Toned Uncirculated Roosies! A nice surprise from an eBay gamble. Thoughts?

joefro · December 18, 2011 7:51AM

I posted this on the silver dime thread but it is getting buried. I have been working on a circulated Roosie set (bullion quality) and about a month ago I took a chance on this eBay auction. The final price was close to melt and the pics looked like there could be some toners so I figured why not. I was not disappointed! I have no experience grading Roosies, but most appear to be uncirculated and some have some nice toning. I am no photographer and these are just point and shoot, so sorry about the quality and random sizing. Anything worth submitting here?

Here are a couple shots trying to show the toning:

CoinJunkie · December 18, 2011 7:53AM

Regarding slabs, I'd say save your money on those...

TheBigB · December 18, 2011 7:57AM

The first one looks like it has graffiti on the obverse.

thisnamztaken · December 18, 2011 7:59AM

<< <i>Regarding slabs, I'd say save your money on those... >>

The surfaces look pretty rough, spotted, and/or cleaned in those photos.

kaz · December 18, 2011 8:03AM

Looks like some nice color on those. I have a bunch in 2x2's. my goal is to have a set to put into a Capitol holder, like Sanction II has. I could care less about the grades as long as they have attractive toning. I would say you are off to a good start.

joefro · December 18, 2011 8:03AM

Thanks for the insight everyone. Based on the auction and the frame they came in, it's probably safe to assume they were encased since at least 1975. The 1972-75 clad ones look really fresh but I was really just buying these for the pre-65 silver. They look great in my circulated album

joefro · December 19, 2011 1:58AM

One bump for the weekday crowd since it took forever for me to upload these pics

tightbudget · December 19, 2011 1:59AM

I'd keep them raw

DIMEMAN · December 19, 2011 2:03AM

Unless you want to put them in the Registry, which would require slabbing I would just put the in a Whitman book. I think silver looks better in blue.

Those are some pretty toners.

Toned Uncirculated Roosies! A nice surprise from an eBay gamble. Thoughts?

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