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Help with appraisal
Hello. I am not a coin collector so I must plead ignorance in this
area. My wife is interested in determining the value of a coin given to her when she was a little girl by her now deceased father. She's not planning on selling it due to it's sentimental value. She merely wants to get an idea of it's value (if any). I have done some preliminary investigation on the net and have discovered it is an 1880 Morgan Silver Dollar. It has na "S" which I understand means it was minted in San Francisco. I have also learned that I should NOT attempt to clean it, so I haven't. Here is a link to a photograph of the coin: http://www.boomspeed.com/gbdfa/coin.jpg I would very much appreciate any information anyone on this bulletin board can provide. Thanks in advance. Pat Frederick |
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Pat Frederick spoke thusly...
Hello. I am not a coin collector so I must plead ignorance in this area. My wife is interested in determining the value of a coin given to her when she was a little girl by her now deceased father. She's not planning on selling it due to it's sentimental value. She merely wants to get an idea of it's value (if any). I have done some preliminary investigation on the net and have discovered it is an 1880 Morgan Silver Dollar. It has na "S" which I understand means it was minted in San Francisco. I have also learned that I should NOT attempt to clean it, so I haven't. Here is a link to a photograph of the coin: http://www.boomspeed.com/gbdfa/coin.jpg I would very much appreciate any information anyone on this bulletin board can provide. Thanks in advance. Its sentimental value should far exceed its collector value. A guess would be $20 (full retail) give or take a buck or two as I am thinking it is in the EF grade range. I think it is a nice looking coin and you are right about the series, date, and mint and it looks uncleaned to me too. -- Stujoe |
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"Stujoe" wrote in message t... Pat Frederick spoke thusly... Hello. I am not a coin collector so I must plead ignorance in this area. My wife is interested in determining the value of a coin given to her when she was a little girl by her now deceased father. She's not planning on selling it due to it's sentimental value. She merely wants to get an idea of it's value (if any). I have done some preliminary investigation on the net and have discovered it is an 1880 Morgan Silver Dollar. It has na "S" which I understand means it was minted in San Francisco. I have also learned that I should NOT attempt to clean it, so I haven't. Here is a link to a photograph of the coin: http://www.boomspeed.com/gbdfa/coin.jpg I would very much appreciate any information anyone on this bulletin board can provide. Thanks in advance. Its sentimental value should far exceed its collector value. A guess would be $20 (full retail) give or take a buck or two as I am thinking it is in the EF grade range. I think it is a nice looking coin and you are right about the series, date, and mint and it looks uncleaned to me too. Stujoe If you could use a 2nd opinion I would agree with Stujoe about Ef grade and the $15-$20 retail value. BTW, VAM has 70 entries for the 1880 S. -- Michael R ANA #173222 Ebay and Yahoo ID ~ mrae7 |
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I have to parrot StuJoe's and Michael's responses. Decent details, doesn't
appear to have been cleaned, honest toning. Value about $20. The sentimental value is a lot more, I'm sure. Jerry Michael R" provides: "Stujoe" wrote in message et... Pat Frederick spoke thusly... Hello. I am not a coin collector so I must plead ignorance in this area. My wife is interested in determining the value of a coin given to her when she was a little girl by her now deceased father. She's not planning on selling it due to it's sentimental value. She merely wants to get an idea of it's value (if any). I have done some preliminary investigation on the net and have discovered it is an 1880 Morgan Silver Dollar. It has na "S" which I understand means it was minted in San Francisco. I have also learned that I should NOT attempt to clean it, so I haven't. Here is a link to a photograph of the coin: http://www.boomspeed.com/gbdfa/coin.jpg I would very much appreciate any information anyone on this bulletin board can provide. Thanks in advance. Its sentimental value should far exceed its collector value. A guess would be $20 (full retail) give or take a buck or two as I am thinking it is in the EF grade range. I think it is a nice looking coin and you are right about the series, date, and mint and it looks uncleaned to me too. Stujoe If you could use a 2nd opinion I would agree with Stujoe about Ef grade and the $15-$20 retail value. BTW, VAM has 70 entries for the 1880 S. -- Michael R ANA #173222 Ebay and Yahoo ID ~ mrae7 |
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