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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 01-06-2009, 09:58 PM   #1 (permalink) ufo4sale Junior Member   Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 Need help I've looked all over the place and I haven't been able to find out how much this collection is worth. It's the "Our Greatest Americans" collection by Hamilton Mint. I have 50 bars all in mint condition. Here is a link to a auction that is selling a similar set. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tab%3DWatching   01-06-2009, 10:18 PM   #2 (permalink) hontonai Registered Contrarian   Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,589 My Mood: Bullion value is $11.48 x 5 = $57.40 as of 5:15 p.m. EST today, so 50 bucks would be fair. __________________ Ethical conduct is being honest when no one is watching.   01-06-2009, 10:31 PM   #3 (permalink) green18 ANA# R3129541     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 7,416 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by hontonai Bullion value is $11.48 x 5 = $57.40 as of 5:15 p.m. EST today, so 50 bucks would be fair. Agree..... __________________ They also serve who only stand and wait....John Milton   01-06-2009, 11:47 PM   #4 (permalink) ufo4sale Junior Member   Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 Isn't worth more since I have the entier series and the collection isn't in Circulation? Last edited by ufo4sale; 01-06-2009 at 11:51 PM.   01-07-2009, 04:05 AM   #5 (permalink) jeankay Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 701 My Mood: ufo4sale, The Hamilton Mint is a private company and by US law any coins the Hamilton mint produces cannot be used for general circulation. However, the coins can be treated as silver bullion and traded or bartered or sold as per their actual silver content. The more silver in the coin or bar the more its value. The main problem with purchasing these kind of coins is you will probably pay much more than the actual bullion value and may have a very tough time recouping your costs. jeankay   01-07-2009, 04:21 AM   #6 (permalink) RickieB Expert Plunger Sniper     Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United States Posts: 7,394 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by jeankay ufo4sale, The Hamilton Mint is a private company and by US law any coins the Hamilton mint produces cannot be used for general circulation. However, the coins can be treated as silver bullion and traded or bartered or sold as per their actual silver content. The more silver in the coin or bar the more its value. The main problem with purchasing these kind of coins is you will probably pay much more than the actual bullion value and may have a very tough time recouping your costs. jeankay Jean is correct...basically, you are looking at bullion value at best. Also figure in the % the dealer is going to cahrge you fro him to process the bullion. RickieB __________________ "A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils" Daniel Webster.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S.M.C. 1972-1975   01-07-2009, 06:25 AM   #7 (permalink) schroeder2246 ...     Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN Posts: 352 Unfortunately, the Hamilton mint is not part of the United States Mint. The bars are only worth their silver content... and have very little, if any numismatic value.   01-07-2009, 09:30 AM   #8 (permalink) gewoodfo Member     Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hollywood, MD Posts: 79 My Mood: one other option Hi: Everyone who has already posted did so from a numstatics perspective. I agree with what they say. However, I am sure that there are people who have as their hobby collecting these type of silver bars or Americana types of items. Ebay is a good source, as you have indicated by your link to the one "Buy it now" link. You can search ebay closed autions to get an idea how much these are worth. You may also want to look at various hobby/collectible reference books at your local library. They may be of some help. Good luck, G.E. __________________ "Everyday is another day in paradise!!" G.E. - The USA Coin collector   01-07-2009, 05:59 PM   #9 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,098 Quote: Isn't worth more since I have the entier series and the collection isn't in Circulation? The problem is that they are not coins so they do not appeal to coin collectors. As gewwodfo says the only people who would really be interested in these would be silver art bar collectors and there are very few of those. That means that on most series there are more of the bars available than there are collectors. When that happens values tend to fall down to the melt value of the bars. __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties   01-07-2009, 06:53 PM   #10 (permalink) mark_h Numismatist     Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,474 Quote: Originally Posted by ufo4sale Isn't worth more since I have the entier series and the collection isn't in Circulation? Yes - if you have 50 bars then you have - according to hontonsi bullion value is $11.48 x 5 = $57.40 * 10 for a total of $574.00. You have 50 ounces if I read you original post correctly. And as mentioned check Ebay to see what complete sets sell for. It might be higher than bullion. I agree with the others as far as numismatic value. __________________ the other mark 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser: Official Thread! (Donatations being accepted: March 1st - March 27th 2010) Best Baan Community   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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