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Seen These Sets In An Auction

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 Posted 04/29/2024  11:59 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Seeker_101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
any reason why these $5 face value sets would be worth $100? (Barber set - 2 dimes and a quarter, Liberty set - 2 dimes and a quarter, last 10 years of Mercury dimes, Mercury War years dimes, Barber mint mark set, and US silver coinage set)
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 Posted 04/30/2024  12:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add manosgerms to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I can't really tell from the picture the grade of the coins but they seem to basically be low grade. Even though barbers are generally more expensive than the silver value, selling 90% silver at 20 times face seems about right for low grade stuff overall.
Or are any of the coins fairly rare or in very good condition?
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they are all common circulated although the Barber dimes seem to be a decent grade. The quarter in the set is near cull.

Am I allowed to show the auction page? It shows better pics with zoom over the images.
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04/30/2024 12:19 am
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A few of the sets are marked UPM copyrighted 2004 and 2005

I've noted that unlike other sellers that this one places high minimum bids on items. Like they have 100 bicentennial Ikes for $100 starting bid. Seems their base for silver is $29/oz.
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 Posted 04/30/2024  09:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thq to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Still selling them....

https://www.americancointreasures.com

UPM Global LLC lists a business address in Canoga Park CA. Maybe that's where they pack these novelties. "As Seen On TV!".
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These have been around in various forms for decades. It's a good way for dealers to get rid of low grade common date silver / bullion coins in their shops and at shows and turn more profit than they would as junk silver: they sell well for folks looking to buy gifts for someone who collects coins, or whatnot.

I've got a couple of them around somewhere in the "whatever" desk drawers. One of them has a 5 coin set from an IHC to Franklin half. Another is a holder with just a "Bicentennial Dollar" (Ike) in a paper insert inside of a plastic case.

Capital Plastics made set holders, too, for things like "U.S. Emergency Coinage" (i.e. silver Jefferson War Nickels) and "short sets" of Mercury dimes / Walking Liberty half dollars, usually 1939-1945 since those were the easiest to still find in BU rolls; the latter being marketed more towards collectors. I've seen some absolutely stunning BU short sets in those holders!
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Thank you. I think I got the information I was looking for.
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Way over priced.
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