Coin and Paper Money Collecting/hello question

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Expert: - 2/16/2010


Question

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i have a 1 troy ounce 999 silver coin. it has no date to it but it is very detailed on both sides. im just wondering what this coin is currently going for? also on the other side of the coin is a house with horse and buggey and 2 trees

Answer
Tyler, my guess would be that it is silver value, now in the range of $16 per ounce.  You can try finding someone selling something like it at www.ebay.com by searching for 1 troy ounce silver bird horse (or some search like that).  If you can find someone selling a piece like yours, you'll see what the asked price is, but better yet, can see if there are any bids.  Jim

Jim Lawniczak

Expertise

I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.

Experience

Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.

Organizations
TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)

Publications
TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins

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