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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1189390, member: 27832"]Got the second batch today... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yep, the two boxes contained five silver quarters each, and the tube contained TWENTY-FIVE silver proof dimes, mostly 1960's, with a couple of 1950's and a few 2000's.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the big surprise? This really was <i>nice</i> stuff. Yeah, it's all commons, and there were a few clinkers -- a couple of the dimes have tarnished fingerprints, the 1964 Kennedy had a spot or two, two of the plastic proof cases were cracked -- but most of the coins look flawless to me under mild magnification. Nothing at all like the "proofs sold at melt" I've gotten from eBay in the past. I had figured to dump this lot pretty much intact for actual silver value, but there are definitely some keepers here.</p><p><br /></p><p>$10.45 of 90% silver and $1.25 of 40% silver for just over $120, shipped. Unbelievable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1189390, member: 27832"]Got the second batch today... :eek: Yep, the two boxes contained five silver quarters each, and the tube contained TWENTY-FIVE silver proof dimes, mostly 1960's, with a couple of 1950's and a few 2000's. But the big surprise? This really was [I]nice[/I] stuff. Yeah, it's all commons, and there were a few clinkers -- a couple of the dimes have tarnished fingerprints, the 1964 Kennedy had a spot or two, two of the plastic proof cases were cracked -- but most of the coins look flawless to me under mild magnification. Nothing at all like the "proofs sold at melt" I've gotten from eBay in the past. I had figured to dump this lot pretty much intact for actual silver value, but there are definitely some keepers here. $10.45 of 90% silver and $1.25 of 40% silver for just over $120, shipped. Unbelievable.[/QUOTE]
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