ronfin
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- Jan 12, 2012
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First, do others have their finds appraised? I haven't sent any off to a certified grading company, but was off from work today, and decided to take one of my Coin Shop guys up on his offer. A few months ago I started delivering to a shop on Torresdale ave here in Philly that buys and sells coins. We started BS'ing about MD'ing, and I told him about some of the coins I had found. He said "Bring'em by one day and I'll appraise them for ya no charge..." How could I not? For free? Cheap is good, but free's for me! I stopped in this afternoon and let him look at all the silver coins, coppers, token, and various other coins I found this year using both the ETRAC and CTX combined. I can't give credit to either machine because it wouldn't be fair. I hunted with the ETRAC longer, so there are more coins from that MD etc. Regardless, it took him almost 3 hours, but some of that was due to people stopping in and the gaps in time etc. His overall estimate was $2,283.57 based on silver melt values today, and what he'd pay for them. Example 1, I have 4 Large Cents. One in excellent shape, one GOOD, and two totally scrambled. He would only offer $15 each for the good two. Example 2, I have 59 Mercury dimes, and he would only pay $3 each. Has anyone ever done this at the end of the year to get an idea of what everything's worth? I'm pretty sure a lot of these individually are worth more, so is it even worth the headache of trying to get a better estimate? I know the 1916-S Merc I have is worth more than $3. It's a semi-key date, and it's not that toasty. I know this amount is no where near what the beach hunters find a year considering they score some very nice rings, but what about you Coin Shooters? Do ya get appraisals, or just put them away? Sure does make this hobby a lot more fun when you can put a dollar value to the "fun".