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New Member
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I have'nt had a chance to get any books, so give me your opinion. 1899 silver dollar 1891 dime 1888 Indian penny1921-26 silver dollars 1877 half dollar These are the only ones I have in front of me at the moment. I have 6 cigar boxes full of various coins. Edited by scott
03/09/2005 9:25 pm
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Forum Mom
 United States
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Hello Scott and welcome to the forum!  Is there any way for you to post pictures of your coins here? Without being able to see the condition, I can't give you a value. |
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Valued Member
United States
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All of the values would depend on the grade and hopeful they haven't been cleaned. If they are in the lower grades here is about what the value is... 1899 silver dollar $10-12 1888 cent $1-2 1921-1926 silver dollars $10-12 if there are any 1921 Peace dollars it could be much more. Speedy |
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Pillar Of The Community
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You also failed to mention if any of these coins have mint marks and in this hobby those mint marks can REALLY make a big difference in value regardless of condition. It is really important that you BUY the books, and if nothing else, purchase a new Red Book to use as a guide. It is important that you realize the word GUIDE as many coins and values to vary and this world of collecting is very hot right now with higher than normal demands on a great number of coins. Good luck and welcome to the forum. You will find a lot of knowledgable collectors here so feel free to join in! |
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New Member
 United States
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I had a guy at work offer me $120 for all the silver dollars.
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Valued Member
United States
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Good point Terry...sorry I forgot..
Speedy
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New Member
United States
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I have alot of indian and wheat pennies also. and a ton of V nickels |
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Forum Mom
United States
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quote:
Originally posted by scott
I had a guy at work offer me $120 for all the silver dollars.
I wouldn't jump at that price. Depending on the years, mints, and grades, your silver dollars could be worth quite a bit of money. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi Scott
So far all the opinions and advice you have gotten is sound, Do not be to quick to sell your coins, especially if you intend to continue to collect,There will be time enough to sell as you upgrade or specialize into a couple of favorite type coins.
Welcome to the forum and I hope you continue to share this Hobby with us .
Rick
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi Scott, Welcome! Are you interested in collecting? While I agree that buying a book is useful, I also think that one can come up to speed in a very general sense pretty quickly through online resources. Yeoman's RedBook, which can be bought for $10 or so, is a good place to start reading however. I would echo others advice and suggest that you not sell any of your coins until you get a rough idea of their value. Over and above that, do they have any sentimental value- if say they were your grandfather's even if you choose to sell them you may want to put a couple of the cartwheels (do a search- great place to start your education- just google "cartwheel") away for any children you have or may have... My advice- please feel free to take it for what it is worth... Poke around this forum, including the links to other sources of info. Don't clean any of your coins! Find out where the mintmarks are for each coin. Here's a link to help http://www.heritagecoins.com/info/mintmark.phpSearch here for "worth" or "value" If you want to take the time, take photos and ask folks here for their opinion. National Dealer put up links for coin values somewhere on site. While you're figuring this stuff out, only handle the coins by their edges. poke around and read stuff on how to handle coins, and possibly even how to store them. If any of this is unclear, send me an email and I'll try to help. Don Edited by SFDukie
03/10/2005 6:33 pm
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