And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"junk" silver coins. although they are touted as 90% silver they are actually 72% silver when melted. I have bought bags of them for 2.20 to 2.5 times face recently.
I was a paperboy in the 60s and saw thousands of these, they always looked just like those 2 in the picture. Buffalo nickles didn't wear well either. I still have a nice collection of 64 Kennedy half dollars, many in uncirculated condition.
Must have been a paperboy thing to save all of those coins, i have 9 complete sets (or close) Lincoln pennies, buffalo nickels and mercury dimes. At Christmas time a silver dollar was a typical gift. I still have them all after 7 years as a paperboy in small town Ohio.
Pre-1964, so they have a bit of silver content. Combined worth probably about $4 or $5 today at a coin shop.
ReplyDeleteA bit? They are 90% silver/10% copper. $1.67 each as of yesterday's spot but that means nothing. More like $3.00 apiece to buy 'em.
ReplyDeleteBack when coins actually had real, intrinsic value.
DeleteSomething to think about. These 2 are 1944 mint. Think there were a few owners that held these and never came back from a distant field?
ReplyDeleteReal Ag and Au coins will always have value, unlike the toilet paper we call currency. FJB
ReplyDelete"junk" silver coins. although they are touted as 90% silver they are actually 72% silver when melted. I have bought bags of them for 2.20 to 2.5 times face recently.
ReplyDeleteThe going rate is 18 times face but likely higher. Just exactly how high are you?
DeleteCalled Mercury dimes from the mistaken belief the figure is Mercury. It is actually a figure that symbolizes freedom and liberty.
ReplyDeleteMy wife found one of those while gardening.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html
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ReplyDeleteI was a paperboy in the 60s and saw thousands of these, they always looked just like those 2 in the picture. Buffalo nickles didn't wear well either. I still have a nice collection of 64 Kennedy half dollars, many in uncirculated condition.
ReplyDeleteMust have been a paperboy thing to save all of those coins, i have 9 complete sets (or close) Lincoln pennies, buffalo nickels and mercury dimes. At Christmas time a silver dollar was a typical gift. I still have them all after 7 years as a paperboy in small town Ohio.
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