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Greetings all, I've spent most of my CC time on the Canadian shiny coin form but I've decided to take a leap into collecting old US silver(pre 65). My 1st bag of scrap silver had a couple of nice 50 cent pieces and a couple of excellent dimes (almost BU), the rest looks pretty much like what I paid for, a bag of scrap silver coins.
As I start to learn, what should I look for? key dates, errors etc? I'm late coming to this side of the collecting game and I'd hate to miss something. I'm not expecting a book, just say a top 10 list.
many thanks
Liverpool
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It's not likely that you'd find any key dates in a junk silver lot. As far as Roosevelt dimes, none of them, unless they are the 1949-S BU. Washingtons, the 32D and 32S are worth something in all grades. Some of the other early mintmarked coins from the 30's have numismatic value in upper circulated grades (at least high VF). The rest would need to be BU, for which most coins from the 30's and 40's have good. As far as Mercury dimes, the 16D and 21P, and 21S have value in all grades. You would basically need a 34-45 dated coin in at least AU and a 16-31 dated piece in at least F-12 to have value. You will almost assuredly find no Standing Liberty quarters except really poor ones. I'll let someone else offer an answer for Halves and for error pieces because I don't wish to write too long of a response. |
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Thank you hesgut: This is what I'm looking for, many thanks for the information.
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United States
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IMO the first thing I would look for is as close to a spot price for silver as possible. Most of the "junk" is going for way too much. Not sure why a roll of common date Merc dimes or Wash quarters are going for $100 and $200, but that's the market. You can probably fill in most of the common dates and then look to buy the less common to complete the sets. Happy hunting. Something like this I just saw. Way out of control. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-Of-50-M...t_1573wt_758Edited by edweather
12/22/2013 10:04 pm
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It is probably very unlikely to find one but keep an eye out for 1942/1 Mercury dimes both P (no mintmark) and D. This is an error coin that commands a healthy premium of a few hundred dollars. |
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Canada
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Thanks for the input, I know that the odds are small but being in a small town in Canada I have hopes that I may yet find some small treasure as I carry on with learning about US coins. It ads some spice to collecting. thanks to all, Liverpool |
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Never knock your chances at a treasure! I just picked up 10 1997 silver maples for $33 each. Coming from Canada you know how much of a premium the 97s fetch! Treasures are out there, just have to look!
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It's always a sweet bonus to find something you were not expecting.
Happy Holidays to everyone.
Liverpool
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United States
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There are a lot of doubled dies for the early Washingtons. They don't get a lot of fanfare, but I see them going for more than melt money on ebay. I wish I had a decent resource for them. |
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Look at the 1950 Washingtons. D/S and S/D.
Be a miracle, but they's out thar somewhere!
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Canada
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Thanks again to everyone, I'm taking notes. If I get lucky and find something I'll of course be sure to post it. This part of Canada had a lot of travel between here and the Eastern States just after the war (WW2). There was most likely lot's of pocket change that came back here that ended up in drawers and bottles.
I'll keep watching.
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Here's an update on my pre-65 experiment: 14 Mercury dimes (dates: 1924,1928,1934,1937,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944, 7 1964 Kennedy half dollars, 1 1943 Standing Liberty, 1 Standing Liberty quarter (poor condition can't read date, has a tiny M near where the date would be), 10 Liberty quarters 1935,36,40,41,50,52,60,61,64, Roosevelt dimes 4 X 1946, 49, 50,51,61,63,2 x 1964 Some of the coins are in great condition, This is pretty cool so far. |
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Here's a couple of more: 1942 Liberty Half, 1953 Liberty Half (has a bell on it), 1948 Roosevelt dime, another Standing Liberty quarter that I can't read the date on. I will have to invest in a good magnifying glass. |
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keep stacking and I'm hoping your having fun at the same time :)
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Thanks mkman123. I've collected on and off for years. Lately I've found myself loosing interest in the shiny new stuff (proof RCM). Part of what is attracting me to the old USA silver is that it is all new to me, I'm only just starting but so far I've really enjoyed what I've learned. It\s always about the art and I'm finding a Mercury dime very interesting/ Note to admin: Am I in the right form for continuing this discussion? |
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