Anyone else like watching Antiques Roadshow?

pulling69 wrote:Do those freakshow twins still show up on the show?

LooseGoose wrote:Still my 2nd favorite RoadShow appraisal.

tGreenWay wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:Still my 2nd favorite RoadShow appraisal.

Insane, and she seemed so nonplussed.

LooseGoose wrote:I love the Keno brothers and the poster guy with the interesting suits.

London — British officials say they’ve been unable to trace the rightful heirs to a trove of gold coins found stashed inside a piano and worth a “life-changing” amount of money.

The school that owns the piano and the tuner who found the gold are now in line for a windfall after a coroner investigating the find declared it treasure. But a couple who owned the piano for three decades before donating it to their local school will likely miss out.

Coroner John Ellery said Thursday that, despite a thorough investigation and a public appeal for information, “we simply do not know” who concealed the coins.

The hoard was discovered last year when the piano was sent for tuning in Shropshire, central England. Under the keyboard — neatly stacked in hand-stitched packages and pouches — were 913 gold sovereigns and half-sovereigns minted in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

DWags wrote:So I found this in my ashtray just now. Almost gave it to Mt Clemens parking meter.

LooseGoose wrote:

DWags wrote:So I found this in my ashtray just now. Almost gave it to Mt Clemens parking meter.

It's a week at the lake!! hire those kids and run away............

The Pantry wrote:There's a coin place in Birmingham that will buy it for what it is worth. Think it's called Abbotts.

DWags wrote:

The Pantry wrote:There's a coin place in Birmingham that will buy it for what it is worth.  Think it's called Abbotts.

Thanks.

DWags wrote:

The Pantry wrote:There's a coin place in Birmingham that will buy it for what it is worth. Think it's called Abbotts.

Thanks.

The Pantry wrote:

DWags wrote:

Thanks.

Have your dime appraised yet? If so, how did that turn out?

Have a bag of old coins. Looked and have probably 70-80 Mercury dimes in varying conditions. Also have a dozen called "Barber" dimes, which pre-date the Mercury's. They minted the last Barber dimes the same year they started minting Mercury's...1916. Have some Morgan silver dollars and other old stuff. Never bothered to investigate how much the collection might be worth but starting to get curious.

Sold some one ounce Krugerrands to Abbott's a few years when gold was high (over $1700 each). They were kinda easy to put a value on. Couple other places I checked low-balled their value to $1100-$1300. Abbott's was straight-up, full value.

Old coins are different, though.

DWags wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Have your dime appraised yet? If so, how did that turn out?

Have a bag of old coins. Looked and have probably 70-80 Mercury dimes in varying conditions. Also have a dozen called "Barber" dimes, which pre-date the Mercury's. They minted the last Barber dimes the same year they started minting Mercury's...1916. Have some Morgan silver dollars and other old stuff. Never bothered to investigate how much the collection might be worth but starting to get curious.

Sold some one ounce Krugerrands to Abbott's a few years when gold was high (over $1700 each). They were kinda easy to put a value on. Couple other places I checked low-balled their value to $1100-$1300. Abbott's was straight-up, full value.

Old coins are different, though.

Haven't been yet. Will be one of those days where I have nothing to do or I'm going that way. My mom told me it was the year her mom was born, so I might have it made into a necklace for her. It's not in good shape. Just thought it was weird that it popped up in my ashtray. Thought it was Canadian at first. Wonder how many mucky mantles or Pete roses we threw out as kids and chewed the gum. Oh well.