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Just got a few big bags of 40% kennedys to sort through. Normally I keep what I figure to be AU/BU. I am curious of any other types I should keep outside of 1970s (Which I haven't found as of yet.)
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United States
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I'd stick to BUs, personally, but if an AU catches your eye I guess it's alright. I suppose you could look for no-FG coins, and personally among BUs I find die polishing states pretty interesting.
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United States
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40% means 40% silver content therefore I am curious as to why you wouldn't just keep all of them. Or are you just looking for the ones in better condition and going to sell the rest.
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United States
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Adding my opinion, why not keep all of them unless you plan on selling them on ebay and making a profit to buy or get more coins. Silver is Silver. 40% is nice and 90% is better, and best of all would be the ASE or silver maples. |
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United States
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I vote for keeping them all!  |
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United States
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Wow.... is this really a tough choice?
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 United States
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I have been buying/selling coins over the past few years and been keeping my profit in coins to add to my stack.
Recently had the opportunity to buy quite a few 40% halves to resell. In the past I kept the better condition ones, but this time around if I kept all the 'decent' ones I'd be biting too far into my profit.
Out of the 200 I looked through this afternoon I kept 30 or so, 10 or so were in BU/MS shape.
I would LOVE to get more 90% but at the moment none of my contacts have it for a reasonable price. I did manage to get a roll of 90% halves which ended up pretty good for me, however the margin wasn't as good as 40% or 35%.
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05/01/2013 9:44 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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If was me I'll keep all 40% silver...
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United States
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Hope you got a good deal on them as the price of silver is down. I have three rolls of 40%ers sitting here now I am debating on selling or not. I don't want the powers that be manipulating the value down even further. Probably cash them in tomorrow though.
I would just keep the high grade ones, AU58 and up. Any errors you might find as well. The others, cash em in if you can make a profit. If you can't, I might still pull the trigger if the prices keep creeping south, just so you don't lose too much.
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United States
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Just sell em all and get some more.
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United States
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Isn't the answer to your question dependent on what you care more about at this moment....maximizing any profit or adding to your personal collection?
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United States
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Ended up keeping 5 rolls of BU coins, 2 rolls are 1966 that look completely uncirculated (I imagine that someone broke up two bank rolls as the condition looks amazing).
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I'd keep em all. Of course take out the best numismatic examples and keep the scrap for silver. I have a bit of 40% Kennedy's I got at cost from the bank more than 30 years ago.
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