A few more ounces of AG for the collection

[jim4silver]

Decided to take advantage of the sale going on today (thanks to the PM price drop). Picked up some solid date rolls of BU Franklins (the late 50s years) for 24.8 X face. Was able to grab a few BU singles of the better years (49, 50 and a couple of 55) for the same price, but no solid rolls of the really good years. The solid rolls came from original rolls supposedly but I bought them in plastic tubes. Two coins in each tube show much toning on one side, so probably did come from a solid roll since always seems to be the end coins toned a lot on one side and less on the other side for each end coin.

I don't normally like "junk" silver but getting BU rolls for not much over what they were charging for circulated was too good to pass up. Now I am broke again and silver is going to drop since I bought today.


Jim

 

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[Marchas45]

Decided to take advantage of the sale going on today (thanks to the PM price drop). Picked up some solid date rolls of BU Franklins (the late 50s years) for 24.8 X face. Was able to grab a few BU singles of the better years (49, 50 and a couple of 55) for the same price, but no solid rolls of the really good years. The solid rolls came from original rolls supposedly but I bought them in plastic tubes. Two coins in each tube show much toning on one side, so probably did come from a solid roll since always seems to be the end coins toned a lot on one side and less on the other side for each end coin.

I don't normally like "junk" silver but getting BU rolls for not much over what they were charging for circulated was too good to pass up. Now I am broke again and silver is going to drop since I bought today.


Jim

Awesome Jim, good price also. I just bought 9 of the new 1oz Medallions that Silver Bullet Silver Shield put out. 6 Uncirculated and 3 Proofs of the new Trivium Medallion. Awesome looking coin. Paid $2.99 over spot for the Uncirculateds and $14.99 over spot for the Proofs. These coins hold their premium.

 

[pronghorn]

You guys must have huge silver stacks. I buy from a guy who is slowly selling his junk he purchased is the 70's. He calls the lcs for price then knocks off some for gas as our closest lcs is180 miles away, yes I live in the great American outback.He offered me 915 Roosevelt silver dimes for $1850. It sounds like a gooddeal. Whatcha think, should I dip into my savings?

 

[Marchas45]

Hell give him my phone number; 1-800-577-1463 I'll buy them all at those prices. Lol

 

[lost]

Good deal on the Ben's. I remember the fun in putting together a complete set of AU to BU. Of course I started this set in the early 50's when a Ben was worth .50 cents. But, going through rolls, culling and comparing each coin was good memories. Just wish I'd had the good sense to set a complete roll of each year a side. To young, to poor. 50 cents would buy a lot. Movies, candy, soda pop and all them goodies. It was pure greed to keep my "collection" intact. But I did. Still got 'em. Had a passion for Walking Liberty's back then, and still do, but never completed an entire collection. Kept the best I could find or buy on the cheap. Need to get the WL's out and see what I'm missing. No doubt they are going to be expensive.

 

[CoinFetcher]

In the 50s, with a roll of halves, what was the breakdown of coin types?

99% bens?

 

[jim4silver]

In the 50s, with a roll of halves, what was the breakdown of coin types?

99% bens?

I wasn't around back then, but I would bet that there would have been a much higher percentage of Walkers in there. Back then all the halves were silver so that fact would not have even registered with people and they had been making Walkers all the way till the mid 40s. I doubt that many folks were pulling them out for collections but I don't know for sure. I have heard from older relatives that silver dollars were easily obtained from the banks back in the 50s, and they stopped making them in the 30s.

Jim