Gold & Silver
Coins
Coin collecting often involves gold and silver. Older gold and silver coins can have a value greater than their intrinsic precious metal value. We can let you know if this is the case with your coins!
Some, like the British Sovereign, were produced in such large quantities that even the older ones are generally valued strictly for their gold content.
The number of coins made for a given year is called the ‘mintage’. ‘Key Dates’ are dates where coins were minted in low quantities.
Interestingly, many years not all coins were made, for different reasons. During the WWII era, we didn’t make silver dollars from 1940 – 1944. After that, we made fewest in 1948 – that is a ‘Key Date’.
We made just over 18,000 silver dollars in 1948. We made over 670,000 in 1949. Guess which one is more valuable?
Bars
We buy & sell all gold and silver bars. Generally, these are pure 999 silver or gold. Their price is determined by the current market price of gold and silver.
Some extremely ‘old’ & ‘odd’ Silver Bars can actually have a collector value too!
Flatware
We are always buying Sterling Silver Flatware. Generally, it will be marked “Sterling Silver”. Note; in a flatware set, the knives will have less of a value because the handles are not solid sterling silver & the blades are not silver at all.
Also, note that many sets have ‘numbers’ that are confusing. ROGERS 1848 for example is often thought to be MADE IN 1848, whereas, in reality, it is just a pattern number.
We buy ALL ITEMS that are Sterling Silver!
‘EP’ stamped on an item means Electro-Plated and won’t be worth much as underneath the plating is generally a base metal like copper or nickel/silver – denoted by ‘EPNS’.
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