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Hey. I'm going to a coin show tomorrow near my area and I'm think of buying something old. I was thinking pre 1900. I like silver dollars and Seated coins for my old collection. My budget is $75. Any ideas are welcome. |
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Yes, silver dollars would be a good idea. Because right now, the bullion value of silver is at its lowest in 10 years, you can get a Morgan dollar at a reasonable price. V-Nickels are a good idea, too. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Just keep in mind that one really nice coin is much better for your collection than a bunch of not so nice coins.
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Just keep in mind that one really nice coin is much better for your collection than a bunch of not so nice coins.
 However you could always go with one really nice coin taking up most of your budget while getting a few inexpensive coins too. |
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Many of the later dates in the Seated Liberty dime series in XF are within you budget. The quarters are larger but more expensive - it would probably blow your whole budget. The Morgan dollars will be more available in your price range since there were so many of them minted. You should have no problem picking up a couple with some nice honest wear. The kind of coin that might have been used in a Saloon out west at the time. Or a Vegas Casino in the 50s. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Good luck. Let us know what you get.  |
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- and hope you get a really good buy. I am hoping to attend some coin shows this coming year. I have only been to two in my life. After consolidating I will know more what I am after and have a cause to go on the hunt. However, while you are at the coin show, I will be at an antique glass insulator show  |
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Im back! I bought a 1888 O Morgan dollar is XF for $22. $1 in junk silver for $14, 4 Indian Heads for $5, an 1939 S nickel for $2.50, and a roll of wheats for $2. Was this a good deal? I'm sorry that my phone won't post pics. |
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Forgot to add that 1939 nickel, Indians, and wheats were all average circulated.
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I hope you didn't blow all of your $75 on those coins ?  |
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Great new additions! It sounds like you had a good time. I would say you did well. I like the O mint Morgans myself. A dollar of silver coin is .77 of an ounce. So it sounds like fair prices all around. For 40.00 I got a glass insulator that has a piece of wire embedded inside the glass - a very rare curiosity that could occur accidentally during manufacturing. I got to talk coins with other insulator collectors though |
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Quote:I hope you didn't blow all of your $75 on those coins ? If he is happy with what he bought, and enjoyed the experience, then it really was not "blowing" the money. For some people who have been at this a long time, the gems he got might not be something we need. But nonetheless the fun of the hobby is what gets the blood pumping, and he obviously made the choices he wanted. I know there was a time I was filling holes that having a number of coins vs. one pricier one was more fun to me. I worked first on filling holes and then (maybe) upgrading. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Quote:Im back! I bought a 1888 O Morgan dollar is XF for $22. $1 in junk silver for $14, 4 Indian Heads for $5, an 1939 S nickel for $2.50, and a roll of wheats for $2. Was this a good deal? I'm sorry that my phone won't post pics. Not too bad, seems to be fairly close to the going rate. Good additions for your collection. Quote:
If he is happy with what he bought, and enjoyed the experience, then it really was not "blowing" the money. For some people who have been at this a long time, the gems he got might not be something we need. But nonetheless the fun of the hobby is what gets the blood pumping, and he obviously made the choices he wanted.
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09/20/2015 12:31 am
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Was this a good deal? A good deal, No. A bad deal? No again. Just about average. |
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