Junk silver: best buy

This is very informative! For me, I buy whatever I can get the best price on each month, sometimes paying extra for Mercs, SLQ, Barbers, etc.

I do enjoy the discussion on wear, but I anticipate that most sales of 90% silver that we would participate in will be to individuals or a LCS where generally payment is based on face value, not actual weight. I may deal with small enough quantities, but to me wear isn't too much of a factor. Coinflation tells me a Roosevelt dime is worth the same as a Barber dime.

Will

 

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I agree. The same tubes, when full of 63-64 dates, can fit one or maybe two more coins in them, but with barbers they can always fit much more if you are tight no space.

This was from 25 years ago when I was buying silver when it was 3.2 times face. Barbers ran 3.5 times face, so I put some of them aside as well. The tubes today could be completely different. Sucks to get old.

 

I too followed the interesting discussion on wear. In the end, the best junk silver finds IMHO are based on the desirability of the coin, with due regard to the date and grade.
As an example, I went to the LCS today to check out the junk silver among other items. The owner had just bought several relatively common silver coins and showed them to me before putting them in the junk boxes. I bought a Fine 1929 Standing Liberty quarter and a Japan Showa Yr 35 (1960) AU 100 yen at melt Also, an nice toned high end AU 1941 Mercury dime at about 15 % above melt. The purchases were based on the my interest in the coins with little regard to lost value from wear.

 

$2.85 in FACE VALUE on the 3 cent pieces... hmmmmm…..

 

I don't get it. What else do you call 85 three cent pieces?

 

30 cents short of $2.85, which would be 95 three cent pieces?

 

Yeah, fat fingered it. $.15 short of 100 would be 95.

 

I personally like1964 Kennedy's a lot of people hoarded them and are hardly worn at all,means more metal

 

What city Mr.Nut

 

Yeah and McDonald's you could get a burger tonic and fries for like 80 cents. Your deal sounds about right back in my day. Ethel 27 cents a gallon

 

Fill your tank for 5 bucks

 

When McDonalds opened in our town (1965) a burger was 19 cents, fries 19 cents and small soft drink (yup) 19 cents. Of course the burger was the size of a half dollar but still a deal. Minimum wage btw was $1.25/hr.

 

Baltimore City, home of the Orioles!

 

I remember gas at $.27 cents a gallon too and you didn't pump it. The station pumped the gas, checked your oil, washed your windshield and filled the washer fluid.

 

Six pack of beer 1.65... mad dog 20/20 90 cents a pint for cool duck hunting mornings..

 

Hey, he said "please"
I'm seeing improvement.

 

geez how old are you guys? 75+?

 

Ah, let those old farts reminisce about the old days. Their best days are behind them.

 

Not yet!

 

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