JackBull
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I just received an offer on my 1878 Morgan on EBay, $40.
Currency? Anyone on here collect or know about selling?
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I collected colonial currency. Mostly bought from auction sites. Stopped myself from going completely down the rabbit hole.
I slowed down buying when I figured out it's a lot harder to sell than it is to buy.
I can't help with printed currency, but if you have a U.S. coin question let me know,
I dabble with a gold guy, a real criminal, I fly him in suppys, dip. cigs, booze, food, dog stuff, always parts, and always pays in more then enough gold. I'v never cashed it it and any of the local gold place / coin places in Alaska, most are raw cash carry. zero paperwork seems to be working fine that way of you need hard cash in theses parts. and for fun, at every gun show, I see Morgans at $25 or less. I buy everyone i see. i once bought a $50 gold piece for $1800 at a show. still got it. bust gun show find that day. MR. DS.
Auction has a 1971 dollar no mint mark. Currently sitting at 5 bucks bids are 2.50 each plus a 13% handling fee.
From my limited googling I feel 5 bucks plus fees is topped out. Opinion?
Selling anything on ebay is way more trouble than it's worth to me. Their policies enable dishonest buyers to rip honest sellers off. Happened to me several times and there's no recourse.
1971 P Ike for a premium? I can see no reason why.
Not a "P" but a "blank" = "no mint mark"
I kind of expected that response.
No mint mark is a P.
Up until about the mid 90's ( need to verify when) Philadelphia never used a mint mark except for the "War nickles." 1942-5 ish. They have a P over the dome on the reverse and are 35% silver.
UPDATE
It changed earlier than I thought.
excerpt from - https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/philadelphia_mint_marks/
No mint mark is a P.
Up until about the mid 90's ( need to verify when) Philadelphia never used a mint mark except for the "War nickles." 1942-5 ish. They have a P over the dome on the reverse and are 35% silver.
UPDATE
It changed earlier than I thought.
excerpt from - https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/philadelphia_mint_marks/
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Chinese counterfeits are extremely common. Many "silver" coins are a nickel/steel alloy which measures and weighs almost perfectly. The giveaway is the same scratches on multiple coins. I walked into a coin store run by a disabled master machinist and saw his bowl of counterfeits. Then I got a lesson. That was a fair number of years ago. They looked like good "junk silver!" Good enough to fool me every time time. I would be suspicious everywhere, but much more outside coin shops!
I have heard that most silver coins on FleaBay are counterfeit and FleaBay will not stop them or help the buyer. I don't buy coins there so I have no personal knowledge of that, only hearsay!
A 71 ike is worth 1 dollar, that's it, absolutely nothing special about it
At the lowest beat up (G4) it was worth $38.50, and went up to $4,200 depending on grade per U.S. Coin Digest. I can be helpful with coins, but stay away from paper currency. Don't know enough to grade it, but know enough to realize how many forgeries are out there.
" No mint mark" in a guide simply means that it was minted either at West Point, or Philadelphia prior to 1980 when they still didn't use mint marks. There is no way to tell them apart, so the guides just use "No Mint Mark" on it's own no added value.
I'm pretty sure anything West Point has a mint mark except coins not made anywhere else. (Mostly precious metals)
Sold for 10 dollars plus 13% fee.
I thought my googling led me to believe it could be worth a lot but let it go.
1971 S proof sold at 15 dollars
1923 went for 45
1921 27.50
1880 40.00
I will keep watching this and that and try to educate myself more. Have some old coins from my folks safe and then my old coins are getting old too. HAHA I was born in 1971 so I'm sure I have a couple dollar coins laying around some place.
I have 1971 MINT SETS that a coin shop won't give me more than face value for.
Someone should not be spending money on something like this.
Some dumb people out there.
Someone should not be spending money on something like this.
Some dumb people out there.
Most "S' mint mark Ikes of that era were 40% silver, therefore a higher price, they did make some S clad for a couple years too.
Spend $15 for a Red Book , or Blue Book on coin values. IGNORE the values. Read the description of each coin type and other information on coins, mint marks etc, to get up to speed. The values are generally incorrect BUT they do tell you which coins are collectible by learning "key dates" and other specific features that make one more valuable than all the others.
Spend $15 for a Red Book , or Blue Book on coin values. IGNORE the values. Read the description of each coin type and other information on coins, mint marks etc, to get up to speed. The values are generally incorrect BUT they do tell you which coins are collectible by learning "key dates" and other specific features that make one more valuable than all the others.
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