Circulated coins.
cladking
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The prices of "common" indian cents, buffalo nickels, V nickels, and Barber coins seem to
just keep going up. Is this going to continue? Do any dealers still have huge hordes of
this left?
<< <i>...Demand, of course, has influenced values in an upward direction. But let's look a little closer at what's going on within the circulated U.S. coin market. About a generation ago collectors and hoarders were selling a great supply of these coins to dealers. Silver coins, especially popular, were sold for their metal value. But usually people kept some silver dollars, a few 2- and 3-cent coins, some Indian cents, etc., and passed them down from parents and grandparents as keepsakes for following generations. ... >>
This is from the 12-6-04 Coin World editorial written by Mark Ferguson [L=link]
Check it out, it's worth the read.
just keep going up. Is this going to continue? Do any dealers still have huge hordes of
this left?
<< <i>...Demand, of course, has influenced values in an upward direction. But let's look a little closer at what's going on within the circulated U.S. coin market. About a generation ago collectors and hoarders were selling a great supply of these coins to dealers. Silver coins, especially popular, were sold for their metal value. But usually people kept some silver dollars, a few 2- and 3-cent coins, some Indian cents, etc., and passed them down from parents and grandparents as keepsakes for following generations. ... >>
This is from the 12-6-04 Coin World editorial written by Mark Ferguson [L=link]
Check it out, it's worth the read.
Tempus fugit.
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