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is this a junker?

thankyouthankyou Posts: 66
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Am I sanford and son for having this?

Where is Grady?

This is the big one Elizabeth, I'm comin to see you.

It is a junker isn't it ( sry I'm new, i really do not know if this is a good coin ).


Thankyou!

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    ClausUrchClausUrch Posts: 1,278 ✭
    Yes...send it to me!image
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    thankyouthankyou Posts: 66
    Seriously, it's nothing, correct?

    srry if dumb question. I'm new.

    thankyou
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    OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why that's none other than a 1923 Monroe commemorative! And in very bad shape I might add. Value in this condition (considering the rim ding) around five bucks. Want to sell it?image

    Cheers,

    Bob
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    thankyouthankyou Posts: 66
    yes I do. Well, I guess depends on what it's worth. I do know there were only 274,xxx or so made. So not around every corner. This ones got a very kewl toning on the reverse.
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    LokiLoki Posts: 898 ✭✭
    It's not worth much, but that doesn't mean it isn't a nice coin. I like the original toning; the even, yet not eye-distracting wear; the fact that it was circulated for a while which is not as common as you would think for an early commem, especially a monroe. No it isn't an investment coin (if there is such a thing), but it doesn't have to be. It has excellent eye appeal for what it is. I like it!! image
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    kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    There were 274,077 minted.

    Cameron Kiefer
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    thankyouthankyou Posts: 66
    Thank you!

    Should I sell it for 5 bux? or keep it?

    Will it ever be worth more than 5 bux?

    thankyou
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    OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Many commemorative coins of and before the depression era saw circulation out of the desperation of the times. Sad, but true. If I were you, I'd keep it as a conversation piece.

    Cheers,

    Bob
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    LokiLoki Posts: 898 ✭✭


    << <i>Thank you!

    Should I sell it for 5 bux? or keep it?

    Will it ever be worth more than 5 bux?

    thankyou >>



    Would you rather have this coin or a Big Mac, fries, and a coke? Personnally, I would keep the coin instead of letting it go for 5 bucks. I don't like Big Macs. image
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    thankyouthankyou Posts: 66
    me 2. I'm one of only 274,077 pplz with this thing. And I got a killer strike on this one, and nice toning on the reverse! your right. Mc'y D's sux comparitively.

    Conversation Piece for sale! 1 grand! lol. ( it looks nicer than the ones that sell for more man). lol truely it does.


    TY
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    darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    Hi Carl, a nice coin but not worth alot of money. I would keep it because it is neat to have a piece of history. mike image
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    braddickbraddick Posts: 23,294 ✭✭✭✭✭
    These early circulated Commemoratives have a story to tell. Imagine the FIRST person to need to spend it? What was going through their mind? What was it spent on?
    And the next person in line- why didn't he or she pluck this one out of circulation and keep it, or I suppose, maybe they did? Then, later- they also found the need of spending greater than the want of saving.
    Each one with multiple stories to tell.

    peacockcoins

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    stujoestujoe Posts: 1,510


    << <i>me 2. I'm one of only 274,077 pplz with this thing. And I got a killer strike on this one, and nice toning on the reverse! your right. Mc'y D's sux comparitively. Conversation Piece for sale! 1 grand! lol. ( it looks nicer than the ones that sell for more man). lol truely it does. TY >>



    Good choice! and there are probably less than that number surviving so it is even 'rarer'. :-)
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    BulldogBulldog Posts: 779
    Keep it for the Halibut, There aint enough value in it to buy your new Corvette, and if you want another, it will cost ya big. So a Smart man would air tite it, or 2x2 it and park it in your album of coins that you are going to organize someday!

    Bulldog
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    LokiLoki Posts: 898 ✭✭


    << <i>So a Smart man would air tite it, or 2x2 it and park it in your album of coins that you are going to organize someday! >>

    Naa, leave it free! It's had a good life being free, so why imprison it in plastic now? Let the kids play with it or pass it around in the classroom during a show 'n tell. It's the perfect "touch me" coin. image
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    drsvenghalidrsvenghali Posts: 291 ✭✭
    I agree with Loki. Coins like this are great conversation pieces. Pass it around, get some discussion going and don't be afraid of someone fingering it up.
    "Don't talk like an ignarosis."

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    JLWJLW Posts: 583
    It is a keeper, but I like commemoratives, especially old ones!
    Joe
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    MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭
    I'd keep it. Especially if you sold it to me for $5

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