Financially irresponsible coin hoarder seeks adult supervision
Jessann
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So here’s my situation. I’ve accidentally acquired a small pile of coins that may or may not be worth something… or may just be shiny reminders of my questionable life decisions.
I’d love to get them all graded, but unfortunately my bank account and reality are not on speaking terms right now. So before I go making bad decisions at scale, I figured I’d ask people who actually know what they’re looking at.
Is it reasonable to sell some of these raw here, or is that basically me volunteering to get roasted? And more importantly, how do I even begin to tell which ones are worth grading versus which ones belong in my “cool but probably worthless” pile?
I’m open to advice, mild judgment, and brutal honesty. Just try to keep the emotional damage to a collectible grade.
Thank you so much for your tine and guidance
Jessica
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Try posting the best (or most interesting) one or two first, and see what sort of response you get.
As I posted earlier today in another thread, you have three questions that you need to answer for each piece. Do your homework and answer these questions as best as you can. The folks here will surely tell you if you are misguided
The default answer here is "It's worth face value, just spend it." That answer is correct 99+% of the time. If you want a different answer, you should explain why that response doesn't apply to each coin.
Alternatively... if you already have a bunch of different answers, then sell it to whoever said they're worth the most. If someone says that your coins are worth more than face value and they're not willing to put their money behind that, well, you can consider how much you want to believe what they say about values.
...which is the problem right here. If you want help, as has been mentioned previously, show us the coins, tell us what you think about it (the results of your research), and you can get opinions. If you simply tell us you have coins, what advice do you suppose we can provide?
No, you're doing just fine.
I think the experts are in communications with one and another behind the scenes (so to speak) and coming up with thoughtful conclusions before posting.
Strike doubling, no premium on the quarter. Not worth grading. Worth 25 cents
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Your photos are good, but I don't see any valuable coins / varieties in the photos.
There are lots of youtube videos which try to get people excited about finding valuable coins in their spare change.
Unfortunately, most of those youtube videos are clickbait, just trying to profit from views of the videos.
It's in their financial interest to overstate the value and not be realistic about the rarity of coins that actually have some value.
Generally speaking, valuable coins are truly rare, so it would be extremely unlikely that even one would show up in spare change. Usually valuable coins are bought and sold at prices much higher than their face value. So sometimes a person might inherit a collection with some valuable coins, if the original buyer had spent a lot of money on coins in the collection. But more common inherited collections are lower value things like proof sets or common coins from an overseas trip. Usually the highest value in an inherited collection is in the 90% silver coins from prior to 1965.
Jessica, I see you posted very close up photos of what may appear to be a Bicentennial Quarter with doubling.
Understand there is Machine doubling that carries very little if any premium, then there is Doubled Die Obverse, which in fact carries a premium. Importance is placed on the word Doubled , and not Double which is an incorrect term.
Also, instead of super blown up photos of parts of the coin, please post a full frontal (obverse) and reverse picture of the coins you are inquiring about.
If you want you can post the entire pile and you will get a generalized answer in mere moments, but I'm guessing you are asking about varieties from the photos above.
It's all about what the people want...
How did you acquire the coins you’re asking about? Did someone buy them? For how much? If they came from change, you’re probably going to want to keep the ones you enjoy looking at and spend the rest.
Over the course of 30+ collecting years, I have never found a coin in change that was worth slabbing. Maybe someone here has, but it’s extremely rare. Roll hunters do a little better searching for varieties they’re familiar with.
Photos of screens are nearly worthless due to the pixelation that is caused. There are two obverse varieties of the 1976-D Quarter, compare yours to these photos for an EXACT match: http://varietyvista.com/09b WQ Vol 2/DDOs 1976-D.htm and there are NO significant reverse varieties. So most likely you see mechanical doubling. But it is worth your time to learn how to research varieties.
cheap go spend em
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Jessica, welcome to the forum. There are many knowledgeable people here. Sometime things get a little snarky but for the most part we appreciate sincerity like yours for a first time poster. From your photos you have common strike doubling. Nothing worth more than face value but you have a good eye to spot them. My advise is to put them away in a drawer and use them as conversation pieces.
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You'll need to post photos in order to get informed feedback. It will also be helpful if you mention what it is that you think might make the coin valuable or significant.
Jessica, I can understand your frustration with all of this. Try to understand that none of this is completely straightforward. People are trying to help.
Seems to me it might be a good idea to see if there is a coin club in your area. That way you could bring your coins in in a no pressure environment, and you could show them these coins and get advice.
Howdy and welcome.
At times this forum gets flooded with well-intentioned folks who are misled by YouTube videos and the like and who think everything they have is valuable, or alternate accounts of forum members who like nothing better than to muck things up, or full-time internet trolls who attempt to stir the pot. Certain things they appear to have in common are poorly worded questions, or microscope images, or a combative attitude and response pattern. So, when you come here and ask about coins it can be dicey how seriously some members will take your initial replies.
If you are sincere then I suspect you already have a copy of the Red Book, if you are sincere and do not already have a copy of the Red Book then I have no idea why you don't have it. They might cost $20 and needn't be replaced more than every two decades or so unless you specialize in ultra-modern coins. The book can be purchased as most larger bookchaing or online.
If you are looking for doubled dies or things like that then you had best be somewhat knowledgeable and some of the replies you have received are attempting to see if you have put in the work to understand the topic. Essentially, we get lots of people who dump their change in front of us and ask "what is valuable" without helping and without ever coming back, so the snarky replies tend to pile up. Read and understand the Red Book and then study and understand the image below. Please note that I did not produce the image, but it is quite good.
Good luck and be ready to answer questions.
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Well that fell apart pretty quickly.
Many people did try to help but for some reason you chose to take that in a negative way and then insulted us.
Good luck whereever you go for help next.
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You accused us of making assumptions, but you started the thread by saying "I’ve accidentally acquired a small pile of coins that may or may not be worth something… or may just be shiny reminders of my questionable life decisions."
But then you said you recently inherited them from your grandfather. 🤔
I'm sorry for your loss, and you don't owe us any particular backstory, but it is a little challenging to process what you did decide to share.
Carry on.
Best to ignore the rude responses and simply focus on the people trying to be helpful. Ask follow up questions if you need to.
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