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<p>[QUOTE="Sok82, post: 3913376, member: 108942"]They weren't collectors by any means, aside from my grandfather who collected pennies, but that was mainly just pocket change he stored in a 5-gallon jug for most of his life. There were a few baggies of Indian Head pennies, silver quarters, a few silver dollars, mercury dimes and stuff like that. The $1 gold coin was the only one that jumped out at me as potentially valuable beyond just the melt value. I'll check the other coins for key dates, but I vaguely remember looking them up on eBay with my mom years ago and not finding anything special.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm fairly certain the gold coin not a fake, as my grandparents had it for about 50+ years and inherited it themselves from an older relative. That is, unless the counterfeit versions date back further than I assume they do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sok82, post: 3913376, member: 108942"]They weren't collectors by any means, aside from my grandfather who collected pennies, but that was mainly just pocket change he stored in a 5-gallon jug for most of his life. There were a few baggies of Indian Head pennies, silver quarters, a few silver dollars, mercury dimes and stuff like that. The $1 gold coin was the only one that jumped out at me as potentially valuable beyond just the melt value. I'll check the other coins for key dates, but I vaguely remember looking them up on eBay with my mom years ago and not finding anything special. I'm fairly certain the gold coin not a fake, as my grandparents had it for about 50+ years and inherited it themselves from an older relative. That is, unless the counterfeit versions date back further than I assume they do.[/QUOTE]
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