I saved these from being melted.

TennesseeDave

A man I work with brought 12 rolls of silver dollars for me to look through to see if he had anything worth a premium to melt.I picked out these 15 and made him what we both considered a fair offer and he sold them to me.I would hate to see any of these melted even though none are worth sending in for grading.I think a couple might be 64's and some have some nice rim toning.He did have an 1892-S,but it was in rough condition.Several coins in his rolls were harshly cleaned or even polished,some had graffiti and some had holes.

ricko

Well worth saving.... Cheers, RickO

123cents

Nice group. I would save them. Some have some nice toning!

SaorAlba

Unless they are in awful condition I cannot see any point in melting silver dollars - if you don't want them, sell them.

AUandAG

Nice save. However, I cannot imagine melting any silver when it brings a premium on Ebay, damaged or not.

Takes a little effort but the premium far outweighs the cost to sell.

bob


Link and melt today would be $336 if I calculated correctly.

Baley

It seems really silly to melt such coins and make them into rounds and bars. I'd bet that most of the refiners who receive bulk silver do separate out coins with numismatic value and resell them.

SkyMan

Good save!

Type2

Good save i would take all of them in a hart

joebb21

If hes going to melt them, offer 25c over per coin.

robkool

I don't understand why they still want to melt these beautiful classics... It should be illegal !!!

crazyhounddog

Nice save!!

nwcoast

Good work in preserving these sweet classics!
Would indeed be a shame to melt them..

S mints on some of those Peace dollars would have been a big bonus!

etexmike

Looks like a nice save from here.


Mike

Nickcap

Are those 1888-O Morgans?

Can you post obverse and reverse pictures of them?

habaraca

Hello Dave

Treashunt

Thank you for rescuing them.

crypto79

Cool grab Dave, I would hand a few of them out as Xmas gifts to close friends, older kids and besty coworkers. A cheap but personal gift that might just start a spark!

chiefbob

Nice Coin Rescue!

ColonelJessup

<< <i>It seems really silly to melt such coins and make them into rounds and bars. I'd bet that most of the refiners who receive bulk silver do separate out coins with numismatic value and resell them. >>



While some shop owners and/or Ebay sellers might cherry-pick such coins, by the time they get to the actual refiners they are worth NOTHING but their silver content.

CMCART

Nice

lkeigwin

I was once told that 90% silver coins are rarely melted. Their purity and value are well known and instead of spending for melting and refining most of the time they are simply bagged and sold or traded in bulk.

Anyone know if this is true?
Lance.