My first Goody from Wheat collection

steelheadwill · Jan 2, 2011

Greetings,
Long story made short.
stopped in an antique store off the beaten path, I was browsing while a woman was getting a price on a 3/4 full 1 gallon ziplock bag of old silver coins.
she got $1600.
I asked the proprietor if he dealt in coins as i saw none on display, he stated he would buy them & sell as scrap to a dealer. I asked to look through the bag, lots of fine silver here, mostly dimes & quarters, I asked to buy them & save him the trip to the dealer,he said sure, I get $18 on the dollar.
I said I'll be back in 30 minutes, no go, he's closing up.
with what I had in my pocket I got 8 Dollars & 16 halfs (pre Franklin)
And a 1oz '1804 Draped Dollar' Silver round! it's Beautiful!
He then GAVE me 28 rolls of wheats the woman left.
I suppose he wants me back to buy a pair of bayonets I asked about.
most rolls are marked '1982 save' some are marked 30's, other are unmarked.
Went through a couple rolls so far,(saving the best looking for last)
Found this weakstruck 55, anyone know if this would have any value?
also found a 33d, 2-33s, & a 32. these have a little value.
I understand that this is sort of a CRH post, but since they weren't obtained from a bank & come under unusual circumstances, I thought members other than CRHers might be interested :hello:

Thanks for reading & Looking ! :thumbsup:

testing123 · Jan 2, 2011

Congrats on your haul!

I think silver is roughly going for 20x face, so at $18/dollar, you might want to pick up some more.

Looks like your wheat is caused by a grease-filled die. Not sure they carry much of a premium, but still a neat piece.

traverdog · Jan 2, 2011

Wow!! That's one way to do it!!

Erik in NJ · Jan 2, 2011

Nice error on that wheatie! I love finding error coins of all sorts and have found the few that I have (clipped planchets, die clash error) in the ground rather than in my change. I'll bet there are some good coins in that bag of silver - good luck if you go back and check it out!

Chug And Red · Jan 2, 2011

Hurry up LOL cant wait to see the roll marked 1919?

steelheadwill · Jan 2, 2011

testing123 said:
Congrats on your haul!

I think silver is roughly going for 20x face, so at $18/dollar, you might want to pick up some more.

Looks like your wheat is caused by a grease-filled die. Not sure they carry much of a premium, but still a neat piece.

Thanks for your replies!
Unfortunately, the coins were available at that time only.
They rest have been scrapped :'(

appreciate the penny info! :thumbsup:

HH !

rebeljim52 · Jan 2, 2011

That was a nice find.

mlayers · Jan 2, 2011

If he buys and sells al the time you can always go back and buy more from him. It's wourth a shot.....Matt

steelheadwill · Jan 2, 2011

He has no coins on display, as I understand, he just buys when someone wants to sell, & scraps them out immediately.
I left him a card, asking him to call if he ran into another 'Bag'
Maybe...

HISPAN · Jan 2, 2011

Interesting Story ... Iwould like to to see all coins . :thumbsup:

ANTIQUARIAN · Jan 2, 2011

Sounds like you saw a great opportunity and capitalized on it! :notworthy:

Now, that's a great trade, cash for silver! :icon_thumright:

Congrats Herbie,
Dave

Woodland Detectors · Jan 2, 2011

Nice Herbie!

Your always finding the good stuff

steelheadwill · Jan 3, 2011

HISPAN said:
Interesting Story ... Iwould like to to see all coins .

Thanks for all your replies!
Wondering if that 20X face quote is Buy or sell? if it's buy, I didn't get as good a deal as I thought. HMm, .9 X .71 X $30, yeah that's around $20 scrap value.
I'm glad now that I didn't get the whole bag, I don't have that kind of $$ to invest now, & probably would only have turned them over for what I paid.
But these are not scrap to me!! still getting them into folders.
Only the '81 is showing significant wear, the '22 Peace is AU, (I Think)
Greetings Hispan, here are pix of the Dollar Coins & The 1804 Round.
Not all are pretty, 3 Last Year issue Morgans :icon_scratch: