1984 DDO Question

[garylcsr]

Hello All you too Coop lol
I picked up this 84 double ear and got it for a great deal and the price i got it for makes me wonder if i am looking at the wrong coin. I think i paid less the 30 bucks for it a year or two ago.
here are photos anyone know about what this coin should sale for and if it is worth putting on the block. the spots are not that bad and i don't think they take from the coin much but there is a huge difference from what i paid and what the net says it's worth.
by the way i have been gone for over a year getting my wife back on her feet. she is not up yet and probably never will be so i am getting back into my coins to keep from hurting her lol some of you that care for elder family members that are not mobile will know exactly what I'm talking about lol.
anyway here are the pictures. it is Graded by PCI
thanks
all and welcome to the new guys and gals that i have yet to meet
Gary

[garylcsr]

no one? Coop where are ya

[coop]

I'm here. The spots will affect the price. Nice find. I've never found one yet myself.

[garylcsr]

yea i knew that but i also figured it is worth better than 30 too so either way i win lol

[Dick]

I liie them better, without all that fancy doo-dads on them!
Nice to see you up, and around. Get the neck, back together?

[garylcsr]

yea the neck healed but just as it got better i broke my spine AGAIN lol seems it is not my year at all. now i have a fussed neck and spine and neither took the pain away so now i get to walk like a zombie and take high powered drugs just to be able to walk at all. but hey any day on this side of the dirt pile is a good day so i will take what i can get haha

[coppercoins]

I'll chime in on this one.

You have the scarce doubled die, no question about it.

The corrosion and spots are a killer so far as collectible value. Basically the coin is non-gradable by any of the reputable grading services, which kills its marketable value...but still it's a scarce doubled die. I think the price was right.

[garylcsr]

thanks Coop, Dick & Chuck. Can the coin be cleaned by A TPG and then graded ? This is Catherine Gary"s wife, he's torn up again. Still playing with the coins but going slow as can't do alot. As you can't mess with the coin with arm in cast, and it the right arm...sucks to be him...ha. ha ha ....

Looking forward to any response here or email.

Thanks Guys and please keep the prayers coming.

[Dick]

Cathy, it is nice to see you up and around! I thought you were a 'goner' there for a while. sure glad you made it. Gary is in good hands, and our prayers are still coming, just as they did for you.

[coop]

Hi Cathy. Good to hear from you. Sorry about Gary. As we get older, we are just patched tubes. Fix one problem and then another patch is needed. I guess thats life?

[garylcsr]

anyone know who can fix this coin back up and what it will cost?
i heard NGC will do it but have never had one fixed and the funds are not there for a high dollar job

[coppercoins]

I don't think the black stuff will come off a coin once it's embedded there...and even if it would, the final value of the coin probably wouldn't justify the expense, which could easily run $50 or more. It basically is what it is - a very corroded example of a very nice doubled die. As long as the stuff that's on it doesn't grow, enjoy what you have for what it is.

[garylcsr]

sounds like a plan Chuck.

[Dick]

Let me say this,
A coin may be old, worn corroded,and just plain ugly, but if is is a good coin, then no matter what you wrap it in, it will never be worth more than the sentimental value!
You are such a coin, Gary! Ask Cathy!

[garylcsr]

lol I did ask her and she said if i had to have a nice 84 DDO i can have one lol as long as it didn't come from her spending money lol not really she is the best wife i have ever had and i have had a few lol i used to use the excuse that i couldn't get it right now i don't know what excuse I'm gonna use lol