hi was wondering whether people thought i had done ok here. i got 5 victoria 3 pences dated between 1885 and 1900. all in what id consider to be good condition for £5 (about $8). sorry about the picture quality but its the best i can do with my (rubbish) camera phone
If I get any silver coins in that condition I put them in the silver scrap box for melting. They are of no numistmatic value, all common dates and very worn with hardly any detail on the busts. They are 1.41 grams each of 92.5 sterling silver valued at £2.56 ($4.10) in total
I`ve collected coins for over 45 years, those coins are badly worn, you cannot see any hair detail, eyes, eyebrows. They are scrap.
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there is no need to be rude i dont care how long you have been collecting i was just saying that there is no way i would melt any coin no matter what the condition even if they have no value at all they are still worth it to me
I wasn`t being rude, sorry you took it the wrong way, You asked if you got a good deal yes or no. My answer is no, you over paid for scrap silver.
What mickey-startup is trying to say is that you paid too much for coins that you could've paid less for. I'm not sure if he was serious about melting coins, but "scrap" refers to coins that aren't worth more than their copper, silver or gold value. By the way mickey, your userpicture looks a little gross.
Though calumsherwood lost $4 dollars of actual value for the coin, all that matters is that he likes the coins for what he wants to like them for, it be the design or history. I think that they are nice pieces, for I don't collect those kinds of coins.
