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Payed $150 each, how’d I do?

I found this in my grandmother’s button collection. My great aunt worked at Scovill for a while so that’s probably where we got this from. I wasn’t able to find anything similar in the rest of the collection, or online. I’m assuming it’s some kind of salesman sample card? How old is it likely?

Hello, I just discovered this pretty recently in my grandfather’s vast coin collection. I had absolutely no idea what it was when I found it, but figured it looked interesting. After doing some research, I found out that it is an old pre-civil war advertising token for Enoch Long’s daguerreotype gallery. It seems to be pretty rare from what I’ve found so I was just looking for some confirmation. Would getting this professionally graded be a good choice?

I found this beautiful turtle while fly fishing on the banks of a river in northern Michigan. I picked him up thinking it was a snapping turtle but immediately knew that was not what this turtle was. Is it a wood turtle? (He was safely returned back to the river)

#7509H, only cataloged for a few years in the 1920’s and was made in very small numbers.

I’d say I did pretty good! Not too sure why there were 19 silver quarters and only one silver dime

Hello, this is a 1909S VDB from my grandfather’s collection. I’m pretty sure it’s real, but I am concerned whether the vertical lines on the surfaces are woodgrain or the result of an old cleaning. I am looking at getting the penny graded soon, so then I will know for sure. Thanks for any info.

Hello, this is my grandfather’s collection of error coins. Most are pretty standard like clipped planchets or off-center, but two are pretty interesting, and I’m not really sure if they are real mint errors or PMD. The first close-up is 1940 wheat penny with a double clipped planchet, and while one clip is standard, the other is very large, much larger than I’ve ever seen, which makes me suspect the coin was messed with, but I’m not really sure. The second coin is very strange. It is slightly smaller than a penny, but much thicker. It is completely flat, and seems to be unstruck. It also has a small clipped planchet. I’m not sure if this is a US coin, or a world coin, and I don’t know how to find out. Thank you for any help!

Hello, this is my grandmother’s collection of vintage records and albums dating from the 1960’s to the early 2000’s. I have no idea what anything is, how to start researching, what is valuable and what is junk, or what I should set aside. I quite literally know nothing about vintage vinyl or how to approach it. I was hoping for some advice as to how I could go about sorting through all of this. Thank you!

This came from my grandfather’s collection of thousands of points, and dozens of other artifacts. This pipe however, seems to be in a much different category than everything else. Most of grandpa’s points and artifacts were dug out of fields or rivers, but a handful he bought, and this seems to be one of them due to the unbroken condition and lack of dirt buildup. I don’t know very much about this piece, and I was hoping someone would know whether this is Native American made, a colonial trade pipe, or something later. It has no makers mark, appears hand-made, and was more than likely found or bought in Connecticut 40-60 years ago.

I don’t think the prices had been updated in a while.

These have been in my family for a long time. I was told by my grandmother that they were gunpowder flasks, used by our relatives who fought in the revolutionary war. All are made of metal, except for the third pic which is leather. I don’t think these are revolutionary war era, and that they are instead 19th century hunting flasks, but honestly I don’t really know. I would love to learn more about these!

This point was found around 40 years ago in Genesee Valley. I have no other information about it. This came from a large bag of chipped and broken points, and it was the only complete one. I was hoping someone could identify what type of point it is, what it is made out of, and maybe an approximate value. Thank you!

Edit: Also, what is an age range and period it was made?

This music box belongs to my grandma and it was passed down to her from her dad. She has no idea who bought it, where, or when. It still plays music pretty clearly but it is very dusty and the glass dust cover is broken and has slipped in. I could not find a makers mark anywhere on the box except for the worn stamp on the bottom. Does anyone know who made it, when, where, and what the approximate value is? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Edit: The box is 17 inches across, and about 5 inches deep.