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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Or just sell it to me for the $200 and I will let you know how it works out :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2600 Posts |
aaaaaaaa I'll give ya $225. Jim  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1626 Posts |
Welcome to the forum Dig.
I agree, Open the bag!
Let us know what they are and post a pic if you can.
Tim
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
Cut open the bag, you either have a great treasure or you can spend $200 on some nice coins.
Good luck.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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OK...I'm going to be the odd one and ask you to post a picture of the bag prior to saying that it should or should not be opened. I'd like to see just what information is on it, as well as get an idea as to its age. Just curious, I guess.
I'm sure everyone else is right about maximizing value by selling the coins individually...though once opened you can't go back.
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Member
United States
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Welcome you need to open it you may have a Gem  in there. most bank bags had 1000 coin I think  |
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Moderator
 United States
6563 Posts |
I agree with taking a picture of the bag first now. But still open it eventually. Or I'll raise the bar to $250. Sorry Jim  |
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New Member
 United States
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Haha thank you all for the advice and the offers :P. I will be away from the bag's location for another two weeks or so. I will photograph the bag while I am around it and upload the pictures. If you all advise that I should open the bag, I will photograph each one of the coins at a high resolution.
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Moderator
United States
6563 Posts |
Sounds good
However taking a pic of each one isn't necessary unless they have some value to them. If it were a bag of Peace Silver Dollars or older then I'd recommend it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That just seems like a lot of work, cutting open the bag, taking pictures, lets go $350 and I will take on the burden of opening up the bag and taking the pictures. No need to thank me, I am willing to take one for the team and make a few sacrifices. Just do not tell my wife, I promised no more coin purchases for a month.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Post a picture of the bag. It might be worth more in the bag than just as separate coins.
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Valued Member
United States
173 Posts |
Before OPENING the bag - Try to find out as much info as possible. ie.. When and where did your Grandfather obtain the bag. Someone in the family may know. Are you sure they are Silver Dollars and NOT Sacagawea's? Is it Mint Sewn or Bank ( or Federal Reserve ) sewn? To Me, finding the History of the bag would be as much fun as discovering its contents.
Just imagine, a $200.00 bag of GEM BU - Carson City - Morgans.
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Valued Member
United States
153 Posts |
I agree - Find out all the history before you open that bag! Then I would take pics and be like a BIG KID in a candy store!!
Can't wait to see the pics.
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Valued Member
United States
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I don't think the mint started putting out $200 dollar sealed bags until the Anthony dollars came out. Before that the sealed bags were $1000.00 bags for dollars. They won't be peace or morgans from the mint in a sewn bag.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bah, humbug. Don't listen to them. Just send me the bag as is. You don't want to open something that may contain poisom gases like the Eyptian Tombs. Send me the bag, I'll open it, check the contents and maybe let you know if anything is of value. Of course there will be fee for my time, patience and of course you pay postage. But then I'm taking all the risks.   For real, open the thing. Look through it all. Write down the dates, condions, etc. Buy a Red Book on coins and get an idea of what you have. Also, there are many, many web sites with coin prices and magazines also. Know what you have. |
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