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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rld14, post: 1078389, member: 16133&quot;]Wow, Nice find!</p><p><br /></p><p>OK... first order of business.....</p><p><br /></p><p>DO NOT CLEAN ANYTHING AT ALL NO MATTER WHAT!&nbsp; No washing with soap, nothing, you can ruin a coin this way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and when we refer to coins as junk silver or &quot;melt&quot; it means that the coins carry little to no numismatic premium over their melt value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now... if I had to guess, because I have been through a whole bunch of old time coin hoards (Including one I also inherited) I&#039;ll give you a rough idea of what to really expect..</p><p><br /></p><p>In $4,500 face, expect to find $5-10 face in coins worth more than melt.&nbsp; That&#039;s been my average... usually way less than 1%.&nbsp; But that can be VERY well worth searching for and a lot of fun too.&nbsp; Remember, &quot;rare coins&quot; are worth money because they are indeed rare, even when they were new! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But an old time hoard like this will generally yield some treasures.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK...</p><p><br /></p><p>Mercury Dimes:</p><p><br /></p><p>The 16-D is the holy grail, it&#039;s $500+ even in very low grade.</p><p>1921 and 1921-D Dimes are the semi-keys and worth way more than melt in any condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>26-S and 31-D are also better dates, like a lot of coins, there&#039;s a number of Mercury dimes that really are bullion coins until they get into nicer condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Watch the 1942 and 1942-D, those are melt coins in circ UNLESS they are overdates, in which case $3-400 even in low grade and they skyrocket from there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless it&#039;s something berzerk like way off center, no silver Roosevelt dime in circ condition is really worth more than melt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Standing Liberty Quarters?&nbsp; Unless there&#039;s no stars under the eagle, dateless ones are bullion.</p><p><br /></p><p>With dates, there&#039;s a lot of pricey ones, some are cheap in low grade and quite valuable as the grade increases (27-S)</p><p><br /></p><p>Any Pre-25 with a date, and 25 and later you&#039;re looking for 26-D, 26-S, 27-D, 27-S.</p><p><br /></p><p>Washintgton Quarters?&nbsp; Only low-grade circ ones that bring over bullion are the 32-D and 32-S, look for those.&nbsp; Otherwise generally melt, but there are a number of doubled dies that are valuable, again, these are in the redbook.</p><p><br /></p><p>Walking Liberty Halves?&nbsp; The Valuable ones are almost all early dates, any 1921 is worth a big premium, and as the grades increase values skyrocket.&nbsp; Assuming these were put away in the 50s-60s most, if not all of your early date Walkers will be in low grade.&nbsp; Still, if well worn, 16, 16-D, 16-S, 17-D (Mint mark front or back), 17-S obverse mint mark, 19, 19D, 19S, 20-D, 21, 21d, 21s, 23S, 38D are worth saving.&nbsp; Other early dates, with few exceptions are all pricey in F and above, more importantly, they are rare in VF+</p><p><br /></p><p>Franklins... 55 is the one date in circ that brings over melt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Morgans... oy vey, LOTS.&nbsp; Assuming circ...</p><p><br /></p><p>ANY &quot;CC&quot;</p><p>85-S, 86-S, 88-S, 92-S, any coin dated 93, 94 or 95, 96-S, 99, 02-S, any coin dated 03, 04-S</p><p><br /></p><p>Peace?&nbsp; 28 and 34-S[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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