50 lbs of US clad coins

My 90 year old father just gave me two coffee cans full of paper rolled clad
US coins. He said there is no silver in the cans. All appear to be
circulated. There are about 55 Eisenhower clad circulated dollars. The
rest are all denominations. My inclination since there is no intrinsic
value is to spend them. Am I correct?

"Phil Caine" wrote in message tnews.com...
My 90 year old father just gave me two coffee cans full of paper rolled clad
US coins. He said there is no silver in the cans. All appear to be
circulated. There are about 55 Eisenhower clad circulated dollars. The
rest are all denominations. My inclination since there is no intrinsic
value is to spend them. Am I correct?

Unless you want to sort for die variations and whatnot, that's
probably your best bet.

In article .com, "Phil Caine" wrote:
My 90 year old father just gave me two coffee cans full of paper rolled clad
US coins. He said there is no silver in the cans. All appear to be
circulated. There are about 55 Eisenhower clad circulated dollars. The
rest are all denominations. My inclination since there is no intrinsic
value is to spend them. Am I correct?


If you ever set up at a flea market they go like hotcakes at $1.25 each
just because they havent been made in 25 years and most people have never
seen them.

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From: "Phil Caine"

My 90 year old father just gave me two coffee cans full of paper rolled clad
US coins. He said there is no silver in the cans. All appear to be
circulated. My inclination is to spend them.

My Mother, who has the Paper-Money bug, is on a limited coin journey. She
saves all silver that crosses her path, and sets aside all Wheat Back cents.
Everything else she accumulates, she rolls and sells to me at face value for
searching.

I'd do just as you indicate - take 'em to the bank, pay a bill - if it weren't
for my "roll collection" (1 roll each Mintmark, for each Date, of current
circulated type {no proof, silver, or special issue} of 1¢ from 1959 - 1982, 1¢
from 1982 - present, 5¢ from 1938 - present, 10¢ from 1965 - present, & 25¢
from 1965 - 1998 coin).

My guess is that my "circ-roll" collection is about 60% complete - maybe a bit
more. [[FYI: the face value of such a collection, when complete, would be
about $1,300.oo]]

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