Anyone collect coins here???

[rtross]

Since you guys collect, let me ask you a related question:

Please explain the significant decrease in interest of coin collecting and the absolute collapse of stamp collecting.
Not meant to be an insult, but that seems to be true.

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[StampsInk9mm]

A silver dollar has about .78 oz of silver in it

26.73G to be exact.

 

[Trader805]

Resurrecting the thread.

I am casually collecting silver dollars and was wondering if anyone was interested in trading? I have a long way to go on the Morgans and Peace, so I have a need for more ‘common’ dates as well as the hard to find / more expensive. I have duplicates of several, so maybe we can trade. Looking at Fine and up. Not necessarily AU 50 or above

Not looking for those of you that like to value yours at 110% retail but give 60% for my trade.

I have other coins as well, if you are looking to complete a set in other denominations.

 

[Klif]

Sold some Carson City Morgan's today. I do have a great key date well possibly the rarest Morgan dollar out of all the mints. the Carson City key date 1885 because that mint only produced 228,000.. it's the key date
*1885 CC Morgan Silver dollar

No offense to you but I wouldn't buy an expensive coin, especially a CC dollar unless it was in an NGC or PCGS slab and the barcode scanned and the certification number matched what was in the certification and the true view photo matched the coin 100%. If you look on Ebay about 90% of the big coins being sold there got their start in China. It's a scary place to shop out there now.

Not saying anything at all about your coins, just talking in generalities.

 

[StampsInk9mm]

Resurrecting the thread.

I am casually collecting silver dollars and was wondering if anyone was interested in trading? I have a long way to go on the Morgans and Peace, so I have a need for more ‘common’ dates as well as the hard to find / more expensive. I have duplicates of several, so maybe we can trade. Looking at Fine and up. Not necessarily AU 50 or above

Not looking for those of you that like to value yours at 110% retail but give 60% for my trade.

I have other coins as well, if you are looking to complete a set in other denominations.

If you can send a list of the Morgans and peace dollars also mint marks your looking for I know a guy that has some from AU50 to MS65 also "CC" Morgans.. for those who don't know "CC" stands for Carson City.. he's my next door neighbor..

 

[StampsInk9mm]

Since you guys collect, let me ask you a related question:

Please explain the significant decrease in interest of coin collecting and the absolute collapse of stamp collecting.
Not meant to be an insult, but that seems to be true.

Thanks, and subscribed for your comments.

The younger generation likes collecting video games and STD's 😂 I'm 36 (37 in a few days) but I collect coins & currency.. I have my great grandfather's collection and my Grandfather's collection plus what I have added.. I sell my lower grade duplicates.. even sold quite a few Carson City Morgan dollars a while back..

 

[Klif]

Since you guys collect, let me ask you a related question:

Please explain the significant decrease in interest of coin collecting and the absolute collapse of stamp collecting.
Not meant to be an insult, but that seems to be true.

Thanks, and subscribed for your comments.

This is an old post but I will jump in. First stamps were over printed and over sold. 3 cent and 4 cent and even 5 cent stamps were saved in the 1940s and 1950s and so many were saved that they were being sold in the 1990s at less than face value. The USPS and other countries printed a new stamp every time you turned around and flooded the market. Then the internet came and the number of letters requiring stamps dropped and in general the younger generation lost interest over all and couldn't even keep up buying albums to put 30 cents stamps in that you ended up spending a half dollar more for the mount and the stamp page. A few high end stamps are still being traded but the day of buying a $5 accumulation of stamps in a cloth bag and finding somethng worth something are long gone.

Coins are still be actively collected but the number of new collectors entering the hobby is dropping. Most people don't even carry change or use currency now and the opportunity to go to Grandma's house and look through her change are are few to none. Coins are rapidly coming to be a rich mans game. You can't order the yearly proof sets and mint sets from the mint for less than $100.

But, I still go to the bank and ask for rolls of half dollars. Few months ago the teller said she had $450 face and I bought them all. They all came from the grandkids of an old man that hoarded Kennedy halves for years. They rolled them and turned them in. I pulled 3 rolls of 40% silver halves and 2 and 1/2 rolls of 90% including a Franklin Half and a Walking Liberty half. That was good money but doesn't happen often.

Lets not talk about my Lionel and HO train collections and the money sunk into them that will never see the light of day.

 

[StampsInk9mm]

No offense to you but I wouldn't buy an expensive coin, especially a CC dollar unless it was in an NGC or PCGS slab and the barcode scanned and the certification number matched what was in the certification and the true view photo matched the coin 100%. If you look on Ebay about 90% of the big coins being sold there got their start in China. It's a scary place to shop out there now.

Not saying anything at all about your coins, just talking in generalities.

All of my Carson City dollars are Slabbed and graded by NCG or PCGS and have COA with them. I sale the duplicate or the slab for same price because all of mine are 100% genuine. Idk who trusts eBay with silver dollars or even a quality knife at that..😂😂 I know what ya mean tho, there's some shady folks out there always looking to make a quick buck at someone else's expense..sad but true.. a lot of copies out there!!

 

[shootsacanon]

Since you guys collect, let me ask you a related question:

Please explain the significant decrease in interest of coin collecting and the absolute collapse of stamp collecting.
Not meant to be an insult, but that seems to be true.

Thanks, and subscribed for your comments.

Kind of funny, kind of sad story. My grandpa, maybe 6-12 months before his death, was getting his affairs in order. He had worked for the post office until retirement, & had collected some stamp sets that he’d hoped had gone up in value over the years (bicentennial 50 state set, etc). I looked on eBay for him, & had to deliver the news that the set (face value in ‘76 of $6.50) was currently being offered on eBay for $11-$13. Not quite the inheritance he’d hoped to pass along. A short time later, he mailed me a small package using the bicentennial stamps for the postage.

 

[StampsInk9mm]

Kind of funny, kind of sad story. My grandpa, maybe 6-12 months before his death, was getting his affairs in order. He had worked for the post office until retirement, & had collected some stamp sets that he’d hoped had gone up in value over the years (bicentennial 50 state set, etc). I looked on eBay for him, & had to deliver the news that the set (face value in ‘76 of $6.50) was currently being offered on eBay for $11-$13. Not quite the inheritance he’d hoped to pass along. A short time later, he mailed me a small package using the bicentennial stamps for the postage.

Sorry to hear that man... sad