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HistoryCollectorScout's Last 20 Posts
| Is It Bad To Have More In Pm Than You Do In Your Savings Act
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HistoryCollectorScout
New Member
United States
15 Posts |
 Posted 08/04/2013 10:56 pm
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Here's my advice:
Check out Dave Ramsey's best seller book "The Total Money Makeover." He discusses many money and debt myths, shares shocking statistics (90% of people in our culture buy things they can't afford), but most importantly gives a set of steps to accomplish, in order, to get out of debt, build up an emergency fund and then a cash cushion, and then build wealth. He details how to do it, and gives guidelines on amount figures for goal-setting.
I think it's awesome that you have been saving already at your age.....whether cash or PMs! With the low cost of silver buillion right now, I think it's a great time to buy, as long as you have some emergency cash set aside.
Cull information from everywhere, learn from history, and be aware of what's happening financially around the world and in our own nation....you don't have to be a survivalist or prepper to see a lot of alarming financial situations occurring now.
Oh, and don't forget to keep showing your appreciation for the rent-free place to live! It really makes our day when we parents feel we are really doing something to help our kids to succeed---and they are so appreciative!
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| Need To Know How These Are Worth
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HistoryCollectorScout
New Member
United States
15 Posts |
Posted 08/04/2013 2:22 pm
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Try https://www.worldcoingallery......I have been able to at least identify where unknown foreign coins have come from. It is a great site, with pictures and specification details, including precious metal content, for thousands of coins!
The one you think is Roman looks like a penny from Great Britain to me. It appears to have some sort of printing/die striations, which some get excited about, but that is out of my realm of knowledge.
Also, https://www. (124) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed .com is my favorite site for finding out silver content in coins, and their worth, from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Just remember, the amount worth is based purely on silver content, and not neumismatic values! U.S. Silver Eagles (the first coin in your pics) usually have a value much higher than the metal value, as does the U.S. half dollar.
Hope this helps some.
Edit: (131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed . Not sure why other website reference is not allowed, but do a search for (124) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed . |
| | Forum: Precious Metals and Bullion - Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum |
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| Cool Zombie Rounds Only $1.99 Over On Provident
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HistoryCollectorScout
New Member
United States
15 Posts |
Posted 08/04/2013 1:30 pm
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So, I told my hubby that I thought I had most of our Christmas shopping in the bag already, and showed him a pic of the coin, and he looked at me like I had just licked the fly swatter.
"Really? Zombies for Christmas?" (Now, it will help you to know he is a pastor, and I am not your typical pastor's wife...)
"Well, at least it's silver, so it's valuable..." my voice trailed off.....
"Fine, I'll get something nice for the boys," he said. "But why do you have to buy those right now and not closer to Christmas?"
Clueless, just clueless.....  |
| | Forum: Precious Metals and Bullion - Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum |
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| Cool Zombie Rounds Only $1.99 Over On Provident
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HistoryCollectorScout
New Member
United States
15 Posts |
Posted 08/04/2013 12:47 am
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Maybe it's the year the mint thinks will be the zombie apocalypse....
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First person to kill a zombie with a zombie silver (or copper) round wins...
Ha! So you think we should pack them in our Bug Out Bags, packed with our zombie arsenal? I was wondering how these coins would prepare us for a zombie apocalypse, as I couldn't imagine a zombie stopping "dead in his tracks" to inspect the coin with interest (thus "buying us time" to get away).
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| | Forum: Precious Metals and Bullion - Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum |
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| Coinstar Finds! (Including Bank Counters And Other Machines)
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HistoryCollectorScout
New Member
United States
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Posted 09/08/2012 11:04 pm
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I will turn in a lot of cents for a no-fee credit for a store I need to shop at. One time, when I checked for my rejected coins, I pulled out a silver dime from the reject tray and thought I had somehow dropped one of mine in with the cents, and was a bit miffed with myself. Then another time, the same thing happened, only I got a nickel-looking foreign coin, and I knew that it had not come from my bag.
Later, I read somewhere else that someone saw inside a coinstar machine and that some rejects were stuck inside. I wonder if, while dumping my cents, those two coins happened to be someone else's rejects that got stuck in the machine, and happened to get knocked loose by my coins to drop down into the tray.
Anyone else experience this? |
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| Getting "Boxes". First Time. Questions.
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HistoryCollectorScout
New Member
United States
15 Posts |
Posted 08/29/2012 03:02 am
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| Oh, and if you are sorting pennies for copper, check through the holes to see if it is just a box of new pennies before you lug it home. I've never put an order in, just taken what they can give me, but if you ordered the box, you probably should just take it and go. Who knows? Maybe you'll end up with a box of 2009 uncirculated, and then you could sell them on Ebay. |
| | Forum: Coin Roll Hunting |
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| Wrapped Coins In Boxes, How Do You Open The Rolls?
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HistoryCollectorScout
New Member
United States
15 Posts |
Posted 08/29/2012 02:49 am
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Since I just look for silver, with bank rolled coins I use my seam ripper or some small scissors to gently pick/unravel the rolled ends until they are in the shape of the rest of the tube. Holding the roll in the palm of my hand I unroll the wrapper just enough to see the coins, and look at the edges for silver. Then I roll them back up, fold the ends down, and apply a bit of tape if needed. That way I don't need to have a supply of coin holders, and the whole time the dimes stay lined up in row--unless I accidently drop them!
After I load all the searched rolls back into the box they came in, I take a wide marker and draw a thick line down each long row, end to end, to quickly mark each roll. |
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| Copper Hoarding
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HistoryCollectorScout
New Member
United States
15 Posts |
Posted 08/29/2012 12:46 am
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I just started this spring, and there are two additional reasons that make it worthwhile for me.
1.) It's a hobby that doesn't cost me anything--and I don't spend hundreds of dollars doing something else like skiing, bowling, etc. I work on it while I watch t.v. or while I am chatting with one of my daughters, or just keeping an eye on my granddaughter.
2.) It has created some great family time. One of my adult daughters will sit and talk with me while we look for silver dimes. The copper sorting is set up so that my 3 yr. old granddaughter and my 7 yr. old daughter can help, and they have a blast.
I'll get anywhere from 1 to 3 boxes of pennies about every two weeks--whatever the bank has--when I pick up a box or two of dimes. I bought a coin comparator off Ebay for $35, set a styrofoam ice "chest" on its side, cut slots on the top, carved out the shape of the comparator, and I set the comparator on top of the slots. I bent 2 old cards (like credit cards) in half longways to make chutes and stuck them up into the slots from underneath, and put two gallon milk jugs under the chutes which fit perfectly (I cut away the tops of them, but left the handles intact.) The girls have a blast feeding pennies into the comparator, and yell "Copper!" whenever one falls into the copper jug.
Another time, we will flip all the copper coins over, looking for wheaties to sort out, and they'll get so excited when they find one and yell "Wheatie!" I dump the copper coins back into one of the boxes, label it, and tape it up when one is full.
Some day I'll look through them (at least the wheaties) and see if there is anything numismatically worth more than the metal content.
The zinc cents I take to the coinstar at the grocery store, get a gift card for something I would buy anyway, and avoid any fees. The grocery store is considering joining the program, so then I'll just get one of their cards, get groceries, pay for the balance with my debit card, and get cash back for the amount of the coins I took in. Right next door is the bank, so I go in there with cash/bills to buy whatever coins they have, or write a check for cash for the amount I put on a non-grocery card, like a Sears gift card, etc.
So, no extra gas spent if I do this when I have to go to the store or bank anyway, no re-rolling tons of pennies, no paying coinstar fees, and something to do at home with the kiddos. Back in February, copper was up so each cent was worth 3 cents. So, I figure one box of $25 face value of copper cents could be worth $75 sometimes, and because I will always have the face value at least, it's worth will never drop below the amount of money I put into it. I know I'm not counting my time, but because of the reasons above, I don't consider it time lost anymore than if I was playing cards, watching t.v., collecting stamps, or baking cookies with the kiddos. |
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| James Monroe Silver Presidential Dollar
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HistoryCollectorScout
New Member
United States
15 Posts |
Posted 08/22/2012 9:08 pm
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I just found the same thing today--a silver colored John Quincy Adams dollar, 2008P. Everything appears to be exactly the same as the "gold" version (even within weight range), but only "silver."
I'm a newbie and have been researching the presidential dollars, but am not clear on a couple of things, so I'd appreciate any feedback.
1.) Is it true that no presidential dollars have ever been minted in silver, even the ones included in each year's collector's set of silver minted coins?
2.) Since this isn't a quarter planchet (it's the same diameter), my first thought was it was possibly missing an outer layer, but would this be plausible? Especially since the thickness of the coin is also the same?
3.) Why would someone electroplate one of these dollars if no real silver ones exist?
4.) What is meant by the edge looking "sharp and scratchy?"
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