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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1617025, member: 26302"]In my experience halves have had a premium for years. All of the dealers in the 90's I dealt with charged premiums for them. If regular junk was 3.2 face, halves would be 3.4 face. I always thought maybe the premium would be because the cumulative loss might be less on halves versus other coins of silver in them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Silver dollars have always had stronger premiums. Back when silver was 3.2 face, silver dollars were $5 for really crummy ones, $6 for decent circulated ones, and $8-10 for run of the mill BU ones, (on up of course, this was the lowest, like 1921 baggy BU morgans). The "greedy" dealers were trying to get $7 for regular circulated dollars, lol. </p><p><br /></p><p>In my experience, the best buys in bullion are in person at shows or LCS's. You may not have the selection, but usually lower prices. The only good bullion buys on Ebay the last 6 years I have gotten are in world coins where people don't wish to do the math. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1617025, member: 26302"]In my experience halves have had a premium for years. All of the dealers in the 90's I dealt with charged premiums for them. If regular junk was 3.2 face, halves would be 3.4 face. I always thought maybe the premium would be because the cumulative loss might be less on halves versus other coins of silver in them. Silver dollars have always had stronger premiums. Back when silver was 3.2 face, silver dollars were $5 for really crummy ones, $6 for decent circulated ones, and $8-10 for run of the mill BU ones, (on up of course, this was the lowest, like 1921 baggy BU morgans). The "greedy" dealers were trying to get $7 for regular circulated dollars, lol. In my experience, the best buys in bullion are in person at shows or LCS's. You may not have the selection, but usually lower prices. The only good bullion buys on Ebay the last 6 years I have gotten are in world coins where people don't wish to do the math. :)[/QUOTE]
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