Did I ask you a stupid question? After all, coins are bought. Isn't it? Most of the time, coins are actually bought. But not always.
Some of you may be diving to shipwrecks. Another is running around the countryside with a detector. Someone is winning contests hosted by #silvergoldstackers.
I live in a landlocked state. A metal detector would get you in trouble with the law in my state.
I used to change coins a lot as a kid. Mostly on terms that were good for me. I knew more than any other kid. But now I buy coins most of the time, too.
I come to the second question. Who do you buy coins from? Probably from a coin dealer. Or someone else?
There are junk dealers. Dealers who buy an entire estate for $100 and sell it for $2,000. Or piecemeal from crates. And that's the case with these coins.
Before the internet, you could buy these coins almost in bulk. In the last 20 years or so, it's become increasingly difficult. Junk dealers can trace a lot of things. The vast majority of them can at least recognize gold and silver. But not all of them.
And that's why even today, occasionally, a deal still gets done. And that's the case here. I'm ashamed to say how little I paid for these coins. Less than the price of the metal. Much less.
I've featured these coins before. These are Czechoslovakian crowns:
20 Kč, diameter 34 mm, weight 12 g of silver, purity 700/1000, minted 1933-1934
10 Kč, diameter 30 mm, weight 10 g of silver, purity 700/1000, minted 1930 - 1933
5 Kč, diameter 27 mm, weight 7 g of silver, purity 500/1000, minted 1928-1932
Actually, I don't even know why I don't use this picture. I am also one of the participants in this project.
Thank you for reading and for any support.
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