Converting Numismatic Coin's into Generic Bullion?
 

Hello, I've been investing in silver for about 8 month's now. 1/3 of my bullion is "Numismatic" (If I'm using the term correctly). Nothing rare, but bought at a premium none the less. I was thinking about going down to my shop to trade these for generic silver. Had I invested that money into generic silver, I would double the weight in ounce's. My hope is to trade out these coins, and get back a lot more in generic silver. What have been your experiences in this situation?

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I have absolutely no experience in this situation.

However, I suggest doing the numbers quite carefully to ensure that transaction costs will line up feasibly

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Sadly, VERY BAD, bend over and grab your ankles. That said, It wont hurt to try as long as you do not get your hopes up. Nusimatics are for experts not me.:boxing:

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what kind of coins do you have?
maybe i'll trade.

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Years ago I bought a rare graded Silver Dollar then returned to the same Dealer to sell it five years after. He said that the "grade" was inflated and offered me less than I had originally paid him. It still had his own "grade" tag on the coin.

:smile: since then it is only bullion coins for me.

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Always best to diversfy, never have all your eggs in one basket, keep some bullion and some nusimatics, never know but I limit my nusimatics to around 20%, and that includes slabbed and 90%.

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Hey USpara, I traded in all my proof coin sets for Silver bullion a couple of years ago and am glad I did. Get a good trade though, some dealers will try to get over on you but you will eventually find someone who will make a fair trade.

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depending on what you have I'd say hold em, through the years when spot goes up graded coins go up even faster. a few years ago got some walkers slabbed and they are now worth three-four times the original price...
Just my opinion
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oooh I like this one

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If your numismatic purchases are of the low premium variety, i.e. less than 15% over spot, conversion is probably not worth the time and expense unless you are doing a face to face transaction with an individual who wants to trade bullion for numismatics.

But as a general rule, I think numismatics are a suckers game. WTSHTF, it really won't matter how shiny or rare something is. A very slight premium for recognizability is recommended by many, but even that is difficult to justify over the low cost of 90% pre-1965 coins.


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Para,
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That was when silver was around $7.00 an OZ. They haven't gone up at all, had I put that money in silver (over 4k,) I would have doubled it. A big rookie mistake, but I learned from it.

Mike

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WOW, thank you all for the quick response's.

What I have is nothing special. A roll of common date pre-21 morgans varing from "Very Fine" to "About Uncirculated". A few morgans PGSC MS 61. A few pre-21 BU morgans, some NGC 63 peace dollars, 61-64 mint sets and some 90% coins. And also some "Presidential Ingots" bars weighing in at 11.5 ounces each. I also have a roll of BU silver eagles that I consider "Numismatic". These are basically the items I paid a premium on.

I wouldn't mind keeping them, or atleast some items. Its just that I wish I had been smart and got the most silver for my cash. So I'm considering possibilities.

Just to use an example.

I'll say my numismatic coins contain 70 ounces silver. But the price paid or value for them is comparable to 140 ounces generic silver.

Would it be unrealistic to hope that a dealer might trade me generic silver close to the value of these items?

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Yes, it would be unrealistic. But there are other ways to convert, like Craigslist and ebay, for example.
But even at double the cost of generic, if you just keep them you'll be way ahead of the TV addled masses who have no silver at all when it hits $80 and ounce.

Back in 1980 a lot of pretty silver dollars got melted.

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"They say" the graded stuff is very legit, it would be interesting if you put that stuff to the test and tried to exchange it for bullion. I don't consider the common date morgans and SAE's Numismatic though, just higher premium Silver. Keep them IMHO

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That had to sting ouch!

E-A

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A coin shop will always deal but you may not get the best of it. Keep in mind he has overheads and must make a profit.

I would maybe take the best of the best and get them PCFG (whatever) graded and then try to convert the lowest grade to see how it feels to you.

The middle quality stuff is the Majority of your holdings so based on the lowest grade transaction you could make an informed opinion.

Also take you coins to a couple of different guys if possible to get a better feel for the market.

Electric-Amish

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"...I was thinking about going down to my shop to trade these for generic silver. Had I invested that money into generic silver, I would double the weight in ounce's. My hope is to trade out these coins, and get back a lot more in generic silver..."

My hope is to trade out these coins, and get back a lot more in generic silver

If you do not collect these coins and have no particular interest in them other than the metal they contain...then your post reads like you've answered your own question.

Trade 'em out. Shop around to get the best price, mark it down as a good learning experience, and move on with nothing lost...education is priceless.

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I would have shoved them down his throat. :s10: Brass balls.:favorites21:

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A dealer will not give you a good price for them.

Put them on ebay with a good picture and a good description. You might be surprised how many people bid them up.

I put some PCGS MS64 silver dollars on ebay once. Started the auctions all at $1. I made some nice big scans on the scanner. The bidders went crazy and bid some of them up to twice their greysheet value. Almost all got bid up to the greysheet value. :yippee:

If I had taken them to a dealer he might have offered half the greysheet value.

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"...I would have shoved them down his throat..."

You are much more a gentleman than I.

I'd too would have shoved them but it would have been upward from his other end.

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I would also say ebay, what the heck why not. I just picked up 25-1oz art bars that don't reallly interest me and I consider them generic but some seem to have a premium on ebay so I'll probably off them.

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You might have shoved them up his backside but then you would have been in jail.

I would have sued him for fraud and taken three times the value when I spanked him in court. :birthday:

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Check the statute of limitations on fraud for your state. You might consider suing him. You may be surprised to find out how long you can sue somebody for "intentional tort" like fraud. Also check and see if there is a "property crimes victims act." This law is in a lot of states and what it does is, if you win on certain crimes, like say, conversion (theft) or check deception (bad check writing) and maybe certain types of fraud claims, you can get treble, or punitive damages, or maybe lawyer's fees too, depending on what the statute says.

Coin dealers have been sued successfully over grading issues. I read of this in a book I bought recently about the coin trade. These were big money coin deals, not little ones, but the same principles would adhere.

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I considered it tuition to the School of Hard Knocks. It was only one coin and 25 years ago.

:smokin: taught me a valuable lesson

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aha! You are older than your youthful vigor style of posting suggests.