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JeanieFoss New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 04/16/2012 9:43 pm Spindle City Precious Metals is coming to my town, one of the things they are looking to buy is coins, if you have heard of them, are they a rip off? they are BBB approved, but there were no reviews on them. Also if you could give me a guesstimate of what my coins are worth I would appreciate it. I have a bunch of wheat pennies, different dates I have a 1902 Canadian Dime I have a 1945 Jefferson War Nickel I have a 1935 Buffalo Head Nickel I have a 1972 1/2 Dollar I have 2 1987 Canadian Dollar coins I have an American Nickel from 1959 (Their ad says they want pre 1965 coins too) I have an Irish coin, one side says 5P with a pic of a bull or something and other side 1993 erie with a pic of a harp or something I have a Franc from 1960 I have pennies from New Foundland (1942), The Bahamas 2004, Barbados (1973), Panama (1978), Bermuda (1997), and I have a 1945 Canadian Penny with King George on the front I also have a $2 bill from 1976 in excellent condition. I am not really a collector, I was a cashier and got all of this that way because I thought it was cool. Now I'm wondering if any of it is worth anything. Report this Post to the Staff

copper nickel daddy Pillar of the Community United States 2224 Posts	Posted 04/16/2012 10:24 pm You have to be real careful of those traveling roadshow-type companies that come to town, set up in a hotel, "buy buy buy", and then disappear. You are much better off trying to find a brick-and-mortar coin store that has a permanent address. The traveling outfits tend to buy real low, knowing that once the consumer finds out he/she has been taken, they will be long gone. Most of the coins you list above are relatively common. Exceptions would include the 1945 Silver warnickel (at the current rate $1.76 in silver), the 1902 Canadian Dime (depends on the condition, but more than likely silver value) and the 1935 Buffalo nickel might be worth a little depending again on the condition. By the way, to CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 04/16/2012 10:30 pm Welcome. Most of your coins have to be in very high grade in order to be worth anything substantial. Very common items. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
schnauzer Valued Member United States 212 Posts	Posted 04/16/2012 11:11 pm Welcome to this forum. When they advertise for pre 1965 coins, for the most part they're talking about dimes, quarters, halves and dollars that are 90% silver. Your 45 nickel is 35% silver. When the traveling road shows come to town, run the other way. Report this Post to the Staff
Peter4805 Pillar of the Community Canada 987 Posts	Posted 04/28/2012 08:10 am Most of these traveling coin buyers don't have a good reputation and rightfully so. In most cases they won't give you nearly as much as your coins are worth. A reputable dealer posing as a seller recently took $1250 worth of coins to one of these rip off artists. He was offered $250. As far as your coins go, they are all fairly common dates and will only be wirth more than melt value if they are in very high grades. Report this Post to the Staff
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