there are still boxes of coins in old ladies attics...

I have been collecting for almost 30 years...with some down time for many years in the middle...I've now been seriously collecting again for almost 10 years. Most of my friends and acquaintances know that I collect coins. Word gets around---and about once a month (at least) someone says to me "I have some old coins that ( insert: grandma, Aunt, father etc etc ) left to me--will you take a look?"

I usually ask a few feeler questions--then I'll either offer to meet them, have them bring them by or--if it sounds promising--go to look at them in their home. Most of the time it is a common Silver Dollar or 2, some nearly dateless buffs, a few mercs from the 1940's and a small hoard of wheats....Once in a while it's a little better and there are a few that might deserve a slab.....

On Monday I was off for the holiday and had arranged to meet an older gentleman from my church. He was getting rid of some old boxes --donating any worthwhile stuff to the church missionary rummage sale/fundraiser. Some of the boxes were from his sister who had passed on and he had never even opened them.

To cut to the chase, two of these boxes were loaded to the gills with coins !!! WOW--the dream scenario...I spent a large portion of the day just separating the various bags, little metal tins, rolls..etc etc..into denominations. I picked out a few that just grabbed my eye (without really going through them yet--just a few that stood out)...and set them aside

I told him that he had way more than I could afford to buy at that time...so we struck a deal...I took 300 of the silver dollars with me and gave him a promissory note for $3,000 to be paid in one week....(I also gave him a check for $500 for some of the others I had set aside while sorting them)

I sold most of the silver dollars very cheap to friends of mine at a coin trading website...and will have the gentlemans money for him by this Monday. I made a little profit on the 240 I sold and still have 60 left that I might slowly sell on ebay for funds for my upcoming 1941-S Walker hunt ( for my registry set)...I also plan on picking up the rest of the box's contents when I drop off the check to him....I'll write more about the rest of the contents when I get them in hand and really get a chance to look through it....

The older gentleman is happy because it's a windfall he was unaware of and he had no idea how to liquidate them. My friends at the trading website are happy because they got rolls of silver dollars at around melt value ( lots of High end BU's in these) and I'm happy because the profit was enough to pay Heritage the money I owe them for my 1943-S MS66 Walker I won at their last auction...

I'm down to needing just 2 Walkers to finish my set...and I've moved up to the 28th spot (my goal is a first page/top 25 spot)

Here's a picture of my dining room table Monday night....