Junk Silver

[sendin]

I bought 1/2 bag of junk silver in the late 90's from F.J. Volmer. A lot of heavily circulated Mercurys. Is there any point in going through it to see if there are any keepers; or is it gone thru at the source first to be sure they aren't sending anything out above silver value at the time of sale? What I know about coins is pretty slim so your help would be appreciated.

Thanks - Denny

 

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[Digginman]

Go thru it even though I'm sure it already has been. Things are missed. Learn what to look for like the 1916-D. It will only take a little time. Wish I could do something like that.

DM

 

[sendin]

Hi DM

Okay - I do know about the 16 D. Any others I should be looking for?

Thanks - Denny

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

Others to look for is 1921, 1921D, 1926S, 1942 2 over 1 and 1942D 2 over 1

 

[sendin]

I'm well into it. So far 2/5 are Mercurys and I found 4 Barbers (I think), but they are really worn. Thanks Wayne for the list of others to look for. Dirty coins! This is going to take a while.

 

[sendin]

Nada! Junk silver IS really junk silver, although I did find about 7 Barber dimes. Two of them were in pretty good shape. Thanks for the replies.

 

[gold fish]

for the love of everything holy, watch out for a 1914-s (the"ice-cream" dime) there were only 24 minted and they're worth araund a half-mil. If you do find one I will happily purchase it for $25. Ok, odds are you'll never even see one at a coin show, but, hey, ya never know!!

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

Volmer of Bloomington, Illinois has retired and moved to Florida years ago. By all means check all the coins before you dispose of them. When I knew him he would not sell anything good on purpose but he was so lazy and snotty that i occasionally got good deals. When I asked his price for war nickels in a bucket he yelled out the price from across the room for worn junk. I picked out five rolls of AU and BU pieces and happily paid one of his sales ladies. One roll sold at the other local coin shop for more than I paid for the five rolls. exanimo, ss

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

for the love of everything holy, watch out for a 1914-s (the"ice-cream" dime) there were only 24 minted and they're worth araund a half-mil. If you do find one I will happily purchase it for $25. Ok, odds are you'll never even see one at a coin show, but, hey, ya never know!!

how many average circulated 1914-s dimes do you want for $25 each? Either you have the wrong date or you are talking about a variety that isn't listed in the Red Book. ss

 

[Heavy Chevy]

Hey Gang,

It must be a typo about the dime.
It appears Gold Fish is referring to the 1894-s dime.
Coin values monthly (April 2006) stated there were 5 or 11 unaccounted for.
A specimen went for auction in 2005 for 1.3 million.


Happy Hunting,
Mike in SC

 

[shootist]

wish I had been buying junk silver back then,water under the bridge now but I did start getting in when it was around 7 dollars in early 05 and Ive got a pretty decent pile going now. If you are interested http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,50807.0.html

 

[Postalrevnant]

Great collection Shootist. I had a start going here, but too bad I have to sell em for financial reasons.

Rev

 

[sendin]

Man, I missed all these replies! I was going blind going thru those dimes. I separated the Roos. vs. Merc. and separated all the 1926 and Barbers, so if I have to go through them again for some reason it'll be easier.

I bought the junk silver on a recommendation of a friend. If things go sideways they can be very useful as opposed to the current funny money and FRN's we use. I have no intention of selling them. They are like a first aid kit sitting in the safe. Yea, I was a Boy Scout too!

My bet is that they will be passed along to one of my younger relatives. I hope they keep them.