Old US coins

anyone here know anything about old US hand stamped coins, Why I ask is I was working on my house and came across one.

One of my good friends is an expert on coins, makes his living at it now. If you want to e-mail a clear photo of it I can see if he can give me some idea of the value.

ok here are two large picture of the coin. I've done a little research and it's a 1827 quater dollar and does not appear to be a restrike but a orginal. so that being said the thing is very rare from what I've read.

link to a site about the coin.
http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dollars/capped_bust_quarters/1827_quarter_dollars/restrike_1827_quarter_dollar.htm

coin side 1
http://www.engtechs.com/temp/coin/img_0204.jpg

coin side 2
http://www.engtechs.com/temp/coin/img_0208.jpg

I don't have my friends e-mail address, I will be in his area tomorrow, I'll stop by and talk to him. E-mailing it to him would be the easiest.
Just a note, don't try to clean the coin in any way. That will diminish the value. Also, there are a lot of so-called "coin experts" out there who use deceptive practices, they will offer "cash on the spot" to try to get you to sell them the coin if it really is rare and worth $$$, they pocket large sums of money this way, they take advantage of people's lack of knowledge. They are knowledgeable about their business, they know what they are buying. With the advent of the internet, it's easier to determine the value of objects like this, so do your due diligence and research!

Sounds like really nice, sharp strikes sell for $40K to $70K. You may have a $10K or more piece there!

Don't clean it....you've already taken good photos, now put it in a safe place and take the photos around to get it appraised.

well I haven't touched the coin for cleaning after some looking at sites on the net and seen that cleaning was a bad thing to do and also after things became apperent I took the coin offsite and put in a safe box.

U235a4 wrote:well I haven't touched the coin for cleaning after some looking at sites on the net and seen that cleaning was a bad thing to do and also after things became apperent I took the coin offsite and put in a safe box.

Good idea. I'm glad you didn't clean it, some people think that cleaning it is the right thing to do.

Well I know you don't want to clean your quarters with sulfuric acid. If they stay a little to long, they are black.
Then try telling the bank they are real.

U235 check your e-mail.
Thanks.