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I do not think you should clean any coins. You will change the look of the coin from the original natural look. Anything you remove from the coin will show where it has been cleaned, reducing the coins value.

1920 Pilgrim MS 62 Image Courtesy of Great Collections

This was my best Central States show ever! And many dealers with whom I spoke agreed that this particular show was one of their best CSNS shows as well. Cindy Wibker and the CSNS folks really did outdo themselves in putting on this show - from Dealer Day through Saturday! Also, as you will see, the hotel bar is a very popular meeting spot for dealers and collectors alike. I took a lot of photos of the various folks who were there each night, so be sure to check out all the pics to see if I captured any of you in my photos! I left beautiful OC early on Tuesday very much looking forward to setting up at this show, seeing my friends, and enjoying my stay at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel. I had a problem free, easy flight, and arrived in sunny Chicago that afternoon I arrived at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel in the afternoon and settled into my room Then I headed down to the bar for a nice glass of wine and a bite to eat In addition to buying a selling, one of the most fun parts about attending the CSNS show at the Renaissance Hotel is that most of the dealers and many collectors like to gather at the hotel bar each evening after the show. It's a great place to see old friends and make new ones in the coin industry. It didn't take long for some of my dealer friends to begin showing up, including one of my favorite dealer friends, Dino Koromvokis! Mitch Ernst (CSNS President), Chris Seuntjens (Crystal Clear Showcases) and Chris' friend were also enjoying a beverage (with a photobomb by Mitch's son Sam in the background!). Chris was very kind in sending over a glass of wine to me, so I ended up joining them at their table. We ended up talking about Chris's Crystal Clear showcases and I mentioned that I might be in the market to replace my heavy solid oak cases that I take to local shows with some lighter weight cases. So Chris generously offered to let me use his showcases throughout this show to see if they would fit my needs. Wednesday was Dealer Day for which I signed up so I could get in early, set up my booth, and go "shopping" in a more casual, less crowded atmosphere. Here's my booth all set up with the new Crystal Clear showcases. These are the coins I bought throughout the show, including a beautiful Pop 2 1955/55 Doubled Die in PCGS AU58+ CAC! Some of The Penny Lady swag and the two bottles of wine I brought for the show - a Washington Chateau St. Michelle 2016 cab and my favorite Rombauer Zinfandel Some CSNS "swag" they were giving out at the show I also took a few photos around the bourse during Dealer Day CNG Table with Billie (Greysheet) and Lori (Whitman) Joanne (PCGS), Sam Ernst (CSNS Board Member) and Barbara Gregory (CSNS Centinel editor) Another one of my favorite dealer friends, Brian Alty (Northeast Numismatics) Curtis Mease (PCGS) At 5pm, the rest of the table holders came in for set up After the show that evening, the PNG and the Grey Sheet hosted a dealer event at the hotel bar so we stopped by before heading out to dinner Ran into the beautiful NGC gals We went over to Chicago Prime Italian for dinner We had a delicious Napa Duckhorn cab with our dinner Then it was back to the hotel bar for some more drinks and fun! Thursday there was quite a crowd who streamed in when the show opened and soon the bourse floor had a strong buzz with all the business being conducted! Here are some pics of the bourse floor throughout the day Here are some cool things I found in various dealer cases throughout the show Super rare early 1600's massive silver "cincuentin" coins in Bob and Carol Campbell's case Lovely Carol Campbell helping out at their table Some huge gold nuggets also in Bob's case Very rare Indian cent coin "album" made in the early 1900's out of lamb skin with tiny pouches for each coin, including a "counterstamped" 1856 Flying Eagle Rare Comic Book buttons at Justin Waddell's table A complete set of "Beauties of the Cinema" cards from 1939 at Rick Snow's table This very cool and extremely rare 1870 Die Trial Indian cent (this is 1 of only 2 known) made out of aluminum from of my personal collection that I sold to Rick Snow A similar but less rare 1868 aluminum Die Trial Indian cent Another rare piece - a beautiful 1869-S Doubled Die Obverse in PCGS MS64+ Red - only 1 finer (also in Rick's case) A very cool multiple error $1 (double struck, broad struck and off center) found in James Sego's case Some beautiful coins from the upcoming ANA auction on display at the Heritage table GreatCollections folks I ran into Ben Franklin Chris Seuntjens (Crystal Clear Showcases) The busy folks at PCGS The equally busy folks at NGC Curt Mease (PCGS) and Greg Allen hanging out at my table Forum member Kendrick/KLIAO stopped by to say hi That night a large group of my foreign coin dealer friends (including folks from Sedwick Coins who specialize in Colonial and shipwreck coins) went to Chicago Prime steakhouse and had a great time! The wine was delicious, the food was fantastic, and the company was wonderful! This is my type of happy place - the wine room at the restaurant! Then of course it was back to the hotel bar for more socializing.... Friday was another very busy day at the show. A dealer friend brought by this really pretty heart-shaped Indian cent Love Token for my personal exonumia collection My dear friend Linda Hagopian (Larry Sekulich's wife) stopped by with a wonderful bottle of wine which we shared Another friend Alan Flint (who is actually the brother of a friend I worked with for 17 years when I was a paralegal in Newport Beach) stopped by to say hi A long time coin friend Mike "Noodle" Nottlemann also brought a nice bottle of wine to share! With all that wine (and my tunes playing on my little Bose boombox and a box of Cheez-Its), we had quite the party at my table late Friday afternoon! After the show, a group of us just went over to the hotel restaurant for dinner - they have some very good dishes. Then back to the hotel bar for one last hurrah! Justin Waddell, me and James Sego More coin folks! Joe Paonessa was making coins using a handpress and Rick Snow took a video of Joe in action and sent it to me. I couldn't figure out how to upload a video so I took some screenshots. Soon it was time to pack up and head to the airport. As much as I look forward to attending these shows, by the end of the week, I look just as forward to getting back home. As I said it was a great show, very busy, lots of fun and very successful. The only tiny glitch for me was that they made a typo in the show program for my table number, and a few folks who finally found my table told me they had a hard time finding me since the wrong number was printed by my company name. That is a frustrating mistake for us dealers, but the show folks did what they could to make it right and asked the people at the "wrong" table to redirect people back to my table, so it worked out just fine. As we were waiting for our car to take us to the airport, right outside the convention room was this beautiful duck sitting on one of the cement flower planters. She was nesting on half a dozen eggs! We made it to the airport, no problems and no delays with an easy straight flight home. Bye Chicago - just until August when I come back for the ANA in Rosemont! Of course, penny was home waiting as usual! Next up - the Long Beach show in June, followed by my local Buena Park show. p.s. Sunday was Cinco de Mayo - and the 33rd anniversary of my engagement to my hubby Lou, so of course we had to celebrate in style with some great Mexican food and margaritas! Charmy HarkerThe Penny Lady®

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1903-O Morgan dollar, PCGS graded MS 64:

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Thank you for sharing. That duck almost looks plastic! :-)

I open rolls almost every night and I reuse the paper it came in to save money. After many years of rerolling coins in their bank wrappers I can say I am 95% sure that end has been opened in my opinion. Not saying this to be mean. Here are some that I did a little too fast they are not great, but you can get an idea when you see the little creases around the edges

Please do not clean any coins and before you do anything with your collection you should check and see what the value is of each coin. I think you will see that many are not worth the cost to have them graded.

Sorry about the photo issue, I have no idea how to correct it. However, here's a link to the show report on my website if that makes it easier to see the photos: https://thepennylady.com/charmys-coin-show-reports/ And duly noted about the goose.

Whoa, Hold up! You don’t intend to actually clean these coins, do you?

Hello and welcome to the forum! Submitting coins for grading is an expensive process and typically most coins to be submitted should be valued at a base minimum of $100 while many collectors will only submit coins valued at $300 or more. The advice of @Sandon is very good and he is well respected in the forums here. Just as a question, could you perhaps tell us what types of coins you are considering submitting and possibly post a photo of one of them here? If we have a little more information about what you plan to send we could perhaps be able to better guide you as to whether or not to submit them to be graded.

1879 25C PF58

Welcome to the NGC chat board. I don't know Russian, but I hope you can translate this. I assume that you want to learn how to submit coins to NGC for third-party grading. Please review the following pages on the NGC website: How to Submit | NGC (ngccoin.com) Coins We Grade | NGC Coin Grading Polices | NGC NGC Services and Fees | NGC (ngccoin.com) My Submissions | Account | NGC (ngccoin.com) You should have sufficient knowledge about your coins to be able to determine that they are worth the cost of third-party grading. Many coins aren't worth it. You should also be able to fill out the submission forms properly. If you don't have this knowledge or ability, you should consider consulting with and perhaps submitting through an NGC member dealer. See Find Coin Shops & Dealers | Coin Dealer Locator | NGC (ngccoin.com)

Not a big dollar coin but just super nice.

1951-S 10C MS67* Image Courtesy of Great Collections

1917 Standing Liberty T-1 25c grades F15 eBay $19.50 w /tax & free shipping value $80-$100 graded. Another one please....I've been on a raw roll lately....Love this coin's antique look. Typeset bound.......

Your 1808 1/2 cent is really nice. I just picked this one up for my dad for his US 7070 circulated type set. Your is much nicer .....I only paid $45 for the 1805 1/2 C below. He likes coins with character.

Ebay $12.00 w/tax free ship 3 am snipe. 1881 Nickel 3 c XF 40 Value $55.00 graded. Hehehehehee

1936-D Cincinnati Music Center commemorative (5,005 minted), PCGS graded MS 65. This may have been an early strike, as the coin exhibits numerous die polish marks, especially on the obverse:

1821 Small Date Capped Bust dime, PCGS graded F 12, very original in appearance and accompanied by an old Stack's envelope from a 1959 auction sale: Photos of the coin courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries.

2005 P Bison 5C MS 66 / Only 191 in grade and only 15 higher Purchased today 4/15/2024 @ estate sale in CA for $5.00. NGC Guide value $25.00.

1948-D 50C MS65 Mintage 4,028,600

1940 Proof Mercury Dime/ Ebay $70.00 Grades PF65-66 Value $200-$240 .....wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

1959-D 25C MS 65W Mintage 62,054,232

1960 50C MS 65 Mintage 6,024,000

1856-O Liberty Seated dime, PCGS graded XF 40 and, in my opinion, nice for the grade. F-104 die variety with slanted and repunched date.

One of the most brilliant bright white coins I have ever seen. Had to have it.

Upgraded a PF69 Ultra Cameo to this PF70 Ultra Cameo as part of my Lincoln Cent proof collection of 1950-2023.

1831 Matron Head, Liberty Head Large Cent N-7 Another late-night end auction Ebay steal. I paid $28.00 for this coin. It is in VF25 BN condition and worth $115 graded. Winning.

I am not sure if this is considered a World coin being the German background, or a US coin as they for a time were used as "acceptable" currency in the US during the Civil War.

1878-CC Morgan dollar, PCGS graded MS 62, upgrading an XF-AU example purchased decades ago. This is the first Morgan dollar I've purchased for several years--the prices are moderating somewhat--and, though somewhat more blemished than the photo suggests, is still nice for the grade.

I won this one in an auction last week. Happy to add it to the collection also. 1941 S PCGS MS66

I finally found a 1956 D I was happy with after searching over 3 years. Finally found one without old ugly brown and black toning. Someone else wanted it bad as I did but, I ended up with the winning bid. I way over paid but Im fine with that. Hard telling how long till I found another. This was sure a hard date for me where Im limited on places to buy from.

I acquired these four 1939-45 PCGS MS 66 RD graded Lincoln cents at a coin show last weekend. All but the 1945-D are in holders from approximately twenty years ago.

Just got this one for a silly good deal....

I won this 1920-S Lincoln cent in a 2x2 holder as a door prize at yesterday's coin club meeting. I grade it Choice Very Fine, with some areas of dirt or verdigris but otherwise a nice brown example. It is only worth a few dollars, and I have a somewhat better (Extremely Fine) example in the album collection I formed decades ago, but I thought this one notable for a well-formed date and mintmark and even strike. This issue often comes with a "mushy" appearance.

Burdett does an excellent job of presenting compelling evidence and analyzing historical events. His storytelling is captivating, and his multi-faceted characters come to life on the pages of the book. The author masterfully recreates the atmosphere of the time, immersing the reader in the events of the war years. Cool!