Archaeologists discover a hoard of silver Roman denarii coins at Vindolanda

Past Horizons ^ | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 | unattributed

[Rebelbase]

Old silver dollars are 90% silver and worth around $31/32 melt value today. Check your 1880’s coins for cc mint mark, Carson City. Those have a collector’s value above the melt value. Also, if any of those Morgan’s are tarnished they have a value higher than melt.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

My mother’s aunt had two old double Eagles that she, or rather my mother’s grandparents, never turned in to FDR. I do not know what happened to them.

BTW, Father Andreus thought that Patton was a very cultured and decent man and did not think the movie did him justice.

[SunkenCiv]

I wish my granddad hadn’t been so law-abiding, his cache of gold pieces would be worth a lot now.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! I’m not too sure the fam’ would all agree to such a disposal of ‘em. But, ask me again when silver hits $200. ;’)

[Travis McGee]

The coolest jewelry pendant I’ve seen is fairly common in FL after the Atocha recovery. A shiny, polished piece of eight is rimmed in gold to hang from a gold chain. Very cool. Wearing history.

[Travis McGee]

[colorado tanker]

In the latter 1700's the coins with the Pillars of Hercules on the obverse were the ones coined in the Americas.

[colorado tanker]

IMHO, Andrew Jackson was responsible for a lot of the 19th Century currency chaos.

[colorado tanker]

Thanks for the links. I especially enjoyed the three versions of how the bank fooled the bank examiner!

[SunkenCiv]

That would be a good documentary to view again, thanks for the reminder. :’)

[SunkenCiv]

Strange that it was so easy, usually gov’t employees are the creme d’ la creme.

[colorado tanker]

:-))