Coin Collecting

[dreadnought]

Any coin collectors here?

 

[Babe Ruth]

Yes, mostly silver (due to the cost of gold).
I like a lot of the (virtually) pure commemorative coins (Olympics, etc). And I've recently been buying ounces of international silver coins (Australia, Canada)..
I'm a big believer in acquiring/investing in real money, as opposed to currency and/or stocks, etc.
Peace.

 

[drjean]

I used to be. When a youngster my mom got me started on pennies... and special nickels like the buffalo. Later on as I travelled the nation, I would visit shops and buy <gasp> pennies needed... I shared with my mom, two sets, since she got me going on it. Later she would accuse me of stealing them (I left both sets with her)... but I suspect she sold them and forgot about it. She later began collecting the gold plated state quarters, and I have them now but they aren't worth what she paid for them, imo.

I still enjoy and scan any coins I get, like when travelling and getting coins in change for the laundromat. I keep any wheat pennies, and dimes that are not tainted, etc.

 

[dreadnought]

Yes, mostly silver (due to the cost of gold).
I like a lot of the (virtually) pure commemorative coins (Olympics, etc). And I've recently been buying ounces of international silver coins (Australia, Canada)..
I'm a big believer in acquiring/investing in real money, as opposed to currency and/or stocks, etc.
Peace.

I've got 64 Morgan silver dollars.

 

[dreadnought]

I used to be. When a youngster my mom got me started on pennies... and special nickels like the buffalo. Later on as I travelled the nation, I would visit shops and buy <gasp> pennies needed... I shared with my mom, two sets, since she got me going on it. Later she would accuse me of stealing them (I left both sets with her)... but I suspect she sold them and forgot about it. She later began collecting the gold plated state quarters, and I have them now but they aren't worth what she paid for them, imo.

I still enjoy and scan any coins I get, like when travelling and getting coins in change for the laundromat. I keep any wheat pennies, and dimes that are not tainted, etc.

Maybe you should start a collection of wheat pennies, buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes, standing liberty quarters, or walking liberty halves, all early 20th century coins.

 

[Babe Ruth]

I like the Morgans.. my sole complaint being that their silver is diluted. I appreciate that a lot of contemporary silver coins are virtually pure silver now..
Another silver coin I like is the 1992 Columbus; printed in honor of the quincentinneal
of Columbus' first voyage. Same complaint tho, Columbus coin is only 90% silver..

 

[dreadnought]

I like the Morgans.. my sole complaint being that their silver is diluted. I appreciate that a lot of contemporary silver coins are virtually pure silver now..
Another silver coin I like is the 1992 Columbus; printed in honor of the quincentinneal
of Columbus' first voyage. Same complaint tho, Columbus coin is only 90% silver..

Yes, back in the old days, half dimes, dimes, quarters, halves, and dollars were made of 89.24% silver, I think. There probably was a reason for that.

 

[dreadnought]

I like the Morgans.. my sole complaint being that their silver is diluted. I appreciate that a lot of contemporary silver coins are virtually pure silver now..
Another silver coin I like is the 1992 Columbus; printed in honor of the quincentinneal
of Columbus' first voyage. Same complaint tho, Columbus coin is only 90% silver..

Yes, back in the old days, half dimes, dimes, quarters, halves, and dollars were made of 89.24% silver, I think. There probably was a reason for that.

I just found a website that states that silver is very soft, and a small amount of copper is used to make it hard.

 

[drjean]

I do have a few silver dollars, half dollars..liberty and all that. I also have some silver certificates somewhere. My SIL gave me a few uncirculated (in packages) pennies in the 60s... guess I have all this stuff together?

I'm really not interested in the state quarters, nor anything that isn't silver

Not that we will be able to trade with them or anything... and surely gold will not work for that!

 

[dreadnought]

I do have a few silver dollars, half dollars..liberty and all that. I also have some silver certificates somewhere. My SIL gave me a few uncirculated (in packages) pennies in the 60s... guess I have all this stuff together?

I'm really not interested in the state quarters, nor anything that isn't silver

Not that we will be able to trade with them or anything... and surely gold will not work for that!

Sounds like you have a nice collection. You'd better find those silver certificates.

 

[drjean]

IDK those silver certificates are just the $1 bills... meaning I get a real dollar's worth when the whole system collapses?

 

[Rubiks]

I've got a full state quarter set (along with D.C, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Virgin Islands),

A decent-sized wheat penny set (earliest one is from 1919),

As well as bag of foreign currencies

 

[dreadnought]

IDK those silver certificates are just the $1 bills... meaning I get a real dollar's worth when the whole system collapses?

I don't know anything about it, but I found this:

Currency Value | Heritage Auctions

 

[dreadnought]

I've got a full state quarter set (along with D.C, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Virgin Islands),

A decent-sized wheat penny set (earliest one is from 1919),

As well as bag of foreign currencies

Keep working on those wheat pennies.

 

[DaveDavids]

Used to collect when I was growing up, back when wheat pennies were still common in change

Never had anything worth much money though

 

[dreadnought]

Used to collect when I was growing up, back when wheat pennies were still common in change

Never had anything worth much money though

When I was a paper boy back in the sixties, you'd still see buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes, standing liberty quarters, walking liberty halves, and real silver dollars. Those were the days.

 

[DaveDavids]

Since I live in an old town that is slowly being renovated, I've toyed with the idea of getting a metal detector to sweep the downtown streets when they have the street torn down to soil, I understand you can find some great stuff like that

 

[dreadnought]

Since I live in an old town that is slowly being renovated, I've toyed with the idea of getting a metal detector to sweep the downtown streets when they have the street torn down to soil, I understand you can find some great stuff like that

Perhaps so. My only question would be what condition such coins would be in.

 

[DaveDavids]

I understand the better condition coins found are from the areas where they had the wooden sidewalks, they'd fall through the cracks and get covered up by dust / mud, then when cement sidewalks were poured and streets paved, it buried them in whatever condition they were in when someone dropped them

Don't recall seeing any that were super nice though

 

[dreadnought]

I understand the better condition coins found are from the areas where they had the wooden sidewalks, they'd fall through the cracks and get covered up by dust / mud, then when cement sidewalks were poured and streets paved, it buried them in whatever condition they were in when someone dropped them

Don't recall seeing any that were super nice though

Maybe you should go to a coin store and start a little collection. Be careful, though. It's easy to spend a whole lot of money really fast on coins.