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<p>[QUOTE="JJK78, post: 1078029, member: 19207"]Greetings Zenarrrow and welcome to Cointalk! I am sorry to hear about your Grandpa, seems to be a lot of that going around lately.</p><p>He definitely did the right thing in holding onto that silver and you have quite the stash there! There are definitely key coins to look for and of course anything in really good condition would be worth pulling out but if they are mostly circulated they will primarily be worth "melt value". This site <a href="http://www.coinflation.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinflation.com" rel="nofollow">www.coinflation.com</a> is a terrific resource to see what the melt values are. You were pretty close on the names but that site will help you will the newer ones. The older dollar coins produced from 1878-1921 are Morgan Dollars which are probably one of the most collected coins out there, plus there are a LOT of different varieties of Morgans, you may have a hidden treasure in there! Then the mint produced "Peace" dollars from 1921-35 which also have some key coins especially the 1921 Peace dollars, not to be confused with the 1921 Morgan dollars which are much more common. You may want to go out and get a "Redbook" coin guide as they will have lots of good info for beginners in there.</p><p>But just in melt value alone it sounds like you have over $100,000 there!!! </p><p> </p><p>This place is a great resource for information - welcome!</p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JJK78, post: 1078029, member: 19207"]Greetings Zenarrrow and welcome to Cointalk! I am sorry to hear about your Grandpa, seems to be a lot of that going around lately. He definitely did the right thing in holding onto that silver and you have quite the stash there! There are definitely key coins to look for and of course anything in really good condition would be worth pulling out but if they are mostly circulated they will primarily be worth "melt value". This site [URL="http://www.coinflation.com"]www.coinflation.com[/URL] is a terrific resource to see what the melt values are. You were pretty close on the names but that site will help you will the newer ones. The older dollar coins produced from 1878-1921 are Morgan Dollars which are probably one of the most collected coins out there, plus there are a LOT of different varieties of Morgans, you may have a hidden treasure in there! Then the mint produced "Peace" dollars from 1921-35 which also have some key coins especially the 1921 Peace dollars, not to be confused with the 1921 Morgan dollars which are much more common. You may want to go out and get a "Redbook" coin guide as they will have lots of good info for beginners in there. But just in melt value alone it sounds like you have over $100,000 there!!! This place is a great resource for information - welcome! John[/QUOTE]
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