I’m hoping this will be an interesting thread (and maybe amusing) so here goes. Have you ever had something (either already owned or recently acquired) that you think might be worth a lot of money? Maybe something left to you, as some old stuff really can be worth a lot now (you only have to watch the ‘Antiques Road Show’ to know this). Have you ever had this valued and either be surprised and in shock at its value – or very disappointed when it has none. Are you a metal detecting enthusiast? If you are, have you had any good finds?
I’ll start this thread off by telling about a recent ‘discovery’ of mine. For a while now, when there is something considered worth celebrating, the Mint over here issues special $2 coins with colours on them. Although I don’t go out of my way to collect these, whenever I get one in my change I put it in a box in case these coins ever greatly increase in value, though usually with the issue of many thousands of each one I really doubt they ever will. The other day I got mine out (I have 52) and started to check them on the Internet. Some are now worth $6, some $9, not much more than their face value - then I hit the jackpot! I had picked one out of the box that looked exactly like an extremely rare coin that was being advertised for $1,000. To say I was excited is the understatement of the year – if it was worth that now how much would it be worth in time to come. That was until I found that I had 10 more of them, not exactly a rare coin – and when I looked more closely not exactly like the one being advertised. Definitely NOT a genuine find, and my excitement was short-lived.
However, I do have 4 that I think are worth about $60 each….or are they?
I’ll start this thread off by telling about a recent ‘discovery’ of mine. For a while now, when there is something considered worth celebrating, the Mint over here issues special $2 coins with colours on them. Although I don’t go out of my way to collect these, whenever I get one in my change I put it in a box in case these coins ever greatly increase in value, though usually with the issue of many thousands of each one I really doubt they ever will. The other day I got mine out (I have 52) and started to check them on the Internet. Some are now worth $6, some $9, not much more than their face value - then I hit the jackpot! I had picked one out of the box that looked exactly like an extremely rare coin that was being advertised for $1,000. To say I was excited is the understatement of the year – if it was worth that now how much would it be worth in time to come. That was until I found that I had 10 more of them, not exactly a rare coin – and when I looked more closely not exactly like the one being advertised. Definitely NOT a genuine find, and my excitement was short-lived.
However, I do have 4 that I think are worth about $60 each….or are they?
