Baltimore Laundromat Hoard

[West Jersey Detecting]

My sister in law's father owned laundromats and vending machines in Baltimore dating back to the 1950s. He pulled many coins out of circulation and used to brag about all the silver that he had, but nobody ever dreamed of what he was sitting on.

About 10 years ago my SIL's father passed away and and the story of how he obtained all these coins died with him. At the time of his death 125 Morgan and Peace Dollars and a bunch of other assorted silver coins were found in his Baltimore apartment. We were under the impression that was the entire hoard, and we were thrilled. Little did we know this was just the tip of the iceberg!

Unfortunately last month my sister in law's brother passed away suddenly. My brother has been assigned the task of cleaning out her late brother's apartment (also in Baltimore). Soon after he started he began texting me photos saying he came across more than 200 lbs of coins in sacks and bags! It appears that there are approximately 10,000 Wheat cents, loads of Indian Heads, hundreds (maybe thousands?) of Barber, Mercury, Standing Liberty coins, a few Franklin Halves and HUNDREDS OF MORGAN AND PEACE DOLLARS. So far he's found one gold 2.5 dollar coin. My brother is not a coin guy so I've been helping him ID the important dates and I'm sending him a Red Book for reference. I'll update as I find out what's in all the sacks and bags.

Click on the photos to see the coins in the full size photo! Enjoy!

 

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[Tuberale]

Awesome story. Insane hoard. When the dollar takes a dive the value of silver will rise.

Price of silver already rising.

 

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[Megalodon]

Nice hoard. I wonder how many of these we never hear about. Thinking quite a few.

 

[sandchip]

Absolutely amazing, while at the same time, a stark illustration of what we can take with us upon our passing.

 

[creskol]

HLY SCHMLY .. WHAT A HAUL! Sweet dreams are made of these! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Hawks88]

Wow! What a crazy amount of coins. Thanks for sharing the photos and story with us.

 

[Bodkin]

No wonder I'm not finding any silver coins from that era. He had them all!!!
Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing that story and the pics!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Shiver me timbers ! That's a lot of coins to look thru, but it's also the stuff dreams are made of, so if it were mine I'd be glad to take the time ! Good luck with it all, and sorry for your family loss.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Please keep ALL political comments out of any thread not in our politics forum.

 

[Hughett]

Please please more picks!!!! That’s a dream come true. We love pictures!!
Thank you

I’m with Truth. More photos!!! This is like climbing rope in gym class.

 

[trdking]

If its for sale Ill buy the whole hoard. Fair prices. FYI

 

[U.B.]

I would have fallen to my knees, and died of starvation staring at all those coins. That is breathtaking.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

If its for sale Ill buy the whole hoard. Fair prices. FYI

I know he's planning on selling it. I'll let you know when he's finished cataloging everything. Shipping alone is at least several hundred dollars to the left coast.

 

[trdking]

I know he's planning on selling it. I'll let you know when he's finished cataloging everything. Shipping alone is at least several hundred dollars to the left coast.

Ha I can ship 200 pounds for next to nothing. Let me know?

 

[trdking]

I shipped 3 2k pound pallets of silver filled buckets for 600 bucks from North Carolina to the left coast

 

[trdking]

I shipped 3 2k pound pallets of silver filled buckets for 600 bucks from North Carolina to the left coast

Just ship them in pails that say Dos Hermanos

 

[Switchblade]

Amazing!!

 

[MetalArchSC]

Wooooah!

 

[Auriemma]

And we wonder where all the good coinage went... Awesome collection

 

[park pirate]

Wow that's amazing keep us updated ...

 

[unclemac]

as a coin guy myself, that would give me weeks of grading and inspecting... and have a BLAST doing it. You should find a least one or two really good dates or mint marks in an un-searched hoard like that!