I have cut way bock on my CRH lately because of health reasons so I was glad when I checked at my local drive-up if any halves had come in and the regular Teller answered, "Yes, five rolls and I was thinking about you ... they all look real nice." First roll was nothing except clad but, the next 4 were 1 short of solid and had some of the best looking 40%'s I have ever gotten CRH, 79 silver halves out of 80 that looked like someone had hidden them away 47 years ago and just recently rolled them up.
Another score I got this year was from a customer who has been telling me for 2-3 years about the bunch of coins that she had up North from a bunch of different people who had given them to her or she got when they died that she finally brought down for me to go through. When she gave them to me just after Christmas she told me that if we got rich from anything we could split it. It was a big little bag with a lot of different boxes and containers of different kinds of coins. Some were already in 2X2's but most were just loose mixed in with whatever other coins that person had. As I started going through them I was amazed and started thinking there was no way that she could just give all of this to me, I plan on creditting her at least a hundred towards cutting her lawn.
Half of the coins were from different countries and most not in a case are worn but almost everything is 50's or older so even just the scrap silver value was at least 100-200. There were over 40 dimes, Rosies, Mercs, a few older Canadians, and one 1875-s Dime. There were 9 quarters, 5 Washintons, 2 Ca. a 1957 and a 1907, and 3 Standing Liberties (which I had none of before) a 26, 28, and 1 dateless. Halfs were 2 40%'s, my first Barber 1907-D, and a Capped Bust 1822 which will be the oldest coin I now own. There were also 2 coins from the Filipinas, a 1907-s one peso and a 1904 20 centavos. A 1876 Von Hesson 5 mark german, a 1940 2 1/2 G Wilhelmina, and a 1952 5 Pesos Mexicanos were the nice bigger coins. For scrap silver there was even a Medallic Art Co NY 5 oz Seal of the State of Indiana included even though I don't plan on ever selling anything she gave me.
I tell all the people that I work for about what I do CRH and sometimes show them a few coin books on the hopes that they will try to help me out with my collections and give me whatever they might have. I have gotten a few here and there but nothing like this before.
Another score I got this year was from a customer who has been telling me for 2-3 years about the bunch of coins that she had up North from a bunch of different people who had given them to her or she got when they died that she finally brought down for me to go through. When she gave them to me just after Christmas she told me that if we got rich from anything we could split it. It was a big little bag with a lot of different boxes and containers of different kinds of coins. Some were already in 2X2's but most were just loose mixed in with whatever other coins that person had. As I started going through them I was amazed and started thinking there was no way that she could just give all of this to me, I plan on creditting her at least a hundred towards cutting her lawn.
Half of the coins were from different countries and most not in a case are worn but almost everything is 50's or older so even just the scrap silver value was at least 100-200. There were over 40 dimes, Rosies, Mercs, a few older Canadians, and one 1875-s Dime. There were 9 quarters, 5 Washintons, 2 Ca. a 1957 and a 1907, and 3 Standing Liberties (which I had none of before) a 26, 28, and 1 dateless. Halfs were 2 40%'s, my first Barber 1907-D, and a Capped Bust 1822 which will be the oldest coin I now own. There were also 2 coins from the Filipinas, a 1907-s one peso and a 1904 20 centavos. A 1876 Von Hesson 5 mark german, a 1940 2 1/2 G Wilhelmina, and a 1952 5 Pesos Mexicanos were the nice bigger coins. For scrap silver there was even a Medallic Art Co NY 5 oz Seal of the State of Indiana included even though I don't plan on ever selling anything she gave me.
I tell all the people that I work for about what I do CRH and sometimes show them a few coin books on the hopes that they will try to help me out with my collections and give me whatever they might have. I have gotten a few here and there but nothing like this before.
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Actually the Philippines were a American possession from 1898 to 1946. They were acquired from Spain after the Spanish-American war. In 1935 it was granted Commonwealth status & was given full independence in July 1946. The coins for the Philippines were minted in San Francisco & shipped to the Philippines. I have a 50 Centavo coin minted in 1944 & it is silver.
