Coin and token info

[hunts with son]

My mother in law found a few coins and tokens that were in a box in her basement. Sh asked me for help identifying, getting a value, and possible selling/trading for silver. The silver will be going to my kids to help their college fund (love my mother in law!!). I have looked at a few websites and eBay for values but I figured I would asked here also. I took some pics of the front and back. Thanks in advance for any info!!!

 

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[hunts with son]

And the coins

 

[dejapooh]

Ok. First picture. Hard times tokens. Mostly common unless you have a rare "Lowe"variety. Then you have some civil war tokens. Both htt and cwt are examples of bad money chasing out good money. Both issues by private parties in response to a lack of coin due to troubles (depression of 1837 and civil war). I saw some flying eagle and Indian cents. You should know how to check those out. Finally some 3 cent silver coins. http://www.pcgs.com/prices/PriceGuideDetail.aspx?MS=1&PR=1&SP=1&c=77

To check those.

 

[dejapooh]

http://www.mansfieldnumismaticsociety.org/hardtimestokens.htm for info on hard times tokens. I used to collect them. Very cool things.

 

[Mackaydon]

Welcome to Treasure Net !!
Fantastic collection.
Here's the ID for the top left token: ½ Penny (James Duncan & Company) - Canadian provinces - Numista
And the second one: 1837 Van Buren 1841 Webster Credit Hard Times Token | eBay
Don....

 

[cudamark]

There looks to be 2-3 flying eagles that appear to be in a higher grade. The rest won't bring much. In the 3 cent silver, I see only one that looks to be a mid to high grade so unless any are minted from 1863-1873 the rest are common and low grade....as in not much value. I'm not a token expert so I'll leave those to the ones who are. You'll probably have to post better close-ups to get an idea on what each coin would grade. Even then, that would only be an estimate as you really need to do it in person to do it accurately. If you don't know how to grade a coin, I'd read a little to get an idea and then have some local coin experts give you their opinion before you decide to sell. Get estimates from at least 3 different sources. An Official A.N.A. Grading Standards book is a good place to start in determining the actual grades of coins.

 

[hunts with son]

Thanks everyone for the great info, I really appreciate it. I have a place to start and do some more research!

I know not to clean coins, but are tokens okay to "lightly" clean?

And I also have a few coins with holes in them, I assume for jewelry. What do you do with a coin that had a hole in it?

 

[Davers]

IMO, Tokens should not be over cleaned either , & as for the holed coins ,the hole pretty much ruins their valve but a few folks like me find them appealing . If you would like to sell any of the above coins ,PM me & we can talk about it. Thanks Davers

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

WOW!..I would totally buy some of those coins or my collection

 

[coinguy*matthew]

No one has mentioned the counter stamped flying eagle cent, I would have someone with counter stamp knowledge take a look at it some are worth quite a bit to the right person......

 

[hunts with son]

Counter stamp? Add that to my research list LOL

Thanks !

 

[coinguy*matthew]

Counter stamp? Add that to my research list LOL

Thanks !

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[hunts with son]

Thank you!

 

[coinguy*matthew]

What are the letters on the counterstamp?

 

[hunts with son]

I'm not home right now to look closer, but it looks like R.M.

 

[hunts with son]

After closer inspection, it looks like K.M.

 

[hunts with son]

Okay. After even further inspection I really don't know. LOL. I will post s pic, not great quality for the coin but it shows the stamp well. And I can see the start of a third letter.

 

[coinguy*matthew]

Bummer.......

 

[hunts with son]

Oh well. Missing a third letter on a coin that I thought was junk is still better than nothing. And the coin isn't in that bad of shape. Learn something new everyday!

Thanks again