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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CadillacKid12, post: 1359915, member: 35934&quot;]Hey Guys,</p><p><br /></p><p>My Name is Craig, I am 20 years old and i am a professional umpire for Minor League Baseball.&nbsp; My Grandfather recently passed and left me a TON OF SILVER coins. I just wanted to share my contents and maybe get some help</p><p><br /></p><p>A collector in my town told me only to look for certian dates for that coin in the RED BOOK which i have done. is everything else not &quot;collectable&quot; in value basically just scrap silver to hang on to?&nbsp; He basically told me that I would have to get a coin PROFESSIONALLY GRADED if if ever had to sell, so he said all the dimes with a collectable value say of $1.50-$3.00 is not worth anything but melt b/c i would have to send it out to get graded for $10-$20 and would loose money on it??</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway here are my contents i received that are worth nothing in my book so i think.... are these just scrap?</p><p><br /></p><p>4180&nbsp; &nbsp; Mercury Dimes</p><p>1355&nbsp; &nbsp; Washington pre 64 quarters</p><p>455&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Walking Liberty Half Dollars</p><p>104&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Franklin Half Dollars</p><p>13&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Morgan Dollars</p><p>10&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Peace Dollars</p><p>30&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Eisenhower 1971-1976</p><p>4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; JFK 1964&#039;s</p><p>6&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; JFK 1956-70</p><p><br /></p><p>9000&nbsp;&nbsp; Wheat Pennies</p><p>18lbs&nbsp; of 1958-82 Memorial Copper pennies</p><p><br /></p><p>running at around $26,000 melt value right now @$33.89/oz without the pennies of course... where would i take these to get most money.. a refiner? the only coins with some tarnish on them are the mercury dimes.. all others are in good condition</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a 1938 S Walking Liberty Half that is to be valued at around $130 in G-4 (in the red book) as well as a few 1916 of the same coin</p><p>Also i have 9 VF self graded Franklin 1954 Half Dollars i was told i can get $60+ each?</p><p><br /></p><p>would those be worth to get graded and make a few dollars at a coin show??</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for all your help and i look forward to meeting a few people[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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