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Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:54 pm
by neilgin1
oh man, this has me salivating......i wish i had a full roll of these bad boys!

http://cgi.ebay.com/1932-S-Washington-Q ... 9984698986

one of my prides is that i got a full roll of 1932 Washington's, but they're g4's, MAYBE a few 8's...but still i love them, they remind of the grandmother who raised me, and would tell me tales of the Great Depression. But one of the stupidest things i ever did was when 90's were trading 15X, there came up a role of GEM/BU 1936 Washingtons, and i was getting cute, y'know, saving a nickel to lose a dollar, and i got sniped at $215, whn i should of just put up a $350 bid. it was just stupid of me...1936 is the year my mother was born...oh well.

its a great looking coin, at least i have my roll of 1932 "4's"...good enough for me. best to you all, neil

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:07 pm
by neilgin1
i like this guys "store"...he just doesnt sell rolls, but i dont think i did so bad buying a roll of 1932 Washington g-4's, i think i paid $160-170, and here's one he's got trading:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1932-D-Washington-Q ... 415c60a711

but the next to it, a 1932 GEM/BU

http://cgi.ebay.com/1932-Washington-Qua ... 3f0cce4d96

okay...now you guys can bid this one up...lol

man, i just love 20th century 90% silver American coins, i wouldnt wanna stack anything else....to me a Washington quarter is a thing of beauty, THAT IS, those minted before 1965!!!..frigging LBJ. ...George Washington! who could ask for more!

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:34 pm
by 68Camaro
I've never paid any attention to Washington quarter dates. Next time I sort for quality and slicks I'll have to look for early 30s.

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:35 pm
by 68Camaro
68Camaro wrote:I've never paid any attention to Washington quarter dates. Next time I sort for quality and slicks I'll have to look for early 30s.


Ummm. That would be, if I had any silver I would do this for you...

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:35 pm
by neilgin1
68Camaro wrote:I've never paid any attention to Washington quarter dates. Next time I sort for quality and slicks I'll have to look for early 30s.


i like them coz of the history,things were so bad, they didnt even mint 1933 quarters, and i like that roll coz...think about this, in 32, 33.....a quarter would buy you a pretty good dinner, or some dinner groceries. and when i hold one of them quarters, i try and imagine whose hand clutched this, glad they could eat that night, many years ago. thats why the roll is special to me

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:51 am
by beauanderos
neilgin1 wrote:
68Camaro wrote:I've never paid any attention to Washington quarter dates. Next time I sort for quality and slicks I'll have to look for early 30s.


i like them coz of the history,things were so bad, they didnt even mint 1933 quarters, and i like that roll coz...think about this, in 32, 33.....a quarter would buy you a pretty good dinner, or some dinner groceries. and when i hold one of them quarters, i try and imagine whose hand clutched this, glad they could eat that night, many years ago. thats why the roll is special to me

I take a moment to pause, and consider, what was going on at the time every time I find a 1929 penny. Bet you didn't find too many coins laying around on the ground back then!

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:09 am
by 68Camaro
Yep - found a 29 yesterday, did the same thing...

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:00 am
by ardorlan
neilgin1 wrote:oh man, this has me salivating......i wish i had a full roll of these bad boys!

http://cgi.ebay.com/1932-S-Washington-Q ... 9984698986

one of my prides is that i got a full roll of 1932 Washington's, but they're g4's, MAYBE a few 8's...but still i love them, they remind of the grandmother who raised me, and would tell me tales of the Great Depression. But one of the stupidest things i ever did was when 90's were trading 15X, there came up a role of GEM/BU 1936 Washingtons, and i was getting cute, y'know, saving a nickel to lose a dollar, and i got sniped at $215, whn i should of just put up a $350 bid. it was just stupid of me...1936 is the year my mother was born...oh well.

its a great looking coin, at least i have my roll of 1932 "4's"...good enough for me. best to you all, neil


I saw one of these 1932 S on Pawn Stars, it turned out to be a fake

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:50 pm
by warthog
beauanderos wrote:
neilgin1 wrote:
68Camaro wrote:I've never paid any attention to Washington quarter dates. Next time I sort for quality and slicks I'll have to look for early 30s.


i like them coz of the history,things were so bad, they didnt even mint 1933 quarters, and i like that roll coz...think about this, in 32, 33.....a quarter would buy you a pretty good dinner, or some dinner groceries. and when i hold one of them quarters, i try and imagine whose hand clutched this, glad they could eat that night, many years ago. thats why the roll is special to me

I take a moment to pause, and consider, what was going on at the time every time I find a 1929 penny. Bet you didn't find too many coins laying around on the ground back then!


My parents house/lot was built sometime in the 30's on fill that came from the former site of the town dump. Every so often when weeding the garden with dad we would find a crusty old coin. Our finds include a 3 or 4 indians, a couple of V nickles, a merc and a barber quarter (all in pretty bad condition but nothing modern) plus dozens of nifty old store tokens and medals. Part of the fun of spring tilling was seeing what 'treasures' would turn up each year!

Even back then, pocket change got lost I guess.

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:54 am
by neilgin1
warthog wrote:
My parents house/lot was built sometime in the 30's on fill that came from the former site of the town dump. Every so often when weeding the garden with dad we would find a crusty old coin. Our finds include a 3 or 4 indians, a couple of V nickles, a merc and a barber quarter (all in pretty bad condition but nothing modern) plus dozens of nifty old store tokens and medals. Part of the fun of spring tilling was seeing what 'treasures' would turn up each year!

Even back then, pocket change got lost I guess.


man! that must make tilling fun...plus you always know you got your micronutrients kicking out in the soil, double bonus! i'm green.

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:27 pm
by BOHICA
neilgin1 wrote:
warthog wrote:
My parents house/lot was built sometime in the 30's on fill that came from the former site of the town dump. Every so often when weeding the garden with dad we would find a crusty old coin. Our finds include a 3 or 4 indians, a couple of V nickles, a merc and a barber quarter (all in pretty bad condition but nothing modern) plus dozens of nifty old store tokens and medals. Part of the fun of spring tilling was seeing what 'treasures' would turn up each year!

Even back then, pocket change got lost I guess.


man! that must make tilling fun...plus you always know you got your micronutrients kicking out in the soil, double bonus! i'm green.


Have you ever thought about taking a metal detector out there?

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:03 pm
by warthog
BOHICA wrote:
neilgin1 wrote:
warthog wrote:
My parents house/lot was built sometime in the 30's on fill that came from the former site of the town dump. Every so often when weeding the garden with dad we would find a crusty old coin. Our finds include a 3 or 4 indians, a couple of V nickles, a merc and a barber quarter (all in pretty bad condition but nothing modern) plus dozens of nifty old store tokens and medals. Part of the fun of spring tilling was seeing what 'treasures' would turn up each year!

Even back then, pocket change got lost I guess.


man! that must make tilling fun...plus you always know you got your micronutrients kicking out in the soil, double bonus! i'm green.


Have you ever thought about taking a metal detector out there?


heh, every so often the tines would kick up a piece of a wagon wheel or a horseshoe! Exciting for me indeed! Not so much fun for Dad running the tiller (oh the swear words I heard at such a tender age!) Mostly the good finds came in late summer after the rains had washed away some of the loose dirt. The downside is that there was also a lot of broken glass/crockery and coal slag and other artifacts in there too...you never really did know what you would run accross and we would often spend our Coca-cola breaks in the shade trying to figure out what some particular artifact was or came off of. Last trip back home there was still a healthy collection of neat little bottles recovered over the years on a shelf in the garage I'm not sure but there is a good chance the cigar box with our finds is probably around somewhere as well. It sure did make weeding the 1/2 acre garden less tedious though.

I've thought about getting a metal detector a few times, but never really got around to doing it. Partially because there is so much junk down there i think you would need a pretty expensive model to eliminate all the clutter (although I haven't really priced one in a long time.. i bet technological advances have made them much better and much cheaper). Partially because I don't really know much about that particular hobby (I know the guys who get into it seem to get WAAAAY into it so there's probably something to it). I suspect though that most coins coming out of the ground like that will have to be cleaned and not really worth much nusmismatically. Im guessing that the fun of treasure hunting is probably more for the thrill of the discovery rather than for huge financial gains. Hmm.. I might well be wrong about that though... maybe I want a metal detector for christmas! :lol:

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:18 am
by beauanderos
neilgin1 wrote: maybe I want a metal detector for christmas! :lol:
Well, alright... I had my finger poised over the key to get this for you for Christmas... but since you just want a metal detector :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-058-500-SILVER-PA ... 519a90c5bc

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:26 pm
by warthog
free shipping!

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:56 am
by neilgin1
beauanderos wrote:
neilgin1 wrote: maybe I want a metal detector for christmas! :lol:
Well, alright... I had my finger poised over the key to get this for you for Christmas... but since you just want a metal detector :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-058-500-SILVER-PA ... 519a90c5bc


Raymundo, that is a beautiful thing....i been thinking about that offering....as you know, i'm decidely and comfortably middle class. i might or might stack, we know that. i know quite a few high net individuals, whatever. but i was thinking what if, i got lucky with one of those goofy dollar lotto's ...win 12 mil, net 5, i'd be on this thing in a second, BUT the second call i'd make is to Utah Shelter System's....they make a really nice product, and i say that coz my older brother, he's a veteran arborist aorund here, and he was working on this rich guys hanging trees, noticed a bunch of boys mounding and excavating, etc,.......and asked one of them, a real dunceski, "what you boys doing"...this guy says, "building a bomb shelter"....just unbelievable. His partner quickly say, "no no, we're just making a root cellar"......now, my bro and me are the good guys. we dont mess with folks, etc...but now, many many people in this rural area KNOW there's some rich dude with a bomb shelter and God knows what, at road xyz? that is so ill advised and unwise, i cant even imagine how some folks dont think things thru properly, but...oh well.

anyway, nice eye, a feller can dream, cant he...but i sure am happy with what i got. maybe i might go get a lotto ticket.

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:39 am
by beauanderos
neilgin1 wrote:
beauanderos wrote:
neilgin1 wrote: maybe I want a metal detector for christmas! :lol:
Well, alright... I had my finger poised over the key to get this for you for Christmas... but since you just want a metal detector :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-058-500-SILVER-PA ... 519a90c5bc


Raymundo, that is a beautiful thing....i been thinking about that offering....as you know, i'm decidely and comfortably middle class. i might or might stack, we know that. i know quite a few high net individuals, whatever. but i was thinking what if, i got lucky with one of those goofy dollar lotto's ...win 12 mil, net 5, i'd be on this thing in a second, BUT the second call i'd make is to Utah Shelter System's....they make a really nice product, and i say that coz my older brother, he's a veteran arborist aorund here, and he was working on this rich guys hanging trees, noticed a bunch of boys mounding and excavating, etc,.......and asked one of them, a real dunceski, "what you boys doing"...this guy says, "building a bomb shelter"....just unbelievable. His partner quickly say, "no no, we're just making a root cellar"......now, my bro and me are the good guys. we dont mess with folks, etc...but now, many many people in this rural area KNOW there's some rich dude with a bomb shelter and God knows what, at road xyz? that is so ill advised and unwise, i cant even imagine how some folks dont think things thru properly, but...oh well.

anyway, nice eye, a feller can dream, cant he...but i sure am happy with what i got. maybe i might go get a lotto ticket.

Wouldn't mind having a nice little (BIG) underground complex myself... well-disguised beneath a home built atop, with air vents enclosed within a chimney shaft, etc, closed-circuit tv system, tunneled escape routes, etc. Or, a home with a concealed "panic room" at the least. Alas, I live in an apartment complex. I merely like to dream aloud about ever owning precious metals.

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:53 am
by neilgin1
same here ray, i just dream about owning any metals, and i sure do like to talk about them...thats the fun part, talking about silver, wish i could actually own some...oh well.

Re: Here's what i want for Christmas!!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:16 pm
by warthog
I gotta figure a guy who has the forethought and means to make such a preparation probably given has thought about security as well. Making an unannounced call in a time of distress would probably be the last thing you want to do. While it certainly isn't a good idea to advertise.. locals are going to know anyway. Especially in small town america where there is little else to do sometimes than mind everyone else's business.