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## Speaker_0: ##
The most special thing about it is the prices inside that we wish we could get those coins for today. :D
## dogbot: ##
I have one from 1958, would love a 1873CC trade dollar for 75$ in mint state.
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## Speaker_0: ##
Mind boggling. Like, where do you even get something like that?
## dogbot: ##
Sometimes auction houses have nice quality coins.
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## Speaker_0: ##
It’s good plated. It’s all the presidents.
Seen em before. Not worth much
## dogbot: ##
Indeed, 24K electroplated, [according to the original packaging.](https://old.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/9vwktf/is_this_of_any_value/)
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## Speaker_0: ##
I really think this is a die that literally cracked as it was striking this, you can see weakness on the reverse where the crack is, and you can see that the crack hasn't fully advanced yet, really really neat error, id submit it
## dogbot: ##
Now this makes sense! The detail would carry over the entire anomaly. Thank you!
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## Speaker_0: ##
Hey so I spent a year scanning the ground as I walked to and fro on this earth and found $19.53. Not a bad haul. I was wondering what you all thought would be a good coin(s) to get for this amount of money? Does anyone else make an effort to find money on the ground?
## dogbot: ##
I've bee doing this actively for the past 4 years living in nyc. Last year alone I got well over $100. After a while it becomes natural and you find a whole lot. I've been keeping it all totaled and will be making a post about it with pictures when I graduate in MAy with a breakdown of denomination and whatnot
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## Speaker_0: ##
That's nice that he saved them. I'm very sorry that your father passed away.
## dogbot: ##
It's cool that you can remember him every time you see one of these coins in your change.
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## Speaker_0: ##
For the curious:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Eagle_cent
## dogbot: ##
Lol I like the cartoon of America giving Spanish silver a foot in the ass
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## dogbot: ##
I got a rough 1945-p nickel at work the other day and had the same thought.
## Speaker_0: ##
How do you know if a coin is p or c or anything?
## dogbot: ##
It depends on the coin...... the P-D-S-O-CC marks on coins are the mint mark.
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## Speaker_0: ##
Lol the dude in the coin looks like Geralth of Rivia with a crown if you dance at him fast
## Speaker_1: ##
> Lol the dude in the coin looks like Geralth of Rivia with a crown if you dance at him fast
Dance fight!
## Speaker_0: ##
😂😂😂 I meant glance
## dogbot: ##
Tosses my coin so it becomes The witcher
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## Speaker_0: ##
I got this capped bust half as a 'cull' (from a big-name supplier). Cull likely due to some idiot in the past scratching "WH" on the obverse. Besides that, this is a beautiful coin imo but I'm curious if the toning is artificial?
I'll admit I've played around with artificially toning cleaned/damaged Morgan's in the past, just for fun, but never had a good outcome.
I'm also not the most experienced with taking photos of toned coins but I think these come close to showing. The reverse is where the best blue/purple tones come out..
Thought? Either way, I'm happy to have this one in my collection now!
## dogbot: ##
Could you photograph this in a less bright light? Or meter your camera to the bright spots?
It’s hard to see the actual colors with an overexposure of the coin
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## Speaker_0: ##
[It's a Chain Cent, only minted in 1793.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_cent) Even though it looks destroyed, its probably still worth 500-650 dollars.
GET A METAL DETECTOR IN YOUR BACK YARD!!!!!
## Speaker_1: ##
Is there a way to remove the corrosion? It looks like shit right now
* I apologize for my ignorance
## dogbot: ##
Do not do a thing to it. It's too valuable. Leave it in the exact condition you found it or soak in distilled water for a few months and let air dry.
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## dogbot: ##
Most Excellent!! I'm a Canadian so I've been hitting up large bank return bags of pennies lately as ours have been retired. Great find!
## Speaker_0: ##
You can still go into a bank and purchase pennies? I wondered if that was possible now that they're out of circulation. Do businesses still accept them?
## dogbot: ##
It's being phased out very quickly here in Ontario. Most businesses won't accept or give pennies anymore, and all they get at the bank are destined to be melted down! I've become somewhat sentimental($$$) about them lately so the girls at the bank have been letting me buy the bags (shhhh).
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## Speaker_0: ##
Someone is going to come along and give a better explanation soon, but I'll do the short version now.
Originally, the value of a coin was equal to the value of the precious metal it was made out of. However, when the US took the dollar off the silver standard, people still kept using it because they all agreed that it could be exchanged for whatever a dollars worth of services were, not because they could get a lump of silver for it.
Because the dollar wasn't tied to the price of silver, the value of silver could rise more quickly than the value of the dollar. This created a problem, because the silver quarter, rather than having .25 dollars worth of silver could have, for instance, .38.
Four quarters still traded for a dollar though, which was less than what you could get for them if you melted them down, extracted the silver, and sold it at the going rate (assuming this wouldn't cost you any money). This was going to create a huge problem for the Mint, so they switched our coins' composition to the non-valuable metals they are today.
I believe that the value of the silver in the coins was more than the value of the coin for a little while, but most people didn't sell them as silver because they couldn't personally profit from it after they considered their expenses of refining and finding a buyer.
## Speaker_1: ##
YSK: [$1 in coins equal the same weight (dime, quarter, half dollar) no matter what the configuration](http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-the-Value-of-Junk-Silver)
## dogbot: ##
Although the "large" dollar coins (Morgan, Peace, etc) actually have a bit more silver than one dollar in other coins.
A large dollar has 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, while 4 quarters, for example, has 0.7234 troy ounces of silver.
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## dogbot: ##
Mexican coins are highly underrated. This is a beauty!
## Speaker_0: ##
They are indeed! This is my first non-US coin and now I’m hooked. I’ve gone through Numista to make a list of world coins I think are particularly beautiful and several are from Mexico.
## dogbot: ##
I hear that. While I tend to focus primarily on US coins, I am so easily distracted by world coins of all kinds. As far as Mexico goes, there are several coins I love, but [this](https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10919.html) is one of my favorites -- I posted about it [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/fih39e/mexico_1948_5_pesos/). It's also large, silver, and (relatively) cheap, so it's pretty awesome all around.
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## Speaker_0: ##
Looks a lot like this one: [https://www.ma-shops.com/olding/item.php?id=269628](https://www.ma-shops.com/olding/item.php?id=269628)
## Speaker_1: ##
Thats the one! Odd how its not on Numista!
## dogbot: ##
Numista is a community-built resource, there are lots of holes in its listings. Maybe someone here with an account could help you post yours as a new entry.
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## dogbot: ##
If you've confirmed it's real, then yes.
## Speaker_0: ##
It is. It fits weight, it isn’t magnetic, and fits diameter
## dogbot: ##
Yeah you should grade it
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## Speaker_0: ##
No harm in doing so, lots of double dies for that design.
## dogbot: ##
Yeah I just found out about that so ill go back thru them and check
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## Speaker_0: ##
Someone electroplating it with gold.
## dogbot: ##
Real gold? Does it do much to the value? Keep in mind, I know nothing about coins.
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## Speaker_0: ##
Wow that gorgeous! looks like it could use an acetone bath tho
## dogbot: ##
Why on earth do you think that
## Speaker_0: ##
Dont get why im being downvoted, there is residue, acetone can clear it up
## dogbot: ##
First, acetone and copper don’t mix. Second, I can’t see anything on there.
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