What's the cheapest you remember buying SAEs at when new?

Bochiman

I didn't start them until 2003/2004.
I think I recall getting some for $6-$7ea, or between $120-$140 per roll.
Might have been some "deals" on them at the time. I can't recall.

I do recall they were cheap enough I would carry some as pocket pieces and didn't care much if I misplaced/lost one. I would just replace it.

I would even give some out spur of the moment at times.

Nowadays, with silver at almost $80/oz, I don't even look at buying the SAEs. The 3 albums are no longer continued.

So, what price do some of you older folks, that have been getting them for 20+ years, remember paying?

JimTyler

I remember selling a beautifully tones ASE at a swap meet for $8.

GTOster

Two roll's at 132 .00 per roll in1986 or 87
Paul

blitzdude

$237 a roll / $11.87 ea. RGDS!

MilesWaits

I recall buying them and a flat hundred dollars per roll and the same for Libertads.

TennesseeDave

I think I remember getting my first one in 1986, right after they came out for 5$ plus tax from a local jewelry store.
Also, they had 10th oz. gold for $40

coastaljerseyguy

I bought 5 1997 ASE's from Littleton from some promotional ad in a magazine after they were issued by the Mint. Got me on their mail list. Think I paid $7.50 for the lot which included S&H. Still have a couple.

philographer

$5.50

I had posted this in a thread a few years ago:

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 😜!

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!

bigjpst

I remember buying silver rounds at about $4.75-$5. I never really bought ASE because they were more expensive. Still have some raw mercury dimes with .45c cost written on the 2x2.
Being young and broke I remember the coin store being annoyed that I wanted to pick through the junk silver to only spend $10 or $20.
I remember seeing all the coin world adds for 1/10 eagles at like $38. Wish I had splurged on those instead of beer, cars and ex wives.

dcarr

What was the issue price for 1986 proof Silver Eagles ?
That might be the lowest I bought any Silver Eagles for.

I do still have a die-struck Johnson-Matthey 10-troy-oz 999 silver bar that I bought at a coin shop for $48 ($4.80 per ounce).

I remember the lowest I ever bought 90% silver coin was 2.5 times face value. Also some Morgan and Peace Dollars for $3 each.

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psuman08

@dcarr said:
What was the issue price for 1986 proof Silver Eagles ?
That might be the lowest I bought any Silver Eagles for.

I do still have a die-struck Johnson-Matthey 10-troy-oz 999 silver bar that I bought at a coin shop for $48 ($4.80 per ounce).

I remember the lowest I ever bought 90% silver coin was 2.5 times face value. Also some Morgan and Peace Dollars for $3 each.

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1986S Proof was $21. I bought a roll in 1988 at $6/each I believe.

dcarr

@psuman08 said:

@dcarr said:
What was the issue price for 1986 proof Silver Eagles ?
That might be the lowest I bought any Silver Eagles for.

I do still have a die-struck Johnson-Matthey 10-troy-oz 999 silver bar that I bought at a coin shop for $48 ($4.80 per ounce).

I remember the lowest I ever bought 90% silver coin was 2.5 times face value. Also some Morgan and Peace Dollars for $3 each.

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1986S Proof was $21. I bought a roll in 1988 at $6/each I believe.

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Thanks for that. That seems pretty high ($21).
I'm sure I bought a few (non-proof) Silver Eagles along the way for less than $10.

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pragmaticgoat

I recall getting 100oz Engelhard bars for 450/each in 2002, ASE were around 6/each

batumi

In 1987 I bough a couple rolls in the tubes otc at my local coin dealer for $6 along with a few proofs in the mint boxes for $20. I went to a few local shows and found little to no interest in them in trades so I am thankfully still stuck with them, LOL! Knowing little about coins though learning as much as possible the same local dealer had just picked up a 1916/16 Buffalo in au58 at a show for $8 grand which he told me up front he had to get eleven for it. At the time, almost forty years ago, it may well have been $ eleven million so I had to decline even then was a fair deal. A couple months later he told me the purchaser got it upgraded to MS 61!

Tom147

I didn't really do the SAE's until 10 years ago. I do remember buying 1/10 oz. gold for $ 34 around 1999. Bought a small hoard of circ. Mercury & Roosevelt, 2 for a quarter. I still have the gold and the dimes. Wish I'd have bought more gold.

Tom147

Forgot to add, the dimes were bought around 1970.

psuman08

@dcarr said:

@psuman08 said:

@dcarr said:
What was the issue price for 1986 proof Silver Eagles ?
That might be the lowest I bought any Silver Eagles for.

I do still have a die-struck Johnson-Matthey 10-troy-oz 999 silver bar that I bought at a coin shop for $48 ($4.80 per ounce).

I remember the lowest I ever bought 90% silver coin was 2.5 times face value. Also some Morgan and Peace Dollars for $3 each.

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1986S Proof was $21. I bought a roll in 1988 at $6/each I believe.

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Thanks for that. That seems pretty high ($21).
I'm sure I bought a few (non-proof) Silver Eagles along the way for less than $10.

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I also bought the 1oz gold (only size available the first year) for $550. Mowed a lot of lawns for that one and I still have it.

DrBuster

Still have a roll of 2000s I got off ebay delivered for $100

ADG

Free. Got one for subscription to Numismatic News in a galaxy far far away...........

jdimmick

I never messed with ASE's as I was a coin collector as a kid, not bullion buyer. I have seen ase from old collections over the years come in with 5-8 price tags still on the holders from late 80's.

I did sell a partial set of Lincoln Cents in 1985 , and I remember thinking about putting the money into a 100 oz bar at coin show, it was priced at 385.00 , but I didnt. It wa sa j& m bar still in box

johnt

In 2006, i bought two burnished 4 coin gold sets from the mint. I think they were about $1300 each. They were limited and I sold one set that year for $1800. I thought i was a wheeler and dealer. Should have kept both. uggghh
I think my ASE purchases were in the 5 to 7 dollar range in the late 80s.