My grandfather who passed away about 20 years ago was a coin collector. He left behind many, many coins. At one time, he had numerous coins from 300-400 B.C. as well as the tooling that made them! Those were all donated to a museum years ago. Anyway, I finally - after 20 years - got around to going through some of the coins last weekend. It is shocking how little value any of these coins have.
Example: a silver 1525 coin from Medieval Hungary rated "Very Fine" condition. So nearly
500 years old
A little google searching found them available for as little as .... wait for it ..... $15. Some of these dealers have coins dating back to the 1300's for as little as $8! Even some of the B.C. stuff can be had for $50/coin. I was joking with my mother that the old cigar boxes that the coins are in are probably worth more than the coins. Believe it or not, they are
Some of the 60's era cigar boxes are worth $20 and more.
How can a paper cigar box be worth more than a 500 year old silver coin? Supply and demand I suppose but holy crap
I may just put everything back in the boxes and go work on my cars ....
