Found this at a yard sale for $15.00
Bdog9027
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New to coin collecting and first and foremost. I am not the type immediately find the value of a coin I may come across. Or even care lol. I genuinely admire American and other world coins. But an older woman sold me this and said $15 was fine by her. But this is the treasure I’ve found! 
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I’m going to guess that she is a widow and it’s from her husband’s collection and she didn’t know what she had
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Honestly the reason it caught my eye because “27” is literally my lucky number. Haha. But I think it looks sweet too
I'm new also,I'm not gonna comment on your find because I'd probably be wrong,however I'm interested in what others will comment
Haha fine by me. See I really got into coin collecting recently. I usually just stack gold and silver bars and sometimes bullion whenever the price is right every other paycheck. And noticed how beautiful the gold and silver pandas i have are. And I’m like. I feel like being a collector now I think 🧐
That' cool,I've just started this hobby some of what I've learned is condition is really important
Yup I know to hold the coin on the outside and etc. I do have some more coins from yard sales I’ve gotten cheap. But so far this one seemed the only one worth posting to a forum I think
We're there any other coins at that yard sale?
No at that yard sale I got that 1927 half dollar and a 1960’s Girard Perregaux watch.
Like taking candy from a baby....Too bad people don't do any research on the value of what they have.
I could care less about the value. But judging by the pictures is it worth being sent graded? I am sending 1990s era gold and silver panda coins in soon as well
That's a damn nice coin for an even better price. Redbook puts the value at ~$250-$450 (AU50-MS 65). It looks choice uncirculated to me. Perhaps MS64 or 65. It's worthy of TPG grading down the road, in my opinion.
Thank you for the input!
Its was a steal (literally) at $15, but I think it's an AU58.
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Hmm is still worth getting graded if I take other coins along in with it?
In my opinion (stress on opinion) if you submit this coin you will simply take $30 or so out of your pocket.
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I appreciate the comments guys. Thank you for responding. Hope to show you more treasure finds soon
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Source: https://www.pcgs.com/prices/detail/silver-commemorative/789/most-active/ms?pn=2
I've always loved the Vermont Commemorative. Nice pick up.
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Nice score!
Thanks man 😎
Me too, I read the history on it also. How they had destroyed 12,000 outta the 40,000 coins minted due to low popularity
Nice, and welcome to the forum. I like the cat on the reverse the most.
Welcome to our Forum.....Great find!!! Almost reaching antique level at 100 years. Wonderful condition-I'd definitely send to PCGS.
The original mintages for a great many of the old commemorative coinages were returned to the mint and melted because they didn’t sell. One of the more interesting ones were the Lafayette Dollars that sat in the mint vaults until about 1945. They come to attention of collectors and dealers and there were calls for the government to sell them and make some money. Back then they were worth about $10 apiece in Unc.
The government didn’t listen and the Feds melted them for use in the Manhattan Project as the story goes.
From a collectors standpoint with this coin and it’s history. Do you think it really only attracts person(s) who are mostly commemorative collectors? Me personally I just plan to grade it and keep it as I’ll have something to look at when I look at my old and silver fractionals lol but just curious 🧐
@Bdog9027 ... Welcome aboard. Nice commemorative half dollar... I would grade it low MS.
Probably a 62, but the pictures are not conducive to accuracy. Let us know what grade it gets. Cheers, RickO
Squeeze those staples down. And if you send in for grading, cut the coin out of the 2x2 (with a scissor on the cardboard part) rather than fiddling with removing staples. I've got a 1934-D Peace dollar that some yahoo was in a hurry to get out of its 2x2 holder resulting in a staple scratch on the reverse. Piece graded "Uncirculated Details- Reverse scratch."
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AU 58, worth about 165 retail ...... nice pick up ....... I guess one man's ignorance is another man's gain if that's the creed you live by
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Wow what the frick lol? So a grader did that bullcrap??
I should add that the yahoo who scratched my 1934-D dollar wasn't me. Happily the scratch, even though significant enough to warrant a details grade at NGC, is not in a place that caused me to shrink away from buying it. $150 coin easily without the scratch. Well under $100 coin with scratch.
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I think you are right. I had terrible
Lighting and I just wanted to get some pictures worth saving to a phone but got in a rush. It does look more built up. The collar area on the obverse if I’m saying that right lol. (the front?)
I agree with Tom about the condition (approximately AU58) and that it would be throwing money away to get it graded. Including postage, the cost would probably be over $50 and grading wouldn’t add nearly that much value to the coin.
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..other stuff to get graded soon. Was told the more the cheaper it ultimately ends up? Idk really
Hoping someone could fill me in on that
Definitely a steal... I can't find one close to that condition online for under $200...
I wouldn't send it for grading if I was you.
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Well I respect the ones saying the it’s an AU58 or so but. I believe the next time I’ll post it on here in a slab it’s at least 2-6 over. And if I’m wrong I’ll send one of you an 1oz of silver haha
Tuck it aside and maybe send it in after a couple years of collecting. I collected for 3 years (mostly graded coins) before I made my first submission, was a great way to make sure I had some semblance of a clue prior to submitting.
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Was it priced at $15 or is that what you offered her?
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Nice coin for $15!
Grading services don't accept coins in stapled holders for that reason. Only flip holders. Most likely done by an eager collector.
My thoughts too. I liked the I didn't really know what the value was and I don't care angle too, until all of sudden "should I grade it".
Celebrating rips from little old ladies. My we have changed.
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The only thing I ever find at garage sales are highly over priced modern mint proof sets or other modern mint issues. I keep looking. Great score!
I think just no one has posted about one lately.
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Given the guy seems to be just learning about coins, I would cut him some slack. But it poses an ethical question - what would those here who DO know about coins do if it had a price tag of $15 on it? Would you buy it? Buy it for $100? Tell the lady it is worth more than $15 and suggest she price it accordingly?
Not really digging on the OP as much as some of the "great steal"-type comments from a few regular posters. And, I'll reserve the right to decide later on the OP.
If it's what I think it is (AU55/58sh) no way I don't figure out how to drop the better part of a C-note, even if I have to buy some other "clutter", or go back and give her the difference. If it's better, then it would have to be more.
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Wow - nice pickup.
Here come all the righteous do-gooders give me a break! So, you tell the sweet lil old lady that you think the coin is worth 200.00 and so you pay her 200.00. When the coin comes back details do you go back looking for her as well...
I would have offered 10 bucks
@Bdog9027 I like coins and watches. How's that 1960’s Girard Perregaux watch?
LOL, exactly! I’m sure everyone who has bragged about “cherry-picking” here makes sure to tell the seller what they have first, and ensures they pay fair market value for it. It sounds like she was happy to sell it for $15 and so we have two happy parties in a voluntary transaction.
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
I got something you can reserve
@Coinscratch Not often I get called a do-gooder. I'll take that as a compliment if it was directed at me.
Somewhere over values of about $50., and I generally want to be close to 50c on he "worst case" dollar from someone who doesn't know or doesn't care to find out ... especially little old ladies ... so I can still sleep. Buying anything has some risk and effort to sell (if I didn't want to keep it).
10c (or less) on the dollar from you, when you are supposed to know? No problem.
I'm not as nice as I might seem. Some people think I'm an a**hole.
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