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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 569399, member: 17919&quot;]While looking through my coin stuff today, I came across an issue of Coinage magazine that I got as a kid back in August 1969. It&#039;s pretty fascinating reading. The cover (which is long gone) featured a portable coin melting pot-- the melting of silver coins had just been legalized on May 14 of that year. The articles feature a discussion of the new coin melting law, the proposed Eisenhower dollar-- the first US dollar coin to be issued since 1935-- and the new Mint facilities that had just opened in Philadelphia.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also lots of coin ads. As you would expect, some of the prices are incredible by today&#039;s standards. For example, one advertiser was offering BU Australian-minted gold sovereigns for $21.00 and Mexican 50 pesos gold coins for $77.50 (the same price as a VF $20 gold piece). Those coins were a bit out of my league in those days, so I ended up buying a gold 2 pesos coin from him for $3.95.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another dealer was offering 10 different large cents for $32.50, and 7 different Bust half dollars, VF or better, for $77.95. A circulated roll of Liberty nickels was going for $9.95. Another advertiser was offering BU 1950-D nickels for $11.50. Many advertisers were offering 100 BU silver dollars for $300 or less. </p><p><br /></p><p>There were also ads for metal detectors and coin chemicals, including Nic-A-Lene products that I was discussing in another thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is quite fascinating to take a look back and get a glimpse of coin collecting 40 years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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