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My first ever Fort McHenry DDR. A SD DDR, a handful of die chips and a 1979 impaired proof.

Found a CUD. A nice die crack, and some die chips.

We went to the in-laws for dinner last night. MIL was cleaning out a closet and found a plastic container filled with jewelry. She gave it to me to sort thru and said we could keep it all or donate it.

It was a tangled mess. Description follows pictures.

There were just a couple unpaired earrings.

Some random stuff.

A ton of old/vintage paired earrings.

Some necklaces.

Some old watches. The one with the black face says Rushmore on it and I’m pretty sure the little leaves on the face are black hills gold, though the rest of the watch is not precious metal.

There was a gold filled necklace and cross. Not much in the way of actual gold but much better quality than plated. And a necklace that looks like it was broken and someone, likely her grandpa, added parts from a different necklace to fix it. The main part looks nice and why would you do that to a cheap plated necklace, so I’m gonna need to acid test it to see if it’s actually gold.

And then the good stuff. A 14k necklace with a bunch of knots in it. A 14k cross that was by itself. A 10k cross that was on a sterling necklace. The stamp on the back says MS66 101. But under the microsope the last 1 doesn’t match the first 1 and so I’m pretty sure it’s the back bar of a K and they didn’t line the stamp up very well. Will need to test to verify but everything about it makes me 99% sure it’s 10k

And then a couple of sterling necklaces and a marked sterling cross.

She said we could keep it all, and that she doesn’t wear gold or jewelry in general, but I let her know that the gold is worth like $300.

MIL said it was ours to keep, she has no attachment to any of it. So we will try and get the knots out of the 14k necklace and probably let my daughter decide which cross she likes and put it on there for her. The silver necklaces definitely need a dip to remove the tarnish. We’ll let our daughter pick thru the earrings to see if there is anything she likes and then figure out if we can sell the rest of them online or to a friend that is a reseller. The majority of the earrings are old Avon.

Nothing too interesting, just a couple of die chips.

Some die chip quarters, some old nickels, a 2009 dime, and a few dimes with die chips.

A handful of die chip quarters. And something I can’t identify. It looks like a tiny lamination issue maybe. I rubbed the edge with my fingernail and I don’t think it’s tape, it doesn’t look like a scratch to me and the detail underneath is still there so doesn’t look like a gouge either.

The coin machine at the Albertsons always has the self checkout clerk standing right in front of it and there is never anything in it. I think the first time I’ve ever found anything in this machine and it’s a silver quarter and a wheat penny.

A couple of DDRs. 16P WV WDDR-030, it’s in rough shape but it it fits. 15P DE WDDR-034. A die crack, a handful of die chips.

I got a call from my favorite CU and they said they had a bunch of Ike’s come in today, 163 to be exact, and I could have them all if I wanted. I did a quick edge check and didn’t see any silver ones but I’ll hunt them more closely later.

A holed quarter. A minor DDR and a bunch of small die chips. Nothing crazy but still fun to find.

Minor doubling the 21P Washington crossing the Delaware . A bunch of small die chips. And an NIFC non proof San Francisco.

Found a “gold” plated state quarter, a nice sized strike thru, doubling on a South Dakota, and a bunch of die chips.

35 cents in spendables, some foreign and a sterling heart earring.

After over a year of hunting I’ve seen a lot of PMD. This doesn’t seem to have displaced metal like I would expect to see if something had gouged this out. I think this is a legitimate strikethrough, probably a ball of hardened grease. What do you think?

Pretty sure the first one is 2016P WV WDDR-005. The second is 2024P ZS WDDR-008. The second one is in rough shape and my lighting isn’t the best but she has the double chin, the doubling on the beads and under the bird. Also some die chips and a Westpoint.

A Westpoint quarter. A couple of DDRs. I’m pretty sure the first is the 16P WV WDDT-005 and the other is the 24P ZS WDDR-008; it’s hard to see but she has the double chin and the doubling on the bead and on the bottom of the bird. A few minor die chip quarters. A dime with a nice sized die crack and a 2009. Some old Nickels and a couple die cracks. Some 69 no FG pennies. A good sized die crack, and an RPM for that looks like the variety vista 1987D RPM-004

Found an actual FS-101 1976D quarter. Another DDR, Wexler WDDR-001. And NIFC 21S, a house quarter, and a handful of die cracks and die chips.

I found a handful of minor die chips. Along with a silver quarter and a Westpoint.