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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;smullen, post: 134759, member: 5165&quot;]I hope so and I&#039;ll keep looking...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, I think they can, be melted....&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I also collect Silver Bullion, in 1, 5 and 10oz Bars and Rounds and yesterday, I was at one of the local coin spots picking up some another couple of rolls of Generic Rounds that BTW have some cool tonning and look like Morgans.... </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, there was an old guy sitting at the counter looking over a large box of old half dollars... </p><p><br /></p><p>He commented to the guy beind the counter that they were well picked over... Then they got into a discussion about the latest run up in Silver and how everyone including their grandpa had been bringing in their old silver coins and getting melt value from them...</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin shop guy, sadley said,&quot;It was a shame to see them all going to the refiner, thats just that many coins gone from circulation and that will never be able to be found or collected again...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well Collecting is about collecting, its what ever makes you tick... There are alot worse and more expensive things in my mind that I could collect...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If I had a thing for 76 Ford Pintos, I would... However, I don&#039;t care for Fords or Pintos, so no I would not...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Did I ever or anyone here ever post that we thought that they would&nbsp; appreciate in value???&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Its not always about making money or taking some huge proffit....&nbsp; Atleast not for me...&nbsp; I have a full time Job and a small side business, this is for fun... I love coins and I like to collect them... Even if others see no value in them...</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the coins I have will prolly never&nbsp; appreciate in value... I like coins and I really like Silver Dollars...&nbsp; Thats all that should really matter... I&#039;m pretty sure none of us need to justifiy anything...</p><p><br /></p><p>My orignal sentance was &quot;&quot;I dunno why, but I have a thing for Silver Dollars...&quot;&quot;&quot;&nbsp; Not can you please help me decide if this is a good investment or not...</p><p><br /></p><p>I can think of a lot better ways to make money, again this is all for fun...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If I do happen to make some money that would be really cool, but I am not betting on it... </p><p><br /></p><p>Then again, I do have a few that I would like to think would make some money in the future... I have most of the Morgan Series in MS63 and 64 and some Duplicates that are just raw, not graded and a few other coins that I think have a decent chance of being worth something, but I am not staying up at night wondering about it...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t mean to rant, I&#039;m sorry for that... I&#039;m just sorta passionate about my coins and I just get tired of people looking down on someone elses idea of what they want to collect... </p><p><br /></p><p>Like that other member that posted they had 32,000 New Nickels...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What kind of investment was that???&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Instead of trying to rain on their parade, I responed to the post and asked, why so many Nickels? How did that come about? Maybe thay have a plan or reason that I never thought of... I was interested in their thoughts...</p><p><br /></p><p>I do see your point if you are looking at coins as an investment vehicle, rather than a hobby and somewhat of an obsession like me...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m the type of guy that would be happier with a 55 Gallon Drum of Weaties or Mercury Dimes, than a Bass Boat or something else someone else would rather have...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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