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Title: If you can identify this silver round for me I'll send you an Indian Head Penny Post by: johnniewalker on March 13, 2013, 01:45:31 AM So I was at my local coin shop for my weekly visit and I asked what kind of rounds they had available. They said an old guy had come in this weekend and cashed all of his silver out. Among old Engelhard and JM bars (which I grabbed), I found these rounds I had never seen before. I liked the look of them cause they were simple and raw, and obviously old. I have been looking for about an hour and I can't find anything on who minted it/where/when it was minted. If you figure it out for me I'll send you a pre-1900 Indian head penny for free. Here's the pictures (front and back):
http://s16.postimage.org/cj3dxgw7l/round1.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/cj3dxgw7l/) http://s16.postimage.org/afsypswep/round2.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/afsypswep/) Title: Re: If you can identify this silver round for me I'll send you an Indian Head Penny Post by: bytedisorder on March 13, 2013, 02:00:56 AM Tried, but no luck. There are no year or mint markings of any kind on the coin. Looks like an old generic silver round.
Title: Re: If you can identify this silver round for me I'll send you an Indian Head Penny Post by: tkbx on March 13, 2013, 02:23:37 AM So I was at my local coin shop for my weekly visit and I asked what kind of rounds they had available. They said an old guy had come in this weekend and cashed all of his silver out. Among old Engelhard and JM bars (which I grabbed), I found these rounds I had never seen before. I liked the look of them cause they were simple and raw, and obviously old. I have been looking for about an hour and I can't find anything on who minted it/where/when it was minted. If you figure it out for me I'll send you a pre-1900 Indian head penny for free. Here's the pictures (front and back): No clue what it is, probably a private mint that's long gone by now.http://s16.postimage.org/cj3dxgw7l/round1.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/cj3dxgw7l/) http://s16.postimage.org/afsypswep/round2.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/afsypswep/) That reminded me of when I went to a coin dealer near where I live and spent like $11 on a penny from 1899 in very poor condition, just to say I have a pre-1900 coin. Title: Re: If you can identify this silver round for me I'll send you an Indian Head Penny Post by: johnniewalker on March 13, 2013, 03:07:07 AM I bought it at 75 cents over spot, I was just curious. I'm thinking maybe Sunshine Mint. In the '80s they were called "Sunshine Mining" and their logo was a circle that said "Silver Eagle" although it was facing the other way and it had something besides stars on the sides. Who knows. Silver is silver I suppose.
Title: Re: If you can identify this silver round for me I'll send you an Indian Head Penny Post by: atomicdog on March 13, 2013, 01:50:53 PM closest I could find was this one from GG Mining. Maybe they changed their design at some point, but it has a lot of similarities with your coin.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SILVER-EAGLE-G-G-MINING-MINI-999-SILVER-RARE-COOL-PIECE-/380449294134 Title: Re: If you can identify this silver round for me I'll send you an Indian Head Penny Post by: greyhawk on March 13, 2013, 01:56:47 PM closest I could find was this one from GG Mining. Maybe they changed their design at some point, but it has a lot of similarities with your coin. http://www.ebay.com/itm/SILVER-EAGLE-G-G-MINING-MINI-999-SILVER-RARE-COOL-PIECE-/380449294134 The only similarity is really those two stars at the side. Everything else is completely different. Title: Re: If you can identify this silver round for me I'll send you an Indian Head Penny Post by: ironcross360 on March 13, 2013, 02:09:59 PM Closest. It was probably minted in china or only 10 were minted http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/10191/10902119_1.jpg?v=8CE10487068E170
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