To add my two cents, I’m keeping my FH silver medal, and that’s that! I like it. I’m a collector, it’s what I do. I need to take my coins out and enjoy them more. I’m happy with my collection. The FH silver is a very nice addition (even if it ISN’T a coin, LOL). 😀

I missed out on the three roll set I wanted of Anna May Wong. I did purchase a three roll set each of Jovita Idar and Celia Cruz, which I wanted. If I wanted each of the three mints for my collection, buying the missing coins (S), is less expensive per coin than buying rolls just to have one coin. I may do that. After the 250th anniversary of American Independence, I may call it quits for contemporary coins. It’s too expensive. I’ll continue with my ASEs, Morgan and Peace Dollars though. Gold is for someone else. There are so many older dates which interest me more than today’s (2024, etc.). When the time comes to finally sell, I’ll have enough to have a pretty nest egg to add to my retirement and SS.

I really like the Standing Liberty, unfortunately the design wears down too quickly. As a boy, any found in circulation (in the ’60s) had Liberty as nothing more than a silhouette and the date worn off. I did get my first Indian Head Cent dated 1907 from a coin vending machine with a Standing Liberty Quarter without a date, thus starting my Indian Head Cent collection.

Kaiser,

No biggie! I’m very happy turning $500 into $1000. If I had waited, I could have turned that $500 into $2000. You just never know what’s going to happen, it could remain the same, go up or down in value. It’s a gamble. I’m NOT a greedy person. I’ve asked Sellers to lower their prices many times and more often than not, they will. There are some that either won’t or can’t for whatever reason. I figure a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. More times than not, actually, many times more times than not, if you wait to Sell, you’ll end up being disappointed. I’ve learned you strike while the irons HOT! I don’t know if it’s the FOMO at play or if it’s just so popular, they’ve got to have it. I don’t really believe I’m a “flipper” as I think I buy and sell, some for my personal collection and some to fund my personal collection. I do not use any of my coin money on anything but more coins I like for myself. It keeps my wife much happier, lol! She says to me, I don’t care if you buy more coins but you’ve got to sell some to buy more. I’d rather keep all I purchase but…………ya gotta keep the Boss happy. I do not enjoy listings coins to sell, answering questions from Buyers, packaging up the coin(s) once it sells, printing up a shipping label and taking it to the PO. It’s not difficult really at all, just a few steps to do, takes a little time. I’m able to collect more of what I want this way and I keep my Wife happy. I will admit tho, it does feel good to make a good score on a coin either by both selling or buying. It also gives me a hobby and something to do with my time.

My wife and I went hunting day before yesterday. We got a couple deer but we found out at 70 for me and at 66 for my wife, we had a real hard time dragging them out and getting them loaded into the truck. We paid for it too! We were so whooped and sore! I’ve had three spine surgeries, a back fusion and a neck fusion so I have to be careful what I do. We depend on hunting for our food. Beef here is really expensive. We are still paying almost $5 gal for gas. We will continue hunting as long as we can. Hunting is something that we love and enjoy and it feeds us plus gives us something to do. We want to thrive not just survive 😉

Well, as always, Good Luck ALL!!!

Sam-I-Am,
Thank you very much. Now we know.

You’re welcome Kaiser. It was meant to be a rhetorical question. It could have been, “Do you trust the government?”

Antonio,

Per Wikipedia, here’s the link to the etymology of “dime”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin)

“Disme” was an Old French word meaning tithe, or one tenth; derived from Latin. It’s the only US coin not denoted in either cents or fractions of a dollar.

Thanks for the update AKBob! I noticed that in the last few days, sales running about $199-$250. One seller has a listing at $399.00 or best offer, having sold over 20 coins. I didn’t see any of his sales for $399 though. Anyhow, I probably should sell one of mine, just too busy with other stuff currently. You probably could sell those Black Label versions easily for $249-$399+ currently? I do expect that striking while the iron was hot, was probably the best move as often as you noted the bottom drops out on the secondary market fairly rapidly, more often than not. The market is flooded with the Flowing Hair Silver Medals and that market will start to see prices dropping soon IMO.

I saw on Ebay, one Seller is selling the Silver Eagle w/star privy, MS70, 1st of 50K, for $399.99 and he’s sold 5 already! The same one you and I purchased. Now I wish I still had those 5 in the black core holders that I already sold, lol! I’ve learned tho usually if you hang on and wait, whatever it is seems to usually go down in value, so I try to strike while the irons hot! I’m still happy about doubling my money, from a $500 purchase to a $1000 Sale. That’s a pretty good ROI. Sometimes you win and sometimes you really win! 😉

Well, as always, Good Luck ALL!!!