80s CRH Collection - updated with pics - LOTS

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80's CRH Collection - updated with pics - LOTS

As I noted in an earlier post (http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/coin-roll-hunting/328585-80s-crh-collection-depressing.html), my coworker brought in part of his collection that he acquired piecemeal from a CRH'er in the late 1980's. I spent the better part of Saturday cataloging it, separating the valuable coins from the junk silver, and researching some of the more rare and oddball stuff. Here is what we found:

27 Indian Head cents:

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25 Liberty V nickels:

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41 silver Roosevelt dimes, 104 Mercury head dimes, and 86 Barber dimes:

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140 silver Washington quarters and 8 dateless Standing Liberty quarters:

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A freakin' bag of halves, including 85 Walking Liberties, 49 Franklins, and 4 1964 Kennedy's:

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In addition to the loose halves, he had 34 Walking Liberties in flips, and a set of 34 WL's from 1936 to 1937 encased in plastic. This set includes the elusive 1938-D. A LCS I talked to said the coins had been cleaned, but I haven't confirmed that. They tried to low-ball the heck out of me, so I have no idea how reliable their analysis was.

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35 Morgan dollars and 70 Peace dollars:

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9 ASE's from 1987 to 1989, and 6 miscellaneous silver rounds:

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Miscellaneous loose coins that I put in flips included a dateless shield nickel, an 1919 Canadian dime, an 1897-S Barber dime, and 3 Seated Liberty dimes dated 1885, 1887, and 1891-S, and an 1862 GOLD $1 Indian princess coin (sorry for the bad pic - I was afraid to take it out of the case...)

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Other items include 3 .720 silver Mexican 100 Peso coins, an 1873 Belgian 5 franc coin (90% silver), a 1942 Canadian half, a 1968 Canadian dime (confirmed silver), and a 1973 Canadian 10 Dollar coin commemorating the 1976 Olympics (apparently 1.445 oz of .925 silver):

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Still more oddball yet still potentially valuable stuff include 3 gold and silver casino tokens, a complete 1972 New Zealand coin set, a 1967 New Zealand set of coins only, and a key from the 1934 World's Fair that was apparently turned into a pin:

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Last but not least are 2 different Pope coins from 1979. I've researched these again and again, and really haven't been able to come up with anything. Anybody have any information on these?

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All in all an impressive collection, and not even all of it yet! He's looking to sell the bulk of it, but I've asked him for more time so I can go over everything more carefully, looking for key dates and what not. Also gives us time to shop around to help him get the biggest bang for his buck. I'll probably make him an offer on the nickels and cents, as well as some of the silver. At the very least, when he does sell I plan to lump in the approximately 400 40% halves that I've accumulated, and hopefully be able to upgrade to 90%'s with no loss.

Regardless, I had a blast going through everything. Enjoy the silver p0rn!

HH!
 

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WOW! That must have been a blast to look through! Thanks for all the picks FT! Incredable collection for sure! HH, Maverick.
 

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I'm sure Sag 98 will do his Magic for the Pope coins and let you know about them. Maverick.
 

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The '38-D does indeed look cleaned, sorry to say.

Very nice assemblage of coins, otherwise!
 

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Why don't you make him an offer on all of it? Let him know he's letting someone that will appreciate all that coinage have it. :)

I agree with bigscores, those Walkers look cleaned (at least the '38-D).
 

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The Pope coins are not Vatican City issues, but medals commemorating the Pope. They are probably worth a few dollars. I have like 5 or 6 of them in silver, and one huge bronze one.

On the other foreigns:

1967 New Zealand Decimal Day set- $4 (issued at $4.50 in 1967)
1972 New Zealand set- $32.50 (issued at $3.50 in 1972)
1973 Canada 10 dollars- worth melt (1.4453 troy oz.)
1942 Canada 50 cents- worth melt (0.3 troy oz.)
1968 Canada 10 cents- worth melt unless in MS-60 or higher (0.0375 troy oz.)
1873 Belgium 5 francs- worth melt (0.7234 troy oz., value from 2007) position A or B? Belgium 1873 - Coin Community Forum (Position B is still worth melt in 2007)
3x 1979 Mexico 100 pesos- $20 each (0.6428 troy oz.)
 

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The Pope coins are not Vatican City issues, but medals commemorating the Pope. They are probably worth a few dollars. I have like 5 or 6 of them in silver, and one huge bronze one.

On the other foreigns:

1967 New Zealand Decimal Day set- $4 (issued at $4.50 in 1967)
1972 New Zealand set- $32.50 (issued at $3.50 in 1972)
1973 Canada 10 dollars- worth melt (1.4453 troy oz.)
1942 Canada 50 cents- worth melt (0.3 troy oz.)
1968 Canada 10 cents- worth melt unless in MS-60 or higher (0.0375 troy oz.)
1873 Belgium 5 francs- worth melt (0.7234 troy oz., value from 2007) position A or B? Belgium 1873 - Coin Community Forum (Position B is still worth melt in 2007)
3x 1979 Mexico 100 pesos- $20 each (0.6428 troy oz.)

Bam! And there it is! Nice break down there Sag98! HH, Maverick.
 

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Freakin' Awesome!

Even though the collection isn't yours, it was probably still a blast going through all of that and cataloging.
 

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bigscores said:
The '38-D does indeed look cleaned, sorry to say.

Very nice assemblage of coins, otherwise!

It looks "clean" in my opinion because its shiny but that doesn't always mean it was "cleaned." The picture is of too poor a quality to make that assessment.
 

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A great collection, no doubt. I can't imagine all of it was found CRH'ing by the original collector/CRH'er. It would be interesting to know what was found in the wild (at face or free) versus what he bought from someone above face.
 

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It looks "clean" in my opinion because its shiny but that doesn't always mean it was "cleaned." The picture is of too poor a quality to make that assessment.

Look at enough pictures and you can spot a cleaned coin from a mile away. That is cleaned, it looks like VF-XF details. You wont see luster on a VF-XF WLH. I'd put good money on it.
 

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It looks "clean" in my opinion because its shiny but that doesn't always mean it was "cleaned." The picture is of too poor a quality to make that assessment.

There is no detail on the coin where the face is and it's very smooth all the way down Liberty's body. I agree with bigscores: cleaned.

It probably looks like this close up:

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Wow! Very cool collection. It's neat to see something like this. Thanks for all of the info and great pictures!!!
 

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There is no detail on the coin where the face is and it's very smooth all the way down Liberty's body. I agree with bigscores: cleaned.

It probably looks like this close up:

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OK, so you're saying that it's probably been cleaned basically because the coin is both worn and shiny? Not disagreeing with you, I just have no experience telling the difference.
 

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OK, so you're saying that it's probably been cleaned basically because the coin is both worn and shiny? Not disagreeing with you, I just have no experience telling the difference.

It's okay, I understand.

From what I can tell from the pic you posted, yes. I am sure bigscores is more of an expert on this, and I agree with him, but that is my rule of thumb.
 

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Here's close ups of the front and back of the 38-D, taken with a smart phone rather than the camera I had previously (left it at home).

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Unfortunately, the front of the plastic case has been scuffed up, or possibly has the residue of old, old tape on it. I'll see if I can remove it with rubbing alcohol maybe. Don't see how to open the case without ruining it. The backside of the case is much more clear, as you can tell from the picture.

Thanks everyone for your help and comments!

FT
 

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Yep, VF Details, harshly cleaned, looks like someone polished it up. You can tell by the way the light reflects flatly and doesn't exhibit any cartwheel luster, that and the fact that it should not be reflecting hardly any light in that condition.

Shame. :(

Here's a picture of a few examples from my pulled from boxes/rolls set... Note the '37 is UNC, but the '36-S and '38 are both close in overall condition to your coin and how they look flat, and reflect no light whatsoever. Nice, original examples. Also, note my lack of a '38-D. That one, cleaned or not, is still nicer than mine. ;) Actually, looking at wear, the '38 is almost a dead ringer for your '38-D.

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