Anyone See Anything Of Value In This Cache ?

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DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9864 Posts	Posted 09/05/2018 10:48 pm https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nort...ns-1.4811814 A mix of US and Canadian coins. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff

jst1dreamr Pillar of the Community United States 509 Posts	Posted 09/05/2018 11:30 pm Wow Dawson City sure over played this find. In Northern California a find like that would just bring a smile and then into the jar they go. That is why you should never tell an archeologist if you find anything. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinBuffalo Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 09/05/2018 11:36 pm Just a smile? That'd make my year any day of the week in any place in the world. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 09/06/2018 09:32 am I'd like to get a better list of the dates and mint marks of all those. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21603 Posts	Posted 09/06/2018 12:22 pm I can see a nice 1899 50 cent. Be it a small or large 9, it is still probably worth more than the estimaated value of all the coins. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7940 Posts	Posted 09/06/2018 4:14 pm I am suspicious that this cache dates from the Klondike gold rush. The coins are too worn. Is it possible for a Barber Half to wear down to VG condition in a year or two (there is a pretty worn 1899 in that mix, and an 1898 that's not much better. Not to mentiomn the degree of patination)? I never got to observe the wear rate of those designs, but I did get to observe the wear rate of Walking Liberty halves, as I was picking them out of circulation as a kid in the 1960s. As for value, if there is an 1896S Barber half (and the likelihood of S mintmarks should be higher out there), that's worth a few bucks in even in that grade. Edited by tdziemia 09/06/2018 4:22 pm Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 09/06/2018 8:35 pm I agree with tdziemia that the overall condition of the coins is not consistent with a Klondike Gold Rush attribution (the Klondike Gold Rush started in 1896 or thereabouts.) 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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