What did you pay for it? because I remember a guy selling those Mark's from the early 1900's for 25 cents a piece. It's always good to see online what the prices are for certain coins, bills, stamps and make a list of what you want for what price or memorize the price guide. Thats what I do and I usually get good deals.
Yep, most of the German coins went to hell thanks to Hitler. So I gotta Mexican quarter huh Thanks. Guess it's probably not worth much then..haha ralfabco, You can buy MS-65 or higher graded coins for way less than that. Couple grand would fair you an extremely nice coin. Of course "museum piece" is subjective.
Few things I'd love to have. You could probably buy an Enzo AND a Mclaren F1 with the following coins: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
1955 DD, damn I want to get m hands on one of those.... The story Behind the gold coin is very interesting.....
I was at my Mom's house helping her go thru buckets of change just tonight. The oldest so far is 1851. It must be worth something I am sure.
Yeah for sure, but some coins are minted in such big quantities date doesn't really matter, for example you can get a One Penny coin from the 1800's for 20 cents here. This site is VERY helpful for finding out values of American coins. http://www.pcgs.com/prices/
I hadn't seen this thread yet. I have a couple, well maybe a few, alright I've got a good size bunch of coins. I've got some dollars: a few nice Morgans (including 3 or 4 GSA CC's), a couple Peace, and a couple collections of Silver Eagles (MS69 and PF69 sets) plus odds and ends. Am also working on a complete set of US proof sets but those old ones are getting pretty hard to find and more and more spendy. I think I have them all back to about '51 or '52 but going back from there gets harder. I also have some comems that interested me at the time, a bunch of odds and ends, and one very cool set of Proof Canadian Hologram Maple Leafs. I'll try to get some pics and post them when I get a chance.
Those coins are worth "much" more than those two cars. Why are the double die 1955 Wheat cent and 1856 Flying Eagle cent in those pics ? - They cannot hold a candle to the other coins.
The 1933 Double Eagle sold at auction on July 30, 2002, for $6.6 million, plus the 15% buyer's fee, which brought the total cost to the buyer to $7,590,000, plus $20 to monetize the coin and compensate the Mint for the $20 it believes it lost when the coin was thought to have been stolen. The buyer chose to remain anonymous, so once again we don't know where the Farouk specimen is, or when it might suddenly show up again. One thing is for sure: the Secret Service can't confiscate it any more! In September of 2004, Joan Langbord, one of Israel Switt's heirs, discovered ten more specimens of the 1933 Double Eagle amongst his effects. Apparently unaware of the legal status of these coins (or perhaps just a bit too trusting of the government) she sent all ten specimens to the U.S. Mint to have them authenticated. The Secret Service declared the coins to be seized, and now Langbord is fighting the government over ownership while the specimens languish at Fort Knox. More here... http://coins.about.com/od/famousrarecoinprofiles/p/1933_Gold_Eagle.htm RMX
RMX FWIW, I think the Saint Gaudens Twenty in your pic, is actually a 1927-D. That is the 2nd most desireable mint issued coin of the series ! -Just behind the barely legal 1933. Nice pics.
Nice!! Here is one of my fav coins: http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/morgan_dollars/1878_morgan_dollars/1878cc_morgan_silver_dollar.htm And my fav type: http://www.coinfacts.com/half_dollars/walking_liberty_half_dollars/1936_half_dollar.htm Gonna get a complete set of those ralf, that double die is the most desired cent in the world, aside from the 1909 S VDB maybe
I really like the Morgans. In my humble opinion it's one of the most beautiful designs out there. Of course the Silver Eagles are prettier from a condition standpoint. There is just something about holding a coin in your hand that's 100, 120, 150+ years old. I always start thinking about who it was that held it before me, what did they spend it on, etc. etc. etc. ....... Fun stuff
A 1940 Proof Walker, was my very first nice coin. I paid $90.00 for that coin around 1977. I still have it. _________ True Don't forget to include a plain 1922 1c But next to a 1876 CC 20 cent piece, 1870-S dollar, and 1893-S Morgan dollar.... blah blah etc... ? In the late 1970's when I used to cut the lawn, this stuff was all relatively inexpensive (not the museum coins). At the time, 5K purchased you a lot of coin. This was probably about the price of a nice typical proof Liberty Eagle. Unfortunately for me, my parents only paid me $5.00 for each time I cut the grass. We are both spending another persons money. - Since that is the case, we will both take the 27-D Twenty !!!!!!!
Old stuff: 1794 large cents. This one isn't the prettiest in my set, but it has an interesting provenance and was photographed for a book in 1878. This one came from the collection of T. Harrison Garrett, who owned the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad back in the 1800s. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Anybody collect paper? edit: I need to add that I don't know diddley about this stuff! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
