The other day, while I was minding the cash register at my parents' workplace, my father made me pause before closing the register after I handed a customer her change. Baffled, I wonder why my father stopped me. The reason?
^ Yea, a dime, so what?
Well, as it were, the dime happened to be made of pure90% silver. It was one of the dimes from the 1946 - 1964 series. The dimes we use today are typically 1965 - 2007 series (clad as opposed to silver).
As I held the small silver rarity in my hand, my eyes gleamed to a new possibility of unknown valuables that might enter the cash register. It was at this moment that my father swiped the silver coin out of my hand and put it in his pocket. That day, I checked every coin at the end of the day from every cash register.
Keep an eye out for random coins you miight come by - they might be more valuable than you think ^_~
Yeah, I went through this little coin-collecting phase when I was younger. Anything pre-1960s was worth a keep, even though the stuff I amassed werent worth any higher than their coin value. It was just neat finding change from the 40s.
Money before we switched to a fiat system in the 60s use to have real value. Any coin from before then would probably be worth considerable more than today's counterpart (which is worthless).
silver is at 13.xx/oz right now. that's how most silver investors hold their assets, through old silver coins. 1 isnt worth shit =p. you need a lot more
but if you're into coins and collecting, pick up a red book (i forget the actual name, it may be the big red book lol. i can find this later i got one at home). it details all of the rare and valuable coins for the us (and some international iirc) double dyes... misprints... etc. it's usually errors or low circulation numbers that drive up the price.
On June 18 2007 12:12 Hawk wrote: silver is at 13.xx/oz right now. that's how most silver investors hold their assets, through old silver coins. 1 isnt worth shit =p. you need a lot more
but if you're into coins and collecting, pick up a red book (i forget the actual name, it may be the big red book lol. i can find this later i got one at home). it details all of the rare and valuable coins for the us (and some international iirc) double dyes... misprints... etc. it's usually errors or low circulation numbers that drive up the price.
That's interesting. Where can you find this red book?
On June 18 2007 12:12 Hawk wrote: silver is at 13.xx/oz right now. that's how most silver investors hold their assets, through old silver coins. 1 isnt worth shit =p. you need a lot more
but if you're into coins and collecting, pick up a red book (i forget the actual name, it may be the big red book lol. i can find this later i got one at home). it details all of the rare and valuable coins for the us (and some international iirc) double dyes... misprints... etc. it's usually errors or low circulation numbers that drive up the price.
That's interesting. Where can you find this red book?
On June 18 2007 12:12 Hawk wrote: silver is at 13.xx/oz right now. that's how most silver investors hold their assets, through old silver coins. 1 isnt worth shit =p. you need a lot more
but if you're into coins and collecting, pick up a red book (i forget the actual name, it may be the big red book lol. i can find this later i got one at home). it details all of the rare and valuable coins for the us (and some international iirc) double dyes... misprints... etc. it's usually errors or low circulation numbers that drive up the price.
That's interesting. Where can you find this red book?
On June 18 2007 12:12 Hawk wrote: silver is at 13.xx/oz right now. that's how most silver investors hold their assets, through old silver coins. 1 isnt worth shit =p. you need a lot more
but if you're into coins and collecting, pick up a red book (i forget the actual name, it may be the big red book lol. i can find this later i got one at home). it details all of the rare and valuable coins for the us (and some international iirc) double dyes... misprints... etc. it's usually errors or low circulation numbers that drive up the price.
That's interesting. Where can you find this red book?
its actually pretty interesting, theres a lot of history invovled. my grandparents and uncle got me into it, they own a coin trading place.
if you want more info, google 'numismatic'. that's the technical term for coin collecting
Thanks. I'm definitely interested now, since I'm a sucker for rare stuff. I'm thinking about going into collection, but probabgly won't get far :o
heh, np man. be warned, some of the shit gets real pricy ><. but there's still a lot of cool stuff that can be had for cheap. i know we used to sell ancient roman coins for a few bucks. not worth a whole lot, but they just look real cool. i mean, you have coins in your hand that were made several thousand years ago.
occasionally you'll find rare stuff in your own pocket change. i was like 15 and found an old 1918 mercury dime that was a misprint (i think its called double dye, its been a while ><) where there was a 7 over an 8. ended up earning me a good 200$.
your best bet is to read up a little on your own and then google for a rare coin store near you. theyll point you in the right direction.