Dan, the other day slapinfunk and I went to a bank in another city where I kept a large safe deposit box for some 15 years. i decided to close it and move it all closer to where I live. I found my original coin collection in the Blue Whitman folders that I started when I was 7 years old. The last coin I put into the "books" were dated 1980, the year slapinfunk was born and thats when I got into collecting high grade coins and then made the transition into PCGS certified coins when they became availbable in the 1990s.
My Lincoln collection Whitman folder has just about "every hole" filled except for some key dates like 09s vdb, 22 "plain" etc. You know the drill. To be honest, if I were to sell it today I'd be lucky to get a hundred bucks or so for the pennies.
I have a complete set of silver Roosevelt dimes in the Whitman folder... dimes are worth about $2.50 each, same with my blue folder of Mercs -- even my 1916.
In all about 175 dimes at 2.50 each for their "silver" and maybe a bit more if I sold them to a coin store that had a "collector case" for low end coins. I think you understand my point. This stuff aint worth much. And I can't see myself selling memories going back more than 50 years. I can almost remember putting each coin into those folders (Buffalo nickels too) and how I found my first 09vdb in pocket change from the general store in my town when I used to buy Superman comic books for 10-cents.
If your kids dont want them... save em for the grandkids. Or just save em.
But if you really do have a big box filled with old silver, well heck yeah -- if its just stuff you stashed away you could sell it without remorse. But I would wait. I think prices are going higher. Silver still isnt back to its high of $50 an ounce while gold has set new highs.
My Lincoln collection Whitman folder has just about "every hole" filled except for some key dates like 09s vdb, 22 "plain" etc. You know the drill. To be honest, if I were to sell it today I'd be lucky to get a hundred bucks or so for the pennies.
I have a complete set of silver Roosevelt dimes in the Whitman folder... dimes are worth about $2.50 each, same with my blue folder of Mercs -- even my 1916.
In all about 175 dimes at 2.50 each for their "silver" and maybe a bit more if I sold them to a coin store that had a "collector case" for low end coins. I think you understand my point. This stuff aint worth much. And I can't see myself selling memories going back more than 50 years. I can almost remember putting each coin into those folders (Buffalo nickels too) and how I found my first 09vdb in pocket change from the general store in my town when I used to buy Superman comic books for 10-cents.
If your kids dont want them... save em for the grandkids. Or just save em.
But if you really do have a big box filled with old silver, well heck yeah -- if its just stuff you stashed away you could sell it without remorse. But I would wait. I think prices are going higher. Silver still isnt back to its high of $50 an ounce while gold has set new highs.
