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Super Aggro Crag: Apr 23, 2008; And, of course as always, kill Hitler.

Not a bad score. 5 ounces of government issue silver for $97.74 shipped. APMEX was having a sale on eBay and eBay was kind enough to give me a 15% off coupon as well. Another 3 ASE's and I'll have a full roll. Then I can start stacking some gold.

Super Aggro Crag fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Apr 3, 2014

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Mescal: Jul 23, 2005

Hope this is related enough: I just noticed that Susan Bs are the same proportions as the newer dollars. Is there a historical reason for this, or was it chosen just because it looked about right? It doesn't seem to correspond to metal values like the rest tend to. By the way, isn't it a shame the alloy they chose for the new ones? They look awful when not mint. Good going pushing this coin so hard without bothering to make it pretty.

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Super Aggro Crag: Apr 23, 2008; And, of course as always, kill Hitler.

I think its just the standard size for dollar coins. The Sacagawea dollar is 26.5mm in diameter as well.

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Al Harrington: May 1, 2005; I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the eye

fun fact: machines and a lot of people assume susan b anthony dollars are quarters and I've received them in change as such on more than one occasion

# ? Apr 16, 2014 02:44

Mescal: Jul 23, 2005

Super Aggro Crag posted:

I think its just the standard size for dollar coins. The Sacagawea dollar is 26.5mm in diameter as well.

Thanks for this.

I just bought my first collectible coin. A Morgan from 1879 in good but fairly well circulated condition and a nicely aged color. $32. Any idea how much I overpaid?

# ? Apr 16, 2014 19:47

Super Aggro Crag: Apr 23, 2008; And, of course as always, kill Hitler.

Do you have a picture of it? My LCS sells average circulation non key date Morgans for $25 a pop. Try to avoid eBay if you can since everything is overpriced because of the 13% fees and shipping costs.

# ? Apr 16, 2014 19:52

Mescal: Jul 23, 2005

Super Aggro Crag posted:

Do you have a picture of it? My LCS sells average circulation non key date Morgans for $25 a pop. Try to avoid eBay if you can since everything is overpriced because of the 13% fees and shipping costs.

I'll post a pic after work. I only bought it cause it really popped next to the other ones the guy had. Mostly cause it aged a little darker.

# ? Apr 16, 2014 20:00

Super Aggro Crag: Apr 23, 2008; And, of course as always, kill Hitler.

Also, be sure to check out Coinflation. They have all the mintage numbers for each coin/year/mint location as well as an estimated price depending on the condition. They also give you an up to date price on the melt value of the coin as the POS and POG fluctuate. I try not to pay more than 16x face for junk silver, but that excludes silver dollars which carry a higher numismatic value compared to lower denomination coins.

Super Aggro Crag fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Apr 16, 2014

# ? Apr 16, 2014 21:16

Mescal: Jul 23, 2005

Photos. They really emphasize the wear and the contrast on the coin.

Others the guy had--did I choose well? Front side only unfortunately. What do you call the ones with the glory over her head? I might try to buy more from the guy at $25. Like I said, I never bought coins before, but I just love this design and of course the silver.

Years:

25
22
26
21
22
25
81
28
79 (The one I got)
And a couple too worn to tell.

# ? Apr 17, 2014 03:46

Al Harrington: May 1, 2005; I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the eye

Peace Dollar is their slang term

and the '28 is the better coin, I assume it's an S, if it's a '28 plain it's the key to the series

Al Harrington fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Apr 17, 2014

# ? Apr 17, 2014 04:31

Mescal: Jul 23, 2005

Al Harrington posted:

Peace Dollar is their slang term

and the '28 is the better coin, I assume it's an S, if it's a '28 plain it's the key to the series

By year or condition? The lighting there makes it look like it doesn't.

# ? Apr 17, 2014 06:13

Super Aggro Crag: Apr 23, 2008; And, of course as always, kill Hitler.

Your Morgan Dollar looks like it's in pretty good condition. The other dollars you are referred to are the Peace Dollars. Being newer they have less numismatic value than the Morgans are are usually a little cheaper. I don't really stack silver dollars but I have a few from my grandma and uncle.

1891

1921-D

1923

# ? Apr 17, 2014 15:14

c0ldfuse: Jun 18, 2004; The pursuit of excellence.

I have zero interest in coin collecting (never had any real interest in collecting anything) but love this thread and have been following since start.

That last coin even in its condition is beautiful. However I noticed it says In God We Trust which surprised me as its a 1928 coin and I didn't think that was a practice until the 1950s?

# ? Apr 17, 2014 15:34

Al Harrington: May 1, 2005; I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the eye

c0ldfuse posted:

I have zero interest in coin collecting (never had any real interest in collecting anything) but love this thread and have been following since start.

That last coin even in its condition is beautiful. However I noticed it says In God We Trust which surprised me as its a 1928 coin and I didn't think that was a practice until the 1950s?

It started on coins in 1864

if you look at the above posters morgan dollar you'll see it on the reverse above the eagle

# ? Apr 17, 2014 15:40

Flash Gordon Ramsay: Sep 28, 2004; Grimey Drawer

c0ldfuse posted:

I have zero interest in coin collecting (never had any real interest in collecting anything) but love this thread and have been following since start.

That last coin even in its condition is beautiful. However I noticed it says In God We Trust which surprised me as its a 1928 coin and I didn't think that was a practice until the 1950s?

Are you confusing that with when they added "One nation under god" to the pledge of allegiance?

# ? Apr 17, 2014 16:26

Al Harrington: May 1, 2005; I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the eye

Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:

Are you confusing that with when they added "One nation under god" to the pledge of allegiance?

no, it wasn't on paper money until 1957, introduced on series 1935G $1 silver certificates, varieties exist with and without the motto as it happened it 1957 right in the middle of the series being printed

# ? Apr 17, 2014 16:34

Jimmy James: Oct 1, 2004; The man so nice they named him twice.

I could use a little more schooling on American coin grading. Here is a Barber Quarter I bought:

I paid 25 dollars for it, but now that I am looking it up I think I may have overpaid. A couple price guides online suggest that this coin is worth 23-25 dollars in F, and something like 35 dollars in VF. Looking at grading guides, I would say this coin is an F15 just by virtue of how strong the rims/denticles are. How far below price guide values do these things usually sell for?

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ohnobugs: Feb 22, 2003

That's a really nice looking Barber, with some of the more delicate writing legible. What guides were you looking at?

# ? Apr 18, 2014 01:46

Super Aggro Crag: Apr 23, 2008; And, of course as always, kill Hitler.

Yeah, I have no clue about what it'd be worth in terms of grading. I mainly stack coins and bullion for the silver content alone.

# ? Apr 18, 2014 02:34

Jimmy James: Oct 1, 2004; The man so nice they named him twice.

AuntBuck posted:

That's a really nice looking Barber, with some of the more delicate writing legible. What guides were you looking at?

The PCGS, NGC, and Numismedia online guides. I haven't bothered to buy a red or blue book.

# ? Apr 18, 2014 04:21

Al Harrington: May 1, 2005; I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the eye

Pcgs and Ngc guides are for coins in those respective slabs, red book is cheap and is retail for raw coin, eBay completed auctions are the best bet for pricing

# ? Apr 18, 2014 04:33

Ron Don Volante: Dec 29, 2012

Fine is about right (technically all of the letters of "LIBERTY" should be visible) but it's been harshly cleaned, which negatively impacts its value.

# ? Apr 18, 2014 07:20

Star Man: Jun 1, 2008; There's a star maaaaaan
Over the rainbow

My dad has at least four $10 rolls of every state quarter and was pretty bummed out about not being able to get very many of those quarters with the Philidelphia mint mark.

That said he's gonna roll in his grave when he dies and my mother dumps his whole top dresser full of those coin rolls onto a bank teller's counter.

# ? Apr 18, 2014 10:03

Mescal: Jul 23, 2005

I went to a coin shop and asked for the junk bin. I got a bunch of worthless but really interesting foreign coins for farthings on the kroner. It's fun and I can get cool pieces without getting myself another thing to spend money on. I don't see myself buying more silver dollars and things except for as gifts--it's hard to buy people gifts that are unique and have actual value.

# ? Apr 18, 2014 18:24

Super Aggro Crag: Apr 23, 2008; And, of course as always, kill Hitler.

I just sold a small amount of foreign coins (not silver or gold) for 99 cents on eBay but the buyer is from Italy and I doubt he's gonna pay the $16 shipping fee. If he backs out you can have them for a dollar + shipping if you're interested. I'll keep you informed.

# ? Apr 18, 2014 18:28

Jimmy James: Oct 1, 2004; The man so nice they named him twice.

I submitted my first batch of coins to NGC yesterday. I've been slowly building up my confidence in my ability to grade MS coins, so I hope the results don't come as a kick in the balls. I am holding my breath on one potential details coin though.

# ? Apr 22, 2014 16:05

E4C85D38: Feb 7, 2010; Doesn't that thing only
hold six rounds...?

Mescal posted:

Hope this is related enough: I just noticed that Susan Bs are the same proportions as the newer dollars. Is there a historical reason for this, or was it chosen just because it looked about right? It doesn't seem to correspond to metal values like the rest tend to. By the way, isn't it a shame the alloy they chose for the new ones? They look awful when not mint. Good going pushing this coin so hard without bothering to make it pretty.

There's actually a technical reason for this�the Mint designed post-Anthony dollar coins to have the same size, weight, and electromagnetic properties, so that any machine that already accepted Anthony dollars would also accept the golden dollars without modification (assuming that it only checks those attributes and doesn't do some sort of weird laser-based face recognition too or something).

# ? Apr 24, 2014 00:37

Super Aggro Crag: Apr 23, 2008; And, of course as always, kill Hitler.

So apparently they just decided on a new image for the reverse of the American Silver Eagle for either 2015 or 2016. I like the design except for the extra text at the bottom. Justice, Integrity, Service my rear end.

# ? Apr 24, 2014 01:00

Al Harrington: May 1, 2005; I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the eye

yea that bottom text is unnecessary, nice looking design but it'll be interesting to see what it looks like in relief on a chunk of silver, is the obverse staying the same?, and $5?

# ? Apr 24, 2014 01:32

Mescal: Jul 23, 2005

Super Aggro Crag posted:

So apparently they just decided on a new image for the reverse of the American Silver Eagle for either 2015 or 2016. I like the design except for the extra text at the bottom. Justice, Integrity, Service my rear end.

At five bucks, shouldn't it be a quarter eagle?

# ? Apr 24, 2014 02:01

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

Mescal posted:

At five bucks, shouldn't it be a quarter eagle?

Yeah, like just the leg and thigh :chef:

# ? Apr 24, 2014 02:06

Mescal: Jul 23, 2005

E4C85D38 posted:

There's actually a technical reason for this—the Mint designed post-Anthony dollar coins to have the same size, weight, and electromagnetic properties, so that any machine that already accepted Anthony dollars would also accept the golden dollars without modification (assuming that it only checks those attributes and doesn't do some sort of weird laser-based face recognition too or something).

That's interesting, thanks. I think they could have done a million other things--like subsidizing retrofitting for arcades, laundries, etc--to encourage their adoption instead of just minting countless dollars and calling it good. The US will never have a popular dollar coin.

# ? Apr 24, 2014 02:07

Al Harrington: May 1, 2005; I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the eye

Mescal posted:

That's interesting, thanks. I think they could have done a million other things--like subsidizing retrofitting for arcades, laundries, etc--to encourage their adoption instead of just minting countless dollars and calling it good. The US will never have a popular dollar coin.

not while they continue to print a $1 federal reserve note

and the crane company won't be getting rid of that gravy train anytime soon

# ? Apr 24, 2014 02:13

c0ldfuse: Jun 18, 2004; The pursuit of excellence.

I seriously can't wait for dollar bills to go out of circulation and $5 coins to show up.

I was a teller for ~7 years in my youth and do I hate dollar bills.

# ? Apr 24, 2014 03:00

Uncle Jam: Aug 20, 2005; Perfect

Our vending machines now accept $5 bills but everything inside is a dollar or less, buying something is like winning at slots.

# ? Apr 24, 2014 03:55

Super Aggro Crag: Apr 23, 2008; And, of course as always, kill Hitler.

Mescal posted:

At five bucks, shouldn't it be a quarter eagle?

Still more accurate than the current $1 ASE.

# ? Apr 24, 2014 10:04

literally this big: Jan 10, 2007; Here comes
the Squirtle Squad!

What would be my best option for looking up the values on a massive amount of coins? My grandmother just gave me her entire life's collection of coins (and she's 95 years old!), so I've got literally pounds of the things to sort through. There's 1880s US dollar coins, 1964 Kennedy half-dollars, 1943 pennies, and a whole bunch more, so I've got a variety to go through, as well.

# ? Apr 24, 2014 12:37