Morgan Silver Dollars and Royal British Mint Gold Coins

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  1. gruthsc3

    gruthsc3 New Member

    In my possession are multiple Morgan Silver dollars with various dates and mints as seen in the pictures attached. I also have (2) British Royal Mint gold coins. I know little to nothing about collecting coins but these have been in my family for years and was wondering if they had any such value?

    Thanks in advance

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  3. George8789

    George8789 Leaving CoinTalk for good

    Wow few of those morgans are very high grade and if I am seeing correctly, one is a proof-like. We need close of pictures of the morgans dates and also close up pictures of the front and back of them.
     
  4. lonegunlawyer

    lonegunlawyer Numismatist Esq.

    Yeah, +1 on the close up obverse and reverse pics.
     
  5. gruthsc3

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  7. Tinpot

    Tinpot Well-Known Member

    Close ups of the gold coins if you get a chance as well, those may be worth a good deal :thumb:
     
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  9. Tinpot

    Tinpot Well-Known Member

    and a reverse of the gold coin as well so I can identify it :D
     
  10. Tinpot

    Tinpot Well-Known Member

    Do any of the reserves on your morgans have a CC mint mark?

    At the very least, every Morgan should be worth about $30 or so at a minimum. Could potentially be more depending on the mint marks. (preferably you have some CC's)
     
  11. Tinpot

    Tinpot Well-Known Member

    Very nice, you have a gold sovereign. Now the only question is it a full or a half sovereign. If its a full sovereign its worth a little over $400, if its a half its worth a little over $200.

    Do you have a scale to weigh it? A full sovereign weighs 7.98 grams, a half sovereign weighs 3.99 grams. (they are .917% gold)
     
  12. gruthsc3

    gruthsc3 New Member

    I found the paperwork. It says a "Gem British 5LB Soverign-1985" and furthermore "British Royal Mint 1985 L5 Gold Sovereign Coin in Brilliant Uncirculated Condition"; no scale yet.
     
  13. gruthsc3

    gruthsc3 New Member

    I also have 10 Roll Lot of 1967-P Kennedy Half Dollar Rolls (MS-63-65 Ch Uncirculated) - Im assuming these are most likely just worth their weight in silver?
     
  14. Tinpot

    Tinpot Well-Known Member

    oh wow in that case you have a nice big gold coin!! Is it almost the size of a morgan dollar?

    The 5 pound sovereign should weigh 39.9 grams, and has a gold content value of $1850 or so. It may have an additional premium over the gold value as well since its a fairly uncommon coin.
     
  15. Tinpot

    Tinpot Well-Known Member

    Yea worth about $4.50 a piece.
     
  16. gruthsc3

    gruthsc3 New Member

    Yes, about the exact same size. Thicker even. I have 2 of them. Wow. haha
     
  17. Tinpot

    Tinpot Well-Known Member

    Sounds right then, very nice! :thumb: You've got at a miminmum $3700 in gold or so, and like I said earlier, they could potentially command an additional premium as well. I tried Ebay searching for completed sales of the 1985 5 pound, but didn't find any.

    You get a chance to check the reverse of your morgans? Any CC mintmarks?
     
  18. gruthsc3

    gruthsc3 New Member

    There are mostly S, O, and unmarked on the reverse. I was scsred to take them out of their plastic to take the pictures. But I guess since you said they are around $30 it wouldn't hurt.
     
  19. gruthsc3

    gruthsc3 New Member

    Thank you so much for all the help. I had absolutely no knowledge of any of these coins! I also have some old casino silver coins from around the world. Is there a market for those?
     
  20. Tinpot

    Tinpot Well-Known Member

    Some may be collectible, and some have a silver core of .5-.6 oz typically, so worth $15-20 if they do have the silver core (with brass outer ring typically). Posts some pics if you can't determine the content.

    Here's a link as well to a metals dealer who sells the silver ones: (to give you an idea what they look like)

    http://www.providentmetals.com/casino-gaming-tokens-999-silver.html
     
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