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Those are what defines silver searchers from coin collectors!!
I'd send you my 90% silver melt calculator but it gets blocks it everytime! Too bad
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04/18/2018 8:13 pm
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You could break the coins into 3 or 4 lots and sell on ebay. Spread the duplicate dates into different lots. You could do a fixed price at melt and the coins will sell. You will pay about 15% for selling fees and shipping cost. You could take them to a coin dealer if the dealer will give you 15% under melt, then you will get the same money. If you do the ebay, make sure you pack well as the weight of silver will bust open a lot of packages. |
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Check out iPhone apps with metal melt value.
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Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Wow! What an amazing forum! Thanks for all of the help.
I'll go through the Washingtons and post if I find anything interesting
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Welcome to the Forum!
Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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These were also in the collection. Any potential value here? Thanks!   |
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You might get a little more for some of the more collectible ones, like the Walking Liberty halves. Using the pics you took of those 9 halves, you should be able to sell them for $100, either on ebay or Craigslist. I've seen a lot worse. Yours are VF and uncleaned. List them by date and mintmark which is on the reverse at 8 o'clock. On the last batch, the 5 Kennedys are 40% silver, worth $2.56 in bullion today. The rest are face value, from what I see. Forgot the Buffalo nickels- about a buck or two ea, if you can read the dates. Edited by ron6788
04/19/2018 4:54 pm
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Thanks ron6788! I'll try the Walking Liberty halves on their own. If they don't sell I can always bundle later. |
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I had a dealer tell me years ago that most of what came in his door was accumulations, not collections.
My dad's accumulation of modern proofs brought some premium over melt, but not nearly what he had paid for it. He eventually gave up on his stamps and used them on letters.
I don't know what my accumulation will bring some lucky heir. That's their problem. My dad's proofs didn't interest me in the slightest, and I suspect that my 1858-S quarters will be the same.
The thrill is in the hunt more than in the having....but I like having them around too....
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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US coins are 78% silver to face ratio, so just multiply your total face value times 78% and then multiply by the spot price of silver. That's the bullion value. Most dealers will give you 90% of that, the 10% is their profit. Dealers who will give you less than that should be avoided, as well as dealers who want to weigh the coins and avoid paying for the wear, which is minimal. They all sell at spot price plus, usually on face value, that's the basis.
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Exactly, could not be stated better.
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I know they're just worth melt, but they're still nice coins.
Welcome to CCF!
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