Cashing In

When 2011 rolled around I was dismayed at the price I was going to have to pay for my Chinese Panda set and was told that gold and silver prices were way up. I had never really paid attention to these prices.

I decided that after 14 years of storing and toting the heavy "Secret Collection" from part 3 that maybe I would sell. I found a place in my city that had good Google reviews and went to get an estimate. I was shocked to find that I would be given 28 times face. I will never forget when the proprietor held up one thin dime and told me it was worth $2.80. I did not sell at the peak but pretty close.

I took my 4 bags down and they were put through a coin sorter and it was determined that there was approximately $4300 face. It did hit a nerve when he called it "junk silver". Little did he know that I had spent 2190 hours collecting that silver from my Dad's cash register drawers. I was just grateful for the inheritance my Dad had left for me.

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