My silver hoard
sadysta1
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My uncle came to the states in late 1950s and lives in or outside Philadelphia ever since. In 1964 when he learned that silver coins will not be produced anymore he started hoarding silver just like anyone else. The coins were rolled undisturbed for almst 40 years and I got them for my birthday over a week ago!!!!
I did not find anyrare varieties but some of you may find interesting what the coins were and what coins one would find in 1964.
The hoard included
11 rolls of quarters
5 rolles of dimes
Quarters - as expected most of the coins are 1964, there are may coins from 1950s, with a lot of wear, ther are some form 1940s and a few from 1930s. the oldest are from 1934 (six of them, one is vf/ef). here's the kicker. I found seven standing liberty quarters!!! It's amazing they were still circulating in 1964! All of them are dateless ag condition or so and type I. the only one I recognized was 1917-D just because the mintmark was still visible.
Dimes - two rolls of Mercury dimes bulk of them from 1940s (as expected) a few from late 1930s none from 1920s and one or two earlier dated I found one 1917-P.
Dimes - three rools of Roosevelt dimes, mostly 1964 with a large numbers of 1964-D which is I think unusual since I live about 10 miles from PA mint/ there were more 64-D than 64-P !?!?! what's unusal there were almost no coins from 1940s in the lot I found only two 1946 and a few other but almost nothing else. Same deal with 1950s also very scarce for some reason in the hoard.
So here it is. I hope some of you found in intersting.
I did not find anyrare varieties but some of you may find interesting what the coins were and what coins one would find in 1964.
The hoard included
11 rolls of quarters
5 rolles of dimes
Quarters - as expected most of the coins are 1964, there are may coins from 1950s, with a lot of wear, ther are some form 1940s and a few from 1930s. the oldest are from 1934 (six of them, one is vf/ef). here's the kicker. I found seven standing liberty quarters!!! It's amazing they were still circulating in 1964! All of them are dateless ag condition or so and type I. the only one I recognized was 1917-D just because the mintmark was still visible.
Dimes - two rolls of Mercury dimes bulk of them from 1940s (as expected) a few from late 1930s none from 1920s and one or two earlier dated I found one 1917-P.
Dimes - three rools of Roosevelt dimes, mostly 1964 with a large numbers of 1964-D which is I think unusual since I live about 10 miles from PA mint/ there were more 64-D than 64-P !?!?! what's unusal there were almost no coins from 1940s in the lot I found only two 1946 and a few other but almost nothing else. Same deal with 1950s also very scarce for some reason in the hoard.
So here it is. I hope some of you found in intersting.
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And some people think there isn't much "fresh" material out there.. HA!
sounds like you had a good time.
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That is a very good find.BTW are you going to meet up with us at the Baltimore show in November? The list is starting to grow already.
Registry 1909-1958 Proof Lincolns
Yes I'll be in baltimore in the fall. I'm planning to put some coins on e-bay in October in order to get some extra cash for the show!!!!!
PS: maybe you're interested in a "hoard" of old Communist Polish coins? They are all aluminum, and in terrible condition.
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I have a ton of these, and my parents are in Poland now so I'm sure my dad will buy some