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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-04-2009, 12:16 PM   #1 (permalink) hrhomer Member     Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Outer Sunset, SF, CA Posts: 129 My Mood: "Junk Silver" question Would you sell Standing Liberty quarters, in AG to G at best, unreadable or just barely legible dates, to the coin dealer for junk silver price, same as used common-date Washingtons? I find it hard to believe I could do better, but I'd like opinions. Joe   11-04-2009, 02:08 PM   #2 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,668 I buy them, not sell them at junk silver prices. I have even gotten some VG's. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   11-04-2009, 02:24 PM   #3 (permalink) bhp3rd Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Knoxville Posts: 1,266 Sell them. Sell them. __________________ Benjamin Harrison Peters III Owner/Operator The Knoxville Coin Show Longest running Coin Show in the south now for over 27 years!   11-04-2009, 02:34 PM   #4 (permalink) illini420 1909 Collector     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Calabasas, CA Posts: 1,088 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Treashunt I buy them, not sell them at junk silver prices. Does that mean you sell them at a premium to junk silver prices?? I would think that if you can read the date of the coins, the OP could get better than melt for most if sold to other collectors, but there may be some time and expense involved in doing so. __________________ My 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set http://tinyurl.com/bbzy8y My 1909 Mint Registry Set http://tinyurl.com/dj7nbg   11-04-2009, 02:58 PM   #5 (permalink) Just Carl Numismatist   Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,472 Sort of depends on exactly what you mean by AG or G. If you can read the dates at all, then too it depends on the date. Example a 16 in G or even AG might be worth a little more than MELT prices. Can you see any trace of a mint mark? Hopefully you are not as bad a grader as myself and others I know. Even one dealer I know sells many coins I'd say VG to F as only G since he really is worse than me at grading.   11-04-2009, 03:09 PM   #6 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,668 Hey, Carl: Does that dealer have any 1896 S or 1913 S Barber quarters? LOL. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   11-04-2009, 04:42 PM   #7 (permalink) hrhomer Member     Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Outer Sunset, SF, CA Posts: 129 My Mood: Yeah, I should've mentioned that the readable dates are all post-1925. Nothing valuable, and none with any visible mintmarks. Joe   11-04-2009, 04:47 PM   #8 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,668 Well, then I guess that I'd dump them. Unless, of course you think you can do better on eBay? __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   11-04-2009, 04:59 PM   #9 (permalink) Clinker Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Fort Myers, FL Posts: 1,704 My Mood: Keep them quarters 'til "melt" reaches $20, then sell. Good investment for two year goal... Clinker   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. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Subjectivity in Coin Grading | Atocha Silver Mel Fisher Token » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Bonus Round Play Off Question!! RickieB Contests 79 04-03-2008 07:40 AM Orioginal roll question Arizona Jack What's it Worth 9 01-24-2008 08:52 AM Rant about grading question posts satootoko Coin Chat 11 02-27-2007 03:37 PM Question about restrikes IslandCoins World & Ancient Coins 10 03-20-2005 04:09 AM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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