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1901-S Barber quarter: $425.00 (more than the 1909-S VDB) 1892-O Barber Half: $40.00 1887 Morgan: $3.00 1939 Walker: $1.00 1939 Merc: $0.40 I want a Morgan for $3.00! *Sigh* **Edited to fix "I'm" to "I"** Edited by 3_Cent_Silver
05/21/2012 7:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I have all the Red Books from the first to present. It is really fun sometimes to look up a coin in about the 4th or 8th Edition and compare with todays prices.
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I love to look through old values, too! The only downside is that it makes you want to travel back in time to scoop up all those coins!
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how about a 1922 no D Lincoln?
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Bedrock of the Community
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The only downside is that it makes you want to travel back in time to scoop up all those coins! So why aren't you scooping them up today? Because 40 years from now someone will be posting on whatever they are using then "Hey want to see all the bargain prices they had for coins back in 2012!?" And there will be the same type of comments about "Oh how I wish I could go back and buy them at those prices!" And why aren't we scooping up these bargains of today? For the same reason they didn't in 1968, they couldn't afford to. |
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Yeah...it would be a rude awakening to hop into your time machine with $2000 in your pocket only to step out into 1968 and find it converted to $96.18...or whatever.
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I would go the other direction, so your $2000 is more like $25,000
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And why aren't we scooping up these bargains of today? For the same reason they didn't in 1968, they couldn't afford to. Funny thing, inflation.  |
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Also, what was a 1950D nickel going for in 68?
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I'm sorry, but the 1922 no D Lincoln is not listed. The 1922-D, though, is priced at $4.50. A 1950-D nickel was going for $13.00-$14.00, which is what you could find a nice BU example for today. I agree with all of the above in that they will one day look back on us, too, for our "cheap" prices. In contrast, though, even if you adjusted for inflation, at least money then was based upon the silver standard...in a way. This issue of COINage still talks about cashing in on silver dollars from the Treasury.
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So why aren't you scooping them up today? Because 40 years from now someone will be posting on whatever they are using then "Hey want to see all the bargain prices they had for coins back in 2012!?" And there will be the same type of comments about "Oh how I wish I could go back and buy them at those prices!" And why aren't we scooping up these bargains of today? For the same reason they didn't in 1968, they couldn't afford to. So true, so true. In 1968 I was a lot more interested in cars and girls than coins. And even if you did collect coins back then you were a real minority. And who knows, maybe in 40 to 50 years coins will be a thing of the past. |
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I would go the other direction, so your $2000 is more like $25,000 And a loaf of bread is $200. |
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Carl:
You really should finish your set of Red Books!
Then start on the special editions.
:)
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I'm sorry, MorganDude26, but this issue doesn't list Flying Eagle cents. The series that it does list is available on the first post. |
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