Unsearched silver

[Mike T]

can anybody recommend a GOOD dealer to buy quantities of unsearched silver coins? I bought a pack on EBAY yesterday of 80 unsearched for $172,a cigar box full, apparently they were in an estate sale someones collection, their in holders which makes me suspicious but I'll try it once. Mike T

 

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[Immy]

"Unsearched" is one of those terms in coin collecting that's best taken with a grain of salt, and I've never heard it applied to silver, only wheat pennies.

Just yesterday I was visiting my local coin shop and I asked them about their policy regarding buying bulk 90% silver. The guy said they routinely "check each coin" before offering a price. I can't imagine any coin dealer not following that policy. My motto is "unsearched is unlikely."

Ditto on the inviting term "estate sale." If every estate sale on ebay was legitimate then there's been a astounding amount of deaths in this country in the last few years!

 

[Paul in WA]

I thought "Estate Sale" meant "Junk from an abandoned storage unit auction"

Paul