Today's saves from the melt bucket

After school today I stopped at a pawn shop in town that buys and sells scrap gold and silver coins... Thanks to my newest edition of the Charlton I cherry picked two 1949-9 halves and a few other nice coins. Tell me how I did! (Total cost 35 CAD- now that I look at it, I think the guy must have messed up his math cause that's quite a bit under scrap...)

Pre-emptively sorry about the bad pictures, if you want closeups of any of the coins I'll happily upload them.

Well you are so lucky that u hv pwn shops there..
We dont hv pwn shps h4e.....

Actually i just got a chance to look at the catalogue values for these coins, and though most of them i knew already i think i hit a JACKPOT with the 1 mark! Can anyone confirm?

Loruca

If you got that for under scrap you did good!

Very nice pick-up!

in VF 1909J is $280!!

https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/germany-empire-mark-km-14-1891-1916-cuid-1130964-duid-1312988

Quote: "neilithic"​in VF 1909J is $280!!
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​https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/germany-empire-mark-km-14-1891-1916-cuid-1130964-duid-1312988

​Ok, so it wasn't just me imagining things,
Thanks!
Loruca

And why is the infinitely more rare 1909E with just -2 in existence or better non-existence less valuable?

Quote: "Idolenz"​And why is the infinitely more rare 1909E with just -2 in existence or better non-existence less valuable?

​I wouldn't trust NGC values right now. They have been messed up recently. I will check my paper catalogs.

Quote: "Idolenz"​And why is the infinitely more rare 1909E with just -2 in existence or better non-existence less valuable?

​My 2015 SCWC says "Included below" for the 1909E mintage, but doesn't really specify what exactly it is included within. The 1909G mintage perhaps (which is 854,000).

Only 53,000 1909J marks were minted!

I love rummaging through the silver scrap bucket at my LCS. Most of it really is only worth its silver weight, but sometimes even that comes in the form of big Mexican silver coins in XF or AU (last time I picked up a 5 peso coin and a 100 peso coin, each worth about $12 in silver). Lots of UNC Canadian dimes and quarters. I got a 1934 UK shilling and a very worn 1849 shilling from that bucket, as well as a 2 mark from Bavaria (book value $25 but I paid $4!).

Based on the pics what grade would you think fair for the coin?
Loruca

I would say VF for the 1 mark. The four quadrants of the shield are distinct, and most of the feather detail is present.

VF, that's why I quoted that value

The 1 mark alone makes this one of the best deals I've seen in a while. I'd say it's a VF.

Anyway, congrats on this one, you got a pretty rare coin there.

Amazing finds, especially considering they were headed for a melting pot. Job well done I say.

Well done, future generations of collectors will thank you. A $200+ coin is a just reward.