Clad for silver "trade in"....

[Wyatt Earp]

This will help folks understand why finding clad can be just as fun as finding the older stuff. My wife and I have an agreement....whatever I buy with money from this hobby...is my business. So........

Here's what I decided to do with my 50 dollars in modern clad coinage.....

I have spent 40 dollars (which includes postage) on the following coins. I almost never find half dollars....and while I've found 4 seated dimes to date...I've found only one barber dime. These are purchases made on eBay......so I'll let you know if I get hosed on any of this stuff. I have had relatively good luck using eBay, and I think I made some OK buys....even though there's nothing earth shattering here...it's better than clad.

1902 Barber Half Dollar................VG
1917 Walking Liberty Half Dollar.....F
1936-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar....VF
1942 Walking Liberty half Dollar.......VF+
1911 Barber dime......................F
1907-S Barber dime......full rim G
1913 Barber dime..........F+
1914 Barber dime..........F+
1914 barber dime...........VF
1912-D V nickel................G
3 mercury dimes and one indian head penny.....dates unknown....these were seller "bonus" items.

12 pieces of silver.....and another indian head for my trinket box. Add that to the 19 I dug, and that's 31 pcs of silver in 6 weeks, and even if it isn't all "dug".....I will enjoy owning these more than the crusty clad stuff, not to mention that it weighs less and takes up less space. There's no "down" side.

I have 10 bucks of modern clad which I have not yet spent.

I'll post pics of the booty when everything gets here. This could make finding primarily clad more tolerable.

Wyatt

[marine03116092]

That is a great idea! I might start doing the same!

AJ

[raw-war-digger]

Hey Wyatt, I usually hunt for Civil War Relics or the Old Home sites. I started selling my commonly dug bullets, buttons and other items of less interest on eBay. After selling these items I would buy something that I thought I'd never dig. Well it's built up my CW Collection and now I have a few duplicates.

Continued Luck, HH Roger

[Wyatt Earp]

Here are pics of the coins from eBay.....we'll see if they're the same ones I get. In every instance..they are represented as the exact coins in the listings.

Wyatt

[Wyatt Earp]

...and a few more....just 4.99 postpaid for the 1914 Barber dime...

Greg...You can delete these after awhile if you want to.

Wyatt

[Wyatt Earp]

Hi Roger.......It makes sense to me. I have a couple civil war buttons that were "incidental" finds in nearby carmichaels Pa. One's a general issue union coat button, back missing and full of some kind of concretion...and the other is a Union Cavalry coat button. I found them in the grassy area at the drive in theatre about 10 years ago.

Wyatt

[Wyatt Earp]

Well.....I got the first of my "non-dug" eBay purchases. The 1902 Barber Half Dollar arrived this morning, and I couldn't be happier. Everybody is quick to tell eBay horror stories....but this seller sent the coin before I even sent payment (actually about the same time) and it is exactly as represented, 3 letters of liberty still visible (R-T-Y), crisp and full rim on the reverse....12.50 ppd....and since the money was "dirty dig-um-ups".....I'm much happier with the Barber.

Wyatt

[hoser]

Makes perfect sense to me. Why not turn the clad to old collectable coins. Thats a great idea. Then you would have something more than milk money.

[Wyatt Earp]

I actually intend to use the 1913 Barber dime as a before and after "victim" for a TQ newsletter article dealing with removal of silver sulfide. It's ugly as it is, but it has great potential....and for 99 cents....if the potential isn't fully reallized (I've no reason to expect that it won't be) I won't have to lose any sleep over it. If the potential is reallized...it's worth more than a buck. It looks to be in VF cond otherwise.

Wyatt

[Wyatt Earp]

I have found nearly 9 dollars worth of clad the past 3 evenings....so I scored this 1906 Barber half on eBay tonight for just 8 dollars ppd. It's not in great shape (though I've seen much worse for more money)...but it's one I'd have a tougher time finding.

Now to clean up this crusty clad......and trade it for paper.

Wyatt