I came across a roll of nickel dollar and in examining more closely,found that some had what I call WELDED BEADS.Here is a photo for your comments

Never seen this before.

More valuable than the Blunt.Is it a Small Beads or a Large Beads ?

I don't get it?????

I have the same microscope.Works pretty good to check varieties.

I have my worksheets ready need an email to forward them to with some coin photos

Pictures would be nice

Have you seen the prices realised for the sale of these pieces that surfaced lately on Ebay.I think that the buyers of these will be sorry if another roll of these is found in the future. I personnally would not pay that much for a modern coin with alredy 73 graded by ICCS alone.One thing for sure,t...

Do you have a picture of the reverse.This is French as the word EMPEREUR is spelled in french.You could try to google french coins and see what comes out of it.

Sort your raw coins into piles by denominations 1,5,10 cents etc.Then separate them 1967 and older in 1 pile for each denomination.Here is a link to check the melt value of the coins you have. m If you cannot grade coins,it will be very hard to establish a real value.There are key dates,errors,varie...

Thanks for solving the problem

Just bring them all to a dealer near you and discuss with him.

For your info,at yesturday silver price,your roll is worth about $107 and contain almost 3 Troy ounce of silver.If the coins are MS-60 and 63,they trend at $3.50 a piece but you would not get that on the market.

I bought some foreign coins which are listed on Ebay for those interested,I will be listing more.You can also contact me for details.Here is the link to book 1 of 4 of the pennies
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... :MESELX:IT