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Pillar of the Community
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Hope you got the Roosies also.
Edited by okie-colin
01/29/2010 1:18 pm
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Sorry........didn't know.
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I love stories like this - reminds me of my days as a commercial teller. Every now and then a big score pops up. Great find Erin!
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1. Try to purchase a book like the Red Book by Whitman on coins 2. Do not clean any of them 3. Be real carefull until you know what you have. 4. Those Mercury dimes are were made from 1916 to 1945. 5. There are some really valuable ones possible in yours. You really need that info on which is what. 6. Be real carefull with the ones in the 1942 area. If you check out the dates carefully, some may have the 1941 under the 1942. The 41/42 is really noticable. The 42D/41 is a really tuff one so you'ld need a book to explain what to look for. 7. Many others are valuable in almost any grade. 21, 21D, 26S, and many more. 8. There are some oddities also such as the 45 Micro S. The Mint mark is rather small. There are several other small mint marks poping up lately too. 9. The 31D is the 4th lowest mintaged coin in the series. 10. One of the oddest things about the Mercury dimes are the rotated reverses. Difficult to see until you put one in a 2x2 or an album. You line up the front and the reverse appears to be falling over. About 20 to 25% of all Mercury dimes are like that. Also, most are rotated to the left. Have fun finding out what you have. |
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I used to work as a teller and would find old stuff all the time as well, keep your eyes peeled for any and all quarters and dimes and dollars made before 1965 (they are silver to). Half dollars before 1971 are silver, and nickels were silver from 1945 - half of 1942. If your bank has a coin machine, volunteer to clean it/change the bags as it gives you more exposure to coins and the potential for rare finds. I used to find coins dating back to the mid 1800's simply by volunteering to clean the machines whenever I could, that way I got to pick through the coin machine rejects before they got sent off to Brinks. Most of the tellers I worked with had no idea that coins could be worth more than face value, and would readily give me rolls of silver halves and old notes whenever I asked.
-A former teller
XoG
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02/02/2010 8:15 pm
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Congrats Erin. That's one heckuva haul all in one go. Sure hope you get some nice Mercs from the group.
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Hello Erin and welcome. First let me apologize for not noticing some of the offers you were given in regards to buying the coins you found. Soliciting of new members that are asking for help and knowledge is strictly prohibited here.
Having said that, you certainly did find a very nice little "pot o' gold". Silver melt value alone is pretty good. I haven't looked at the current spot price, but it will probably be about $10 for every face value dollar of silver that you have on 90% silver coinage. So you're pretty much sitting on at least $760 worth of silver.
The grade of the coins can certainly raise the value of each, but it will usually never lower the price below the spot price unless the coin is missing a lot of material. One of the other posts above linking a price guide is also a nice resource, but be very wary of the accuracy of that pricing. PCGS pricing is very inflated on the true value. I would say the first thing to do is take a look and post what you would consider to be the best looking coins of the bunch and we will try to help you determine if they are worth more than the silver content.
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XoG: I wondered what you meant with your oldest found from machine. I guess that explains it.
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XoG,
Me too. I once thought that maybe you meant change out of a Coke machine or the like. That would have been incredible.
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Yea they all came out of coin counting machines.
I think I would have died on the spot if a 1842 large cent poped out of a coke machine lol
-XoG
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Awesome find...
I see Erin hasn't posted back since Jan 28th... Perhaps she's decided to go on carribean cruise courtesy of her jackpot find?
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Erin might have sold them to a coin shop to make a quick buck. That would be a shame if she did.
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