jtryka

That's quite a haul of dollars. Going on a silver binge?

I don't know why, but lately I've had a hankering for junk silver dollars. There's a nice vest pocket dealer that comes to our coin club meetings, and he had some nice AU/BU peace dollars, and then he pulled out his "culls" at a low price but he wanted to sell the whole lot. So after the meeting I came home with 39 silver dollars! And the culls weren't too bad, there was one 1923 with a hole in it, but most were nice well circulated coins, a few morgans with full rims, and even 2 1924-S peace dollars in AG.

Not in the mail, but I did buy these at my local coin club meeting last night:

I got some coins for a contest winning from doc yesterday, but I have a hunch my mail might get a little more exciting in the next few days.

I got a 1977-D Ike dollar from Tiff in a trade.

Last week I got a 2000-P Sacagawea $1 and a dateless wheat cent.

Well, this arrived yesterday and technically it's not a coin but a reproduction of a continental dollar. It is oversize and made from 2 ounces of silver. I bought it on a whim, bid melt and ended up winning it for under $10 delivered. There is also a photo next to a silver dollar to see the size difference.

I bought one of those $10 face lots of junk silver off eBay, paid about 6.3x face and it arrived yesterday. Here's what I got:

40 dimes:

25 1964 P/D Roosevelts

15 Mercuries:

1924, 1936, 1941, 1941-S, 1942, 1942-D (x2), 1943-D, 1943-S, 1944, 1944-D, 1944-S, 1945 (x2) and 1945-S

12 Halves:

7 Franklins:

1949-D, 1951-S, 1952 (x2), 1952-D, 1954-D, 1963-D

5 Walkers:

1935 (x2), 1939 (x2) and 1944

Nothing spectacular, but not a bad assortment for melt value!

Neat! The only difference I noticed is that the mintmark-or-whatever-that-is can be found right below the A (of "gramos") on one coin, and below the AM (ie. further right) on the other. Similarly, the O's (in "peso") are positioned slightly differently. Oh well - nice (and heavy) pieces they are ...

 

Christian

I see the difference now, thanks for pointing that out! And yes, these are big coins. I compared one to a silver eagle last night and they are slightly larger in diameter and weight since they are only 0.925 fine, they weigh more than an ounce. These were produced right before the fat onzas of the early 1980s which are my favorite due to their thickness and lettered edge.

I got these in the mail yesterday from eBay:

They are supposed to be two different types (Type II and Type IV) but for the life of me I can't tell the difference.

Sold a morgan dollar to Harri, excellent to deal with!

I got 3 Italian coins I won from Alfonso, a 50L, 100L and 200L.

I received wonderful New Year Greetings from the US Government in the form of my 2005 tax forms!

That 500L is beautiful, is it silver? When I was in Italy all the 500L coins were bimetallic nickel bronze, and not all that pretty. nice haul!

Balboas are way cool!

Tonight I got a series 1969 $1 bill in change from my Chinese food! I could tell right away when I looked at it at home as the serial number looked very different.

Art is always excellent to deal with!

In the US we seem to have lost the art of edge lettering, though the 1992 Olympic Baseball commems had lettering and reeding on the edge. The Saint-Gaudens double eagles of course had a lettered edge stating "E Pluribus Unum" while the Saint-Gaudens eagles (aka Indian $10) had stars on the edge, 46 from 1907 to 1911 and 48 stars from 1912 to 1933. Bust halves had lettered edges too, stating the value, "50 cents or half a dollar."

Great trade for an SBA and a coinbuck note that I needed. Thanks!

I had a haul! I received an 1884 silver dollar from my folks in a birthday card, a 1999-D SBA and some coinbucks in a trade, and more coinbucks from a trade, and more coinbucks and some baybucks for another trade, and a nice Santa Claus Silver Bar from my secret Santa!

I got a silver dollar in a trade with the Bunny, along with a Canadian bunny nickel! There were also a number of chocolate coins included, however the postal service was not kind to them! They did make an interesting noise when I shook the envelope though!

Friday I got a 1949 wheat cent and yesterday I got a 1945 wheat cent.

I got a Franklin half in a trade from Tiff, and a whole pile of coinbucks! Very cool looking!

I got a whole pile of stuff from Tiffibunny for winning the football contest last week! Lots of neat coins, some went right in the album, others will be gifts at my coin club's Christmas party in a week or so. Thanks!!!

Pre 82 population still appears to be about 15-20%

I'll keep working on it then! I save every copper penny I get in change, have over 6,000 now!

I got a Congress 2-coin proof set that I bought of eBay which I plan to use as a gift for the grab bag at our coin club holiday meeting.