My Silver Eagles Cost Then What Premiums Are Now!

philographer

A day of sorting through old files. Came across the receipt for my first roll of silver eagles from 1992. $5.50 each and $2.00 shipping for 10. I was a poor newlywed child at the time, so I bought only 10 at a time. Man, that approach cost me an extra $2.00 in shipping 😜--could have saved if I bought them all at once!

Hard to believe the cost of these eagles then is around the premium people are paying today.

I still have these BTW. And who doesn’t love shipping costs of $2.00?

I'll stop now. Reminds me of my dad telling me that candy bars were a nickel and a movie was 10 cents!

Sweetpie

Nice piece of numismatics artifacts. How do you get back your original check from the seller?

Let see more "deals" from the past.

philographer

How old are you @Sweetpie ?

Up until 2000, your cancelled checks came back with your checking statement! Every single one of them!

MilesWaits

Thank you for sharing. Funny, my dealer never gave me any receipts

Sweetpie

Much older than I would admit to.

Obviously I didnt starts writing checks until after 2000... not because I was too young, but rather I was too fiscal irresponsible. lol

TurtleCat

Yep, I remember buying proof silver eagles for like $25 or whatever it was in 1988. 1/10 oz gold for $70. Wish I had kept some of those old silver eagles...

TennesseeDave

Very cool to see that. I remember buying my first one in 1986 from a jewelry store in town and paying around $5 or $6 bucks for it.

ricko

Those were certainly nice prices back then....of course they did not seem as cheap then. I have them from that period .... and many of my AGE's were much cheaper back in the day.... Cheers, RickO

Jimnight

Nice!

DrBuster

I've still got a roll of 2000s that I paid $100 for delivered off the bay.

topstuf

Chain Cents were only a penny at one time.

vulcanize

@Sweetpie said:
Let see more "deals" from the past.

LOL.
Even something from 2021 would look like a wonderful deal now since the prices have skyrocketed.
Considering silver price at closing today was around 25.20, the current premiums for the ASE are ridiculous.

The following link has them listed at $43.00 if bought using credit card/Paypal and $41.28 if using check/wire.

https://www.silver.com/2022-1-oz-silver-american-eagle-coins/

JMB has the cheapest random ASE listed at $39.50

https://www.jmbullion.com/silver/silver-coins/american-silver-eagles/all-american-silver-eagles/

Herb_T

I was broke in 1992….no way to purchase anything but food!