90% junk silver . . . . but not any more

TallahasseeCoinClub

Assembled from my "junk silver" purchases of 2025. With no more shows, etc. planned, this is as far as I can take it this year, but I'm going to keep it going next year as well.

johnny9434

That's always a fun project to keep busy during winter/cold months

OAKSTAR

If that's your junk silver, I'd like to see what your good stuff looks like!

PTVETTER

That Roosevelt dime set is FAR from junk. This is how collectors should pick their coins. How you fine them is the thrill of the hunt, Forget the price and get the eye appeal.

Morgan White

Man, that's an old folder.

MsMorrisine

old? these are generally trifold, rught?

thebeav

I never found BU stuff like that in my scrap lots.......

TallahasseeCoinClub

@Morgan White said:
Man, that's an old folder.

Copyright 1945! However, I believe it was actually manufactured in the late 1950s. The fact that it has a slot for "1965-D" was the main reason why I rescued the folder itself from a junk pile of "giveaway" items at a coin club auction. The folder itself was in pristine condition when I acquired it.

TallahasseeCoinClub

@thebeav said:
I never found BU stuff like that in my scrap lots.......

While Tallahassee has a pretty low key coin market, it might actually be an advantage for acquiring slightly better material "accidentally" kept aside. I have also put together at least 20 different BU Washington quarters in similar fashion.

Weirdly, the most common BU date of Roosevelt dimes for me was 1961-D. I have assembled well over a roll and a half of them.

rec78

@TallahasseeCoinClub said:

@Morgan White said:
Man, that's an old folder.

Copyright 1945! However, I believe it was actually manufactured in the late 1950s. The fact that it has a slot for "1965-D" was the main reason why I rescued the folder itself from a junk pile of "giveaway" items at a coin club auction. The folder itself was in pristine condition when I acquired it.

Actually, since the mintages are included for 1963, That folder was made in 1964 or 1965.

TallahasseeCoinClub

Boy am I dumb when it comes to the obvious! Thanks for the correction.

TwoSides2aCoin

Some coins are collectible. All are salvageable. “Junk” is the “key” to never getting actual worth from the person who’s buying. After all, a buyer and seller have to agree that it’s junk. If one prefers to diminish its value with such terminology, there will be a market forever. One man’s junk….

blitzdude

@TwoSides2aCoin said:
Some coins are collectible. All are salvageable. “Junk” is the “key” to never getting actual worth from the person who’s buying. After all, a buyer and seller have to agree that it’s junk. If one prefers to diminish its value with such terminology, there will be a market forever. One man’s junk….

Typically, it's considered junk when the dealer is trying to buy from you and overpriced treasure when they are trying to sell it to you. RGDS!

TwoSides2aCoin

@blitzdude said:

@TwoSides2aCoin said:
Some coins are collectible. All are salvageable. “Junk” is the “key” to never getting actual worth from the person who’s buying. After all, a buyer and seller have to agree that it’s junk. If one prefers to diminish its value with such terminology, there will be a market forever. One man’s junk….

Typically, it's considered junk when the dealer is trying to buy from you and overpriced treasure when they are trying to sell it to you. RGDS!

While I agree , in part, I’m not the one (dealer) referring to silver as junk. It is typically the sellers calling it that.