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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Post your at melt coin buys!
 The title says it all! I will start us off: 1851 Gold dollar (I actually paid $.71 over melt) I will post pictures later!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3058 Posts |
Wow! Nice one! Added it to my watch list!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What about below melt?
I got 2 1997 Canada proof sets (Sterling Silver $2, $1, $.50, $.25, $.10, & $.05)
for $15 US each.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1308 Posts |
Here's some from back in the good ole days, when I had more desposable income & a willing wife. Even the gold I bought at melt, one is a Dahlonega mint.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1494 Posts |
A couple weeks ago, I got a Panama 1972 20 Balboas for just under melt.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4883 Posts |
The scale of this recent buy at melt is small, but it ranks among my best ever from the standpoint that numismatically it's likely worth at least a hundred times what I paid.   Colligo ergo sum
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Close enough:  Debased gold dinar of the Kidarite Huns in modern-day Kashmir, India, ruler Vinayaditya (c. 450 AD) at nearly 8 grams, it would have to be less than 18% fine for me to have paid more than melt. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't have any pictures, nor will I ever, but two years ago I went to a local coin show and this crazy man was selling f-vf Walking halves for melt, along with washingtons and Rosie's that were xf-au. I can't believe, even in my noobiness, I didn't recognize that as a deal. Hoping he'll be back this year. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That picture of the coins on the blanket is sort of stunning. I bought a few hundred Walking Liberty halves for $4 each not long ago. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not including slabbed ASE and the cleaned Trade $1, stacked some silver last year @ ANA show all at no more than melt to $2 above. Yes, those really are 5 AU Morgans towards the bottom of the spread-out picture, along with an 1880-CC Rev '78, a 1903-S, and an 1878 7/8TF Long Nock. I actually had NGC slab the 1880-O at the very bottom right, it's now in a problem-free AU55 holder.   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse
03/07/2017 01:29 am
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Russian Federation
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I paid a few dollars under melt for this coin, which remains my only US silver dollar (not counting the 1996 ASE my dad got me for my birthday this year). Mind you, this "a few dollars under melt" was actually $29. Just my luck that I decided to buy a bunch of big silver on April 27, 2011    1923-S Peace dollar (the mintmark is just barely visible, both in hand and on the photo). I estimate its grade to be on the upper end of FR-2 (but of course I can hardly afford to slab it). The shop had it mislabeled as 1921 (a much rarer date) - between that and it technically being under melt I was interested enough to buy. Fortunately, it's a beautiful coin either way. |
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