Acquired A Coin Hoard Today

Great score!

Good score! Keep us updated with whether or not the quarters turn out to contain silver!

Finished the inventory. There were 610 silver quarters in all. Three essentially no date liberties and this one:

This George has certainly been to war.





Is that a 52?

Only the later coins, especially the 1964s had some nice examples close to AU or MS. Most of the quarters were of the normally well worn variety. No chest feathers until a few in the 1950s.

Breakdown by decade.
30's 51
40's 194
50's 264
60's 98


1 1937 D, 4 1938 P, 2 1939 D, 2 1940 D - all in the G range.
Nice, but not a '32 with a mint mark.

No 55 D which wasn't too surprising.

In total over $3,000 in silver melt value.

I got the guy's cell phone number today, I'll call him on Monday. I understand from one of the guys that he didn't save these coins, his mother did. I know he was in a rush to get his house empty, but this was over the top.

My wife loves the candy tin they were in. It was made in Germany.

Made contact today. He was so busy moving in he didn't recognize who I was at first. He had not realized there was so much silver or that it was worth so much more than face.

He suggested 45-55% split on sales which I immediately agreed to. I'll give him 50% of the market value of any coins I keep. (won't be too much above melt since most of the coins are common dates and not much above good condition in most cases)

I wonder if it would make any sense to sell via ebay as opposed to a dealer. On ebay, bulk quarters and dimes seem to be going for about 10 to 15% over melt and when you take out PayPal-eBay's 13%+, full melt value would actually be better.

That's an awesome score, and good for you for being honest and splitting the returns! He obviously didn't know what he had! Keep us posted on what happens!

I spoke to a local guy and he was offering to buy at a 10% haircut. I'm guessing that's the best I could do with a dealer. Clearly they want to make a bit of money on the exchange.

I've been watching ebay auctions and, after ebay fees, they net out to around melt. More work, but also more fun.

I sold a number of rolls on ebay over the weekend.

Definitely was not worth the extra work. The gross prices on dimes were about melt and the quarters a bit more than melt (go figure) but after ebay fees the net was about exactly what the dealer would have paid without going through all the work of scanning, write-ups, etc., etc.

Saved out some coins that I'll pay my friend 50% of dealer price on rather than the 45% on the stuff sold. In all we'll each net out over $1,000.

The only "collectable" coin of the whole lot was the very first one I looked at - a 1938D nickel that had escaped its folder.

There were 4 1938 P, 2 - 1939 D, 1 - 1940 D, 2 - 1940 S along with a couple of essentially uncirculated 1963 and 64 quarters. And I saved out some of the better Mercury dimes, but not many. All common dates.

I wonder how one can do more than just stumble on to one of these opportunities. Probably not.

Three stars on the only one I kept.

By now the other two are melted.

There is a 9 on the date making it a 1919 or 1929, but the coin is very worn. Nothing else can be seen. If I had to guess I'd say 1929. no mint marks.