What are these coins worth?
cheesewhizman
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Hello, I got a bag of coins at an antique shop for $50, and so far got some silver and gold coins, but I came across this capped bust half dollar and think it’s extremely worn down, but then I noticed its flatness. Is this just worn down or an error?
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Worn not an error, and nobody is going to sell you gold coins in a $50 grab bag. Maybe gold plated novelty coins.
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He had just got the bag and hadn’t looked through it yet. He sold it to me for $50 and so far I have about $700 in coins (value)
Sure.
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Well, cheese whiz man, sounds like you got a great deal.
Not sure what way they go, but here’s a picture. I’m not sure it’s gold though, so you might be right.
Thanks!
Sorry about the bad pictures
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https://en.numista.com/198514
Looks like it's what you've got. Apparently replicas of those coins were commonly used in jewelry, and that would explain the hole. It would be fun to see the rest of your coins, though, but try posting all the pictures in one post if you can, or maybe take a picture of all the coins together, front and back. If most of the coins you have are from outside the U.S., you might get better responses on the world coin forum, too.
Young Numismatist
Worn capped bust half, and not gold. Show us what else you got for $50.
Ok
Hope you are able to tell if I got scammed or not! Thanks.
Doesn't look like it's worth anywhere near $700 but you definitely got more than your money's worth (melt value is about $60). Plenty of interesting old coins and a few bits of silver. I'd be very happy with that lot.
If you want any more information about any of the coins, you'd be better off asking on the world coin forum (or searching online). This is the U.S. coin forum, and the people more knowledgeable about the coins you have might not be here.
Young Numismatist
A real mishmash of stuff that should be fun to research. I'd say it was a good buy at $50.
This isn’t the full set, the rest is just a bunch of assorted Canadian coins, as in Canada nickels, dimes, quarters, dollars and two dollar coins. The rest is other coins from less focused on regions and have jewlery holes in them. Thanks for the help though, and now that I look back I can tell that it’s not worth $700 or close to it. Thanks!
Those comments seem on target. If you're still sure that those coins are worth $700, you might find it very educational to show how you got to that number, before you spend any more money on coins. Most of those are "junk bucket" coins, available at many coin stores for 25 cents each (or whatever arbitrary small amount the coin store feels like charging).
In short... which of the non-silver coins in that photo do you think are worth at least $10 each? I count 51 coins in that photo (might have miscounted), so they're need to be worth an average of $14 each to meet your $700 number.
now that I look back I can tell that it’s not worth $700 or close to it.
You did well. The 1955 Canada dollar in AU is worth at least $30. The 1885 Spain 50 cents is at least $10. The Bust half probably at least $20 - if you can determine year much more (the die breaks on the reverse might help if no numbers on obverse can be seen). The rest are FREE and you can spend time figuring out what countries / years / denominations the rest are.
I’ll tell you what, that’s a really nice table.
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I would say that was a good buy
Cannot speak as to the value, but an Interesting lot.
You could probably break these down in small lots and make a profit selling them on Ebay. (With better images )
Keep your favorites as a profit
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