thurmownator said:
packerbacker said:
My latest is a 2005 P. Is there any reason we are holding on to these?
Since '02 halves weren't released for general circulation, only as part of proof or mint sets; and a much lower amount were minted.
Hence the lower frequency they are found .....and kept.
If you are only keeping them because you believe they were only released as part of proof or mint sets then you are misinformed.
They were released in mint BAGS and in ROLL form as well which Is why so many are being found,If they were all broke out of sets we would see very few of them,about as often as proofs.
When I used to get boxes I would find '02-'06 at a ratio of about 40:1 with proofs and about 50:1 with silver.
I saved them for a while until I started noting how often they turned up and how much cash I had tied up in them and when I went to several dealers to try and make a little profit,none of them would buy over face value so I just turned them back in to get more coins to search.
The reason they gave was lack of interest in there customers and the fact that they couldn't pay me more than face and still make a decent profit IF and WHEN they actually sold one.
If someone has a LARGE sum of money to have tied up in these to sit on their shelf and still be able to buy more coins to search than more power to them but I never have that much cash at any one time
Just realize that if your expecting to make a profit off of these it will probably be many years down the road.
Just trying to make sure everyone knows the facts about different coins,at least the facts that I can confirm.
?? is that P and D?? That seems high as of late. BTW.... where do you find those numbers?
