mad212 said:
I feel like I'm sitting on gems now
, my mother and my ex (who works at a bank) have quite a large collection going and I sometimes I get those extras they don't want anymore
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I wonder if a silver certificate will ever be a historical item since it was killed during the 30's?
I'll post a few pics of my fun coins I've put away, I just got all the new dollar coins just put in to circulation.
You can be... it really depends on the coin... i'd get them appraised so you know what you're dealing with. The coin market is kinda like the gun market... example...
Mosin-Nagant M91/30: $70, made in 1931
Mosin-Nagant: $300, made in the 1890s
Mosin-Nagant: $350, gun made in the 1890s, but refurbished in the 1940s
Mosin-Nagant: $400, gun made in the 1890s, but refurbished in the 1910s
It is based on how much history can be attributed to the item... refurbished in the 1940s gurantees it was used in WWII... refurbished in the 1910s gurantees it was in WWI (gurantee used loosely, but why else would the army refurbish a gun that has been sitting in a supply depot during war time?).
Saddly, unlike ANY other field, the coin collecting market puts the highest value on the mistakes that make it into circulation, over the older coins. So if you have a double headed nickel, or a mis-printed or mis-stamped coin, now THAT is the perverbial gold mine.
Silver notes are worth a decent amount, but in the past year i've seen a couple... but don't get your hopes down, they still sell.