First Deal I've ever gotten from a pawn shop.

bsshog40 · August 2, 2018 5:46PM

I go to a couple thrift stores and a couple pawn shops in a town I work in. Just looking for something interesting. Today was the first day I seen a coin in this little pawn shop. It was in a little ziplock baggie and laying upside down. I was about to leave and thought I'd ask to see it for the fun of it. Pawn coins are always priced waaaay too high for me. Anyway, the guy pulled the bag out and told me it was $14.99. I said I'll take it. Would you have bought it?

Aotearoa · August 2, 2018 5:48PM

Nice one!

Smudge · August 2, 2018 5:50PM

Oh yeah.

jedm · August 2, 2018 5:55PM

For sure!

cheezhed · August 2, 2018 5:57PM

Great pick up.

mkman123 · August 2, 2018 5:57PM

great pick up

CaptHenway · August 2, 2018 6:00PM

Yee-Hah!

AUandAG · August 2, 2018 6:00PM

I might have had them dip it first........damn right!!

bob

SeattleSlammer · August 2, 2018 6:01PM

A steal not a deal.

What kind of pawn shop worker has no clue about basic silver price?

skier07 · August 2, 2018 6:09PM

Did that include tax?

bsshog40 · August 2, 2018 6:10PM

@SeattleSlammer said:
A steal not a deal.

What kind of pawn shop worker has no clue about basic silver price?

I know right?? Less than the price of silver!

logger7 · August 2, 2018 6:10PM

Whenever precious metals and numismatics get offered out of the pawn shops I have been in, either a) the seller has gotten the shaft; or b) title hadn't lawfully passed to the seller.

bsshog40 · August 2, 2018 6:13PM

@skier07 said:
Did that include tax?

With tax was $16.23.

1Bufffan · August 2, 2018 6:26PM

Great Catch! if you check the Inventory tag it is dated 4/4/2015 someone has not kept up with silver pricing. at the time silver was running anywhere between 15 and 17 dollars making there mark-up somewhere in the 19.35 range if you take it times .77344 to come up with the price of 14.97 per ounce of silver Still a Great Catch!

crazyhounddog · August 2, 2018 6:28PM

I would’ve bought it in a heartbeat

Unknown · August 2, 2018 6:34PM

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Broadstruck · August 2, 2018 6:41PM

Awesome nice photography too.

ElKevvo · August 2, 2018 6:49PM

Nice pickup! And for the price it was a nice deal. Thanks for sharing...

K

acloco · August 2, 2018 7:00PM

Unreal.

Congratulations!!!

Walkerfan · August 2, 2018 7:26PM

Heck yeah!

That's great, Bobby!

Love that old fatty and how it toned in there, too.

ms70 · August 2, 2018 7:29PM

Nice!

ADG · August 2, 2018 7:53PM

@bsshog40 said:

@SeattleSlammer said:
A steal not a deal.

What kind of pawn shop worker has no clue about basic silver price?

I know right?? Less than the price of silver!

Melt value of the coin is $11.81 as of 8/2 at coinflation.com/unitedstates/. Still a great deal, but the coin was not sold at less than melt.

bsshog40 · August 2, 2018 8:02PM

@ADG said:

@bsshog40 said:

@SeattleSlammer said:
A steal not a deal.

What kind of pawn shop worker has no clue about basic silver price?

I know right?? Less than the price of silver!

Melt value of the coin is $11.81 as of 8/2 at coinflation.com/unitedstates/. Still a great deal, but the coin was not sold at less than melt.

I don't remember saying Melt! Silver price as of 8/2 is $15.305

thefinn · August 2, 2018 8:02PM

Nice at twice the price... even thrice!

jesbroken · August 2, 2018 8:04PM

Great pickup Bobby. That is a cool coin for less than melt. Congrats.
Jim

ADG · August 2, 2018 9:07PM

Based on this thread, I guess there's a lot of people that think a Morgan dollar contains an ounce of silver!?? coinflation.com/coins/1878-1921-Silver-Morgan-Dollar-Value.html

lkeigwin · August 2, 2018 9:11PM

Holy crap! What a great pick up.

Worth at least $15.

WTG.
Lance.

rln_14 · August 2, 2018 9:30PM

nice one, congrats

jtlee321 · August 2, 2018 9:30PM

I wonder if they would have taken $12.99?

That is a sweet pick up. I would have bought that in a second and then asked if they had anymore in the back.

ChrisH821 · August 2, 2018 9:31PM

Care to double your money?

SeattleSlammer · August 2, 2018 9:41PM

@ADG said:
Based on this thread, I guess there's a lot of people that think a Morgan dollar contains an ounce of silver!?? coinflation.com/coins/1878-1921-Silver-Morgan-Dollar-Value.html

No. But generally at current silver prices, you’d be lucky to even get a heavily worn piece of junk Morgan for $14.99. Hence the appreciation for this deal: a lustrous, solid looking MS64 with cool color in an old Fatty slab. I wager this coin could sell pretty easily on the BST here for $100.

sawyerjosh · August 2, 2018 9:55PM

You suck!

CoinCrazyPA · August 2, 2018 10:08PM

Great score

lkenefic · August 2, 2018 10:43PM

Sweet!

Coinstartled · August 2, 2018 11:19PM

Find the owner/manager and hand him an extra forty bucks.

After he gets over the shock, he may let you in on a bunch of other coin deals.

Timbuk3 · August 3, 2018 12:41AM

Absolutely !!!

PocketArt · August 3, 2018 4:05AM

Man, deals like this occur once in a blue moon- a nice blue w/o moon money! Congratulations!

ricko · August 3, 2018 4:24AM

That is a great deal.... Even raw Morgans are more expensive than that in the antique shops in this town.... Yes, I would have grabbed that one (even with the tarnish ) at that price. Cheers, RickO

Broadstruck · August 3, 2018 4:34AM

Whew when even ricko likes it you know you've got something

david3142 · August 3, 2018 5:10AM

An unstickered NGC coin? I’m surprised he didn’t have to pay you to take it. </end sarcasm>

Great score and nice toning!

bsshog40 · August 3, 2018 5:11AM

@ADG said:
Based on this thread, I guess there's a lot of people that think a Morgan dollar contains an ounce of silver!?? coinflation.com/coins/1878-1921-Silver-Morgan-Dollar-Value.html

Man lighten up dude! I've been collecting long enough to know what coins weigh and how much silver is in them. The statement I used "Less than the price of silver!" was mostly made in fun anyway. Silver was at $15.30 and the price tag shows $14.99. All in jest! As the old saying goes, "If you don't have nothing nice to say, Get the heck off my thread!!!

bsshog40 · August 3, 2018 5:12AM

@Coinstartled said:
Find the owner/manager and hand him an extra forty bucks.

After he gets over the shock, he may let you in on a bunch of other coin deals.

I go into this pawn shop a couple times a month. I never see coins there. This was the first.

Broadstruck · August 3, 2018 5:39AM

@bsshog40 There's a new pawn shop that opened up about 3 miles from me 6 months ago... Guess who is finally going there today?

oih82w8 · August 3, 2018 5:55AM

Shoot fire, I probably would have pulled a muscle getting my wallet out of my pocket fast enough!

Jimnight · August 3, 2018 6:06AM

Oh yeah... Nice coin and a good find.

DNADave · August 3, 2018 6:34AM

That's a pretty coin. I would have to act quickly to not appear really excited about it.
Something like "Well, I'll guess I can use it....Hmmmm, Ok, I'll take it.

asheland · August 3, 2018 11:48AM

Dang! In a fatty no less!

bsshog40 · August 3, 2018 12:24PM

@DNADave said:
That's a pretty coin. I would have to act quickly to not appear really excited about it.
Something like "Well, I'll guess I can use it....Hmmmm, Ok, I'll take it.

Yea when he told me 14.99, I said " yea I guess that's a fair price". Lol

RogerB · August 3, 2018 12:48PM

Nice find at that price! Does not matter that the "grade" is about 3 points too high.

topstuf · August 3, 2018 1:02PM

The days of pawn shops was back in the seventies,

I got three 8 Escudos and a 1795 dollar and a 1870CC dollar out of the WINDOW in one of em on one day.

jmski52 · August 3, 2018 1:43PM

Maybe the pawn shops around here are worth a visit once in awhile. You've just convinced me. Nice catch!!!!

First Deal I've ever gotten from a pawn shop.

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