NEW YEAR RITUALS AND CUSTOMS
Each new year, there are rituals and customs for coin collectors and silver stackers. Actually, these are my rituals and customs. I expect other coin collectors must also follow these unwritten rules, rituals and customs.
NEW YEAR 2018 AMERICAN SILVER EAGLE
Each new year, the new American Silver Eagle is a must have for coin collectors and silver stackers. The American Silver Eagle is the most popular silver bullion coin on the planet. Each new year, I wait patiently for the new Silver Eagles to arrive. I usually go to the more 'upscale' local coin shop to acquire the new year American Silver Eagle.
The New Year has not quite started until I have acquired my new year American Silver Eagle.
NEW YEAR 2018 AMERICAN SILVER EAGLE
NEW YEAR 2018 RED BOOK
As I have mentioned many times, the Red Book is "A Guide Book of United States Coins" By R.S. Yeoman. It is affectionately known as the Red Book. It is THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE for all U.S. Coins. This book is used by collectors to determine the value of all U.S. Coins. Some collectors speculate that the values are higher than reality.
The New Year has not quite started until I have acquired my new year Red Book.
NEW YEAR 2018 RED BOOK
NEW YEAR 2018 BLUE BOOK
As I have mentioned a few times, the Blue Book is the "Handbook of United States Coins" By R.S. Yeoman. It is affectionately known as the Blue Book. It is THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE for all U.S. Coins, from a different perspective. This book is used by coin dealers to determine the buy value of all U.S. Coins. Some collectors speculate that the values are lower than reality.
The New Year has not quite started until I have acquired my new year Blue Book.
NEW YEAR 2018 BLUE BOOK
COIN SHOP VISIT TO THE UPSCALE LOCAL COIN SHOP
Fortunately, I have three local coin shops. Each has its own peculiarities. Previously, I have posted about my main local coin shop 'A to Z Coins and Jewelry, where I generally get good deals on individual items. However, today I am looking for the 2018 American Silver Eagle. My main LCS does not get first delivery of the ASEs.
COIN SHOP VISIT TO THE UPSCALE LOCAL COIN SHOP
Fairfields for the new 2018 American Silver Eagle
Fairfields is the upscale local coin shop, where they deal with larger quantities, more gold, and generally get first delivery of the new American Silver Eagles. As I arrived to Fairfields, I took a few photos to post. I was greeted and of course they had the newly delivered 2018 American Silver Eagles. The price is $5.50 over spot, which was not bad considering nobody actually had the new 2018 ASEs and the others charge $4.50 over spot for previous years.
Fairfields for Constitutional Silver
Fairfields also has better deals on constitutional silver coins. They have bags of constitutional silver coins at $10 face value for $135. They have separate bags for dimes, quarters or half dollars. These are generally well worn coins. The dimes always have several 1964 Roosevelt dimes in excellent condition and many Mercury dimes in worn condition. Likewise, the half dollars always have many 1964 Kennedy half dollars in excellent condition and many Franklin half dollars. I went with the quarters this time. There were many, many Washington quarters that were very worn. There was one Standing Liberty quarter with a worn off date. These were minted from 1916 to 1930. There was one 1964 Proof Washington quarter worth $11 by itself.
$10 Face Value of Washington Quarters
Success at Fairfields
So, I walked out with $10 face value of Washington Quarters and TWO 2018 American Silver Eagles. Yeah, the New Year has begun.
Barnes and Noble
The local coin shops usually don't sell the new Red Book and definitely not the new Blue Book. Selling both of these books at a coin shop would be counter productive to the valuations that they set for the coins in the shop. The two books have different valuations for different reasons as stated above.
I go to the local book shop, Barnes and Noble, for the new 2018 Red Book and 2018 Blue Book. Sure, I could hit Amazon or other sites, but I need these books to start off the New Year! I can't wait for delivery!
Success at Barnes and Noble
So, I hit up the local mall and Barnes and Noble where they had both books for me. Yeah, the New Year has begun.
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