could sell it with that pic on eBay for hundreds. 😉

I have a few raw half dollars that I want to put in easy-open holders/slabs for protection, similar to the attached. But I am having some trouble finding any for mid to late 1800s which are 30.6mm in diameter. Coin size goes from 30mm to 31mm with no apparent half size. Any suggestions where I can get slabs that are sized for those 30.5mm coins? P.S. They don't need to be multi-tang edge view like the attached, and could be the older style full circle gasket type as long as they are a white color or clear and sized for a 30.5mm coin.

Sounds like the "seller" was blowing some "smoke" you know where and trying to cash in on the notoriety of the "42 Over 41". For the OP coin at over 200 mil minted it's prolly worth ... 10C ... JK, prolly $2 to $3?

Yup, shiny does sell and why many of the older raw coins have had a light "dip in the pool" to get rid of that "ugly tarnish" ("toning"), which the TPGs have accepted. Interesting how collectors' tastes change over time. It's just such a shame that someone may have actually thought they were "improving" that coin with what they did. I was surprised @DWLangechimed in because as a coin whisperer that coin must have been screaming in agony with what was done ... And about grade, no matter what the condition of a coin, or whether I am even considering buying it or not (not in this case, although I do consider lightly cleaned coins), I have been trying to think of what it would grade and if it might be a fake, so hopefully over time it just becomes second nature. So, any feedback on grade is appreciated, even if the coin may just be returned ungraded/unslabbed if it was actually submitted.