So my father has been a collector for years. Recently he has decided to split up between his kids some of his silver. I'm trying to split it up for him and my sisters won;t care if its BU or not so I am trading in as much loose 90% for some of the BU rolls. As you can see their are quite a few old shotgun rolls of 62D, 63D and 64D dimes, a few 60's shotgun roll Washington quarters and some BU rolls of Kennedy Halves. Is any one roll worth keeping over another especially with the dimes? He also has some original rolls of 1984 prospector rounds and a roll of swiss of america rounds which I know he picked up when I was a kid back in the late 80's. Is either of these worth saving over a generic round? Which one would you pick?
It all looks collectable to me. I would love the 1960's Quarters up to 1964 and any Bullion Silver!! Thats NO BULL!!
If it were me I'd have a conversation with my sisters and ask if they'd rather have the spot price in cash for their share, if so I'd pay them and keep it all.
I would follow your dad's wishes and split it exactly even on each type of item. You might also ask the sisters to get with you if they decide to sell it.
You KNOW what to do, you want to do something less honest and ignore that voice in your head. The honest thing to do is "I'm splitting up Dad's silver collection with my sisters, when I give them their shares, are any of these significantly more valuable than just junk silver so I can let them know."
Quite honestly and generally from what you described, it appears that the collection is pretty much of bullion silver value. The dates you described are very common, and the value over bullion if you sell it will be minimal. Do some research and split it fairly and accordingly.
Spot on but then either divide equally or make a partial list showing the potential difference and remind them asking price is not always final deal. Keep great records and if possible a family thing with research and finding best buyer for you.
The Rosie dimes are pretty much generic so I wouldn’t fret over them…….. One thing to think about. If your sisters aren’t collectors, they may be inclined to cash them out. You do need to have that discussion with them. They likely wouldn’t have the same know-how that you have that would get them a proper cash figure for them. Good luck.
You should definitely divide it evenly. If your sisters want to sell, offer to buy it. They may not and would possibly leave all or parts of their cut to their children the same as you may.
My father left his "collection" to my brother and me. He prepared a list of what the collection was and asked me to do a "fair" division. He lives in California and I live in North Carolina, and neither of can fly, nor do I think the coins would be worth the cost to fly. I prepared from his list, a division A and division B. I told him to pick which one he wanted and I would take the other one. I trust my brother and judging from the list of coins, it probably wasn't worth more than a couple of thousand dollars. Neither of us have been coin collectors and I am 74 and he is 72. I got interested in the coins that I have. It started me as a collector. His half is in a large jar in his garage. I offered to buy them from him and he said he would get back to me, that was a few years ago. I asked him again about a year ago and he, again, said he would get back to me. Sometimes I think family is family until money gets into the equation.
I think that most of these coins sell as silver but silver is low right now might want to pay your sister spot and keep it all. I sold silver roosie dimes as silver no matter what the grade. I have a Whitman folder I keep which I found most roll searching.
I plan on splitting it fairly. I only ask the questions that I did to see if their is something that I should buy out and keep as my father said that it was fair to do. I am interested in the libertads and washington rolls, but those englehard and swiss america sure do look fresh.
@Tater I would search your local paper, or on the internet, and find 3 ads for buyers of bullion silver. Take the highest one (it is usually 60 to 80% of spot) and show that to your sisters and offer to pay them the spot price for ALL of the silver alloy issues of their share. If they accept, you can then go through and grade them and see if any can be sold as a collector coin; worst case, you could always sell them for the bullion value later on.
The best rate I saw for silver is at a local coin show. One table bought my silver dimes $1 less than spot.
