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Valued Member
United States
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Hi all, thought I would show off my just-completed bag of silver. To me there is no greater bargain in the world of coins than so-called "junk silver", at least the nice old stuff like this. All this cost not much more than melt value, but I think has super high cool factor. As you see I've removed all of the newer stuff like Washington quarters and Roosevelt dimes, those you find in change and are not as cool. So too the Franklins and 64 Kennedys get thrown in with that lot. This here is the good stuff. Very roughly the breakdown is - 50 Morgan dollars50 Peace dollars 100 Walker halves100 Barber halves 200 Standing Liberty quarters200 Barber quarters 500 Mercury dimes500 Barber dimesSo equal face value of every denomination, 100 bucks each. Had to get the mix just right and now it's done, whattya think?  |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7613 Posts |
Cool! Congrats on completing one of you collecting goals!
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Moderator
 United States
15394 Posts |
Very cool.  |
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Moderator
United States
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Fantastic assortment! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19120 Posts |
First to guess the exact number of coins by denomination wins the full bag?
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United States
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First to guess the exact number of coins by denomination wins the full bag?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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There are probably some I need for my date sets. Therefore better than junk! High Quality Junque!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
I love it, especially in bag form. There is something about hearing the clink of silver and swirling your hand in the full bag. Maybe you can throw in a handful of low grade Seated halves to ice the cake! Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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United States
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Lots of history in there! I love the smell of old silver.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's a fantastic hoard, Tim! Coolness factor off the scale!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Valued Member
 United States
416 Posts |
Thank you all, yes it is a delight to the senses - sight, sound, smell feel, ... OK, I haven't tasted one yet  Here are the outcasts, too new .. well the Franklins are cool because you never see them but they would throw off the proportions, so into the new bucket they go -  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2003 Posts |
AARGH, a nice bag of treasure Matey!
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United States
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United States
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OK, I haven't tasted one yet I'm not sure how true it is, but I read somewhere that people in ancient times would carry coins in their mouths, and silver became the most popular metal for coins because it had a pleasant taste! Well, that would explain the prevalence of silverware, anyway... |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Great bag of silver, TimNH!  |
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Posted 02/14/2024 1:51 pm
