TinySteiny

Thank you so much for thr honest replies! I have no idea no idea what my grandparents paid, but it feels like I'm doing a disservice to their name to assume that they gave us a few coins with the intention of said coins to be a symbol of false hope. Seeing how I honestly don't have any real general knowledge to lean one way or the other, I'm left feeling a bit lost unfortunately on what to think. With that said, I not only appreciate your feedback but I genuinely thank you both for also giving me a bit more direction/guidance. :-)

Appreciate your feedback!

I tried to tell my grandparents growing up that toys were better gifts! However, I see the temptation of just passing them to my kids so I dont have to deal with it! ;-)

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Hi! Found this coin in drawer while cleaning out parents house. Has been sitting in box for about 20+yrs.... Any realistic range for estimate would be greatly appreciated. Tried to include photos as best I could.

Hi! When recently cleaning out my parents house, I found several coins my grandparents had given to my sister and I while we were growing up. They have basically been sitting in a drawer for the last 20-30yrs-- but have been kept in these neat little blue velvet boxes. (I'm over 35yrs old...so its been at least 20yrs...the plastic slips they were in are actually snapping and cracking) I have no idea where to even start... but alas, I went to local coin dealer to see numbers they would throw at me...which were not very high. Then I decider to "google" local coin dealers again but this time I searcher from Better Business Bureau website for BBB accredited dealers and of course, there are ZERO where I live. However, i was able to submit a few request for quotes from BBB search for dealers which are about an hour and half from me (both North and South). Thought this would be helpful until i started receiving a few responses. Somehow, the more responses I get from dealers, the more uncertain I am.... these quotes range from $20 all the way to $2K, with one just saying that would need to see in-person but could be in thousands? And again, these were all directed via BBB website tool, so i have no idea what to think. This range also includes quote from local dealer today, who only quoted me $30-40 (but worth noting that might not be best source as shop isn't even BBB accredited, his quote was higher than some who responded via BBB website tool? But goes both ways-- significantly lower than highest quote in the same respect...from BBB website. lol.). So now I'm basically here begging for someone to just give me an honest answer on whether it is worth to drive an hour and half out of town (one way) to get an in-person quote from dealer who is actually BBB certified as well as these authorized 3rd party grading dealer? Or was the local coin dealer giving me a fair price here? I've tried to include better pictures this time (than what I started with earlier today on BBB website quotes) and tried to get angles where reflection from light doesn't interfere. (Also-- I only have 4 total coins...I'm just using this one as example as the local dealer told me it was the most valuable) Any advice would be greatly appreciated-- gas is sooo expensive right now, it feels foolish to drive 3 hrs for a 10 minute visit to someone who I cant even really say is the "expert" or giving me a fair "estimate".