Man I'd LOVE to look through this!!!

CThomas

I was listening to Paul Harvey today on Talk Radio and he told a story about this gentelman who had saved every single coin he'd ever goten in change. Apparently he just thru it in a jar. Anyway the guy is now 89 years old and donated all that change to his church!

The grand total.........$72,000.........*face value*

Man wouldn't that be cool to go thru! He also said that the guy had about 26 5 gallon buckets of just quarters!

Just thought you'd enjoy that story as much as I did!

Chris

dwood

Naaah...

Raw coins are junk. Worthless. Insignifigant. Fool's play.

Unless they're in slabs, they don't deserve anything more than face value. In fact, the church should get a discount for the inconvenience!

MadMonk

I hope someone has a numismatic inkling on this one.

CThomas

If anyone else has stories like this please post them. I'd love to actually hear true stories of treasure finds!

Thanks

Chris

MadMarty

Where do you think all those hoards on E-Bay come from!!!

dorkkarl

were any of them slabed when he got them in change?

K S

Bear

Let us assume the man was 10 years old when he started saving coins.

that would be 1924. Assuming coins circulate some 10 years we could have coins

include Barber coinage, Liberty standing Quarters, Liberty nickels, Buffalos, Walking liberties, IHC

and might even have some seated liberties. Morgan and peace dollars and a lot of mercury dimes.

I think I would pay 20 dollars just to look thru the stuff. A coin wholesaler would probably offer

the church 4-5 times face value for the whole kit and kaboodle. Think of the silver content alone.

Liberty

Sounds like you're talking about this.....

Hoarder Article

SeattleSlammer

Speaking of "junk" change, when my grandfather passed away, he had a bin of very old, very dirty coins that I was given. Mostly worn common date kennedy and walking lib. halves, and some really, really ugly Ikes. BUT, there were a couple of very worn Morgans, too. A 81-S, a 88-O, AND a 93-S! I'd grade it a VG.

So I can tell you first hand, YOU NEVER KNOW!

mbbiker

That is so cool i would love to look thru all that, they named the city but did they name a state because there is a Plymouth about 15 minutes away from where i live?

tjkillian

The article said he had a COMPLETE $2 1/2 dollar collection in there!! He had gold in his change and was able to save it when he was that young? Wow.

Tom

hughesm1

Mbbiker...it's in MN.

Russ

<< <i>I hope someone has a numismatic inkling on this one. >>



According to the article, an auction house is evaluating the more valuable material.

Russ, NCNE

BlueCole

For about the last two years, i've been asking my grandparents if they had any old coins stuck back. Until two months ago, they always said, "no". Finally, i asked, and they said "yeah, we've got a candy jar with some coins in it" I dug thru it, finding a couple of morgans, peace, walking libs, franks, and quite a few 64 JFKs . And at the bottom of the stack. . . .a 64 or 69 (can't remeber ) Linc cent on a dime planchet.

B.

cladking

Ironically the odds are that some of the most valuable coins in the bunch have already
been returned to the bank because this is what happens to moderns.

meos1

I too have a64 lincoln on a dime planchet... Unfortunatly, the thing is worht only $300 or so. You would think it would be worht more.

Anyway, I am interested in estate sales...Tired of ebay high priced, high hassled, junk!!! Just disgusting. How can I find estate sales and get in there on the bidding??

Dan