I'll bet he loses money on this buy. There is a reason its sold in bulk. If there were valuable coins, they would have been singled out and sold individually. Like buying bags of worn out silver coins. Only worth their weight in scrap silver.
@@yoyo762 You have no idea what you are talking about. That one binder is full of .999 silver dollars, some of them are also American Morgan silver dollars, and they are worth a lot of money. I would bet my life that one binder has $2k in value alone. Silver is $23.62 an ounce, but there is a premium on Morgans, Peace Dollars, and Eagles, we call them an ASE. Even a bullion .999 silver dollar is worth $35 to $39, at the low end. The older coins can be worth much more, as much as $100 to $300 each, depending on the year and the mint mark. Morgan silver dollars range in price from as low as $20 to as high as tens of thousands of dollars. It depends on their condition and the date they were minted, Do some homework before you make a fool of yourself on the internet.
@@daniels1485 If he is saying it is nothing but junk silver, he is 100% wrong. I know exactly what junk silver is, and have for many years. I am a coin reseller, and I have been for about 5 years. I buy silver coins and silver bars from the U.S. Mint directly, and Ebay, etc. I mostly buy .999 silver proof eagles, like the v75 WWII silver eagle, I bought one for $83 and sold it for $300 a while back, to a private collector. There is a lot of junk silver in that collection in the video, and a lot of the foreign coins and paper money are probably not worth much. But there is also a lot of .999 silver coins, and I would bet those are worth $2k alone, if not more. I can not say exactly unless I can see each coin, but a lot of what I saw was pure 100% .999 silver, and it looked like he had some older Morgan silver dollars, that depending on the year and the mint mark can be worth hundreds, if not thousands. I had a 5 piece set of Morgan silver dollars about 10 years ago, and even back then they we worth $400 each. I had a 5 year set from 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, and 1890. Just those 5 Morgans were worth $2k, if he has any around those years they are worth the same. If they do not have a mint mark they are not worth as much, but some with the right mint mark can be worth up to $2k for 1 coin.
I'm a coin collector, and some of those pages in the coin binders are worth hundreds of US dollars each. And that's without being able to see if there are any especially valuable dates or varieties. You'll probably find a few individual coins worth over a hundred dollars each. And the volume of less valuable coins will add up nicely. And the Inuit art, wow! Thank your lucky stars I wasn't the attorney for that estate.
I was just commenting a few minutes ago that he should go to a coin collector or even someone who knows the true value. My husband has been collecting coins and bills for a little over 50 years. I would look at a coin and think it's just a coin. He got upset when I was given the change from the grocery store. My husband knew immediately what he was seeing. I never see him get antsy about coins unless he knows what he's looking at. I just told the cashier to keep it and put it in a cup for people that are short on change. I don't know if the stores in Canada does that or not. But, the stores do in the United States. I live in St. George, Utah and it's common here. I had to look up the name of the penny that he kept from the store. Then look online for it just to make sure it was the same penny from the list my husbands has. There was no way he would let me leave the penny. Normally I do that. I did take the penny. But, I left a few other ones I had in my purse. Since he was dumbfounded and wanted to get out of the store right away, he let me know what it is and that it's worth a lot. He was pretty nervous and tried to stay composed. To me a penny is a penny. Nothing more than that. I always think that they are the most useless coin ever. I think it costs more to make the penny's than the actual penny itself. Of course now I don't feel that way. His coins are in a lockbox at our bank. And he insured his collections. I was super excited when I found out how much that penny is worth. He made sure to put it in the lockbox with all of his coins. That penny is a 1969-S Lincoln Cent With a Doubled Die. I don't know if I worded it right. He tried to explain what that means. All I could figure out that it's more than a normal penny. If you or someone knows a better way to explain what a double die is, I would love to hear what it is in layman's terms. Since he won't sell it and his other coins that's in the lockbox are. For me I just what the information about it. I was telling him that we could sell it and that would help our daughters or our grandkids since they have had money problems. He told me that we can help them the same way we have been doing if they have problems. We don't give them money if it's not important and we don't want them replying on us if they haven't tried to help themselves 1st. But, we have it where our kids and grandkids will get the entire coin collection and it will be split for each person. We also split it based on things going on in their life and life choices. We decided years ago to never sell the collection to anyone since it's for their financial security. My comment has gotten way too long. I'm sorry I'm sharing a very long reply. I just wanted to mention that they should contact a coin collector before doing anything with the collection. unfortunately people aren't honest all of the time. People have a tendency to get something for nothing. They don't care what they have to do to get something from someone. Everyone from what I've seen on your channel, you have awesome people that's watching this channel. Anyhow since its pretty late for me, I'm going to close this comment.
@@mad0uche I was a coin collector as a child and early teen over 50 years ago, and it helped me learn a lot about American, world and even ancient history. Coins reveal much about the society in which they were used. With ancient societies, they often are among the last remaining physical evidence of political, economic, religious and cultural systems and events. I suppose many today are ignorant of the importance of learning the lessons of history.
Coincidentally my wife and I were just talking about how the money we spent in our youth is now quite valuable (such as real silver coins). Then it was just money, and if we had saved it instead of spending it - well we wouldn't have had much fun.
We played slot machine with silver dollars. My older brother climbed into kitchen cabinet we rolled those coins down the tube until we hit the jackpot. I can picture my mother laughing as she heard us playing.
Looks like you might have gotten lucky, the last year for silver coins in US is 1964. The ink is blue on bills usually silver certificate, red was federal reserve notes. Good luck hopefully you can more then double your money and always check mint marks
Coins are deceptive; quantity and age seem to imply worth, but oftentimes the return is low. Sending coins off for grading takes money and time, too, so weigh which coins to actually send off. But, like all coin collectors hope, you may just find some that have value!
I think pre-valuing them with a coin valuer app like Coinoscope or something, and only sending coins over $500 or so on the app for grading would be a good strategy. Would not take long to quickly process each coin in the app.
True I guess, especially unloading the less valuable bulk coins at a fair price would take some work. But the more valuable coins would be pretty easy to get $$$ for without paying to get them professionally graded. As Dave Fish said, that is usually worth it only for the most valuable dates, or for gold or ancient coins. Alex does have a few that may have to be graded, especially if he is auctioning them off himself rather than going to a high-end coin dealer who specializes in running those auctions.
According to the NGC Price Guide, as of December 2022, a Morgan Dollar from 1886 in circulated condition is worth between $34.50 and $63. However, on the open market 1886 Silver Dollars in pristine, uncirculated condition sell for as much as $1650
Would be fun to see you try and get this collection the maximum profit by trying to find a dealer or auction house that specializes in currency. Would love to see a video of an appraisal by a coin merchant
When I was a child, my mother had a half-dozen silver dollars stashed in her jewelry box. I knew they were considered valuable and not to be spent. But one night in 1957, my parents decided they wanted our whole family to go see the Doris Day movie “The Pajama Game” which had just come out. Lacking cash and it being in the days before ATMs, they took some of the silver dollars to the theatre to buy our tickets. I felt like we lost a little of the family treasure but the movie was fun.
My eyes never miss a chance to notice jewelry it seems...Noticed a ring half-hiding in the right side of the box with sculptures. Will be interested to see what that turns out to be! Good haul. Fun video, Alex.
Great buy, Alex! Wonderful collection! You've got real value there! Thanks for the entertaining video! I appreciate your work, and that of your family.
My grandmother was a bookkeeper and was very wise. During her off time she was always learning something. She started saving Silver Certificates in $20, $50 & $100 dollar bills up to a $10,000 stash. When she passed away at an early 72 years old my mom unfortunately sold them to the local coins plus store. They would be worth so much more now, 35 years later.
I guess that's a common story. My dad started saving US silver dollars when they were still circulating but new ones were no longer being minted. Sadly, one time when he was ill and out of work my mother spent them. Even then they would have been worth more than a dollar each. However, she had a bad experience with an antique dealer when her mother died. So, I am sure, she didn't trust any dealer. So, thanks Alex for your informative videos. You share valuable information and also demonstrate by your kind heart that this is not the case with all dealers in collectibles. I love watching your videos!
❤️LOVE seeing all of these coin and bill collections, albeit almost 3 months after filming!!! Wow❣️ Great finds!!! Hope you did really well overall with this $2,000 investment.
Alex, I'm so glad to see you're reading the comments! There seems to be some valuable information there! Looking forward to hearing how you value these stuffed bins!! Happy New Year to you and the fam 😊💜
The Big Nickel is located in Sudbury Ontario, where I am from. We have a massive Nickel on display at our world renowned neutrino lab. I believe that coin was created to commemorate the mining communities that mined the Nickel. My grandfather was one of the hardworking people of Creighton, a mining community that is now long gone, but shares responsibility for building Sudbury into what it is today.
As a U.S. coin collector, it was interesting to see the Canadian collection. I only know a little about Canadian coins so this quick overview was educational. Thanks for sharing your find.
Down here in the states, most people have a little fishing shack made of wood that they pull out onto the lake. All structures have to be removed from state lakes by Feb. 20.
Would be good to have an update about which coins he's chosen for grading, which experts he called on locally to help out (if any) and if he found out any more about the soapstone carving at 22:23. I can find no reference for the Inuit artist on the Katilvik website (a virtual resource centre for those passionate about Inuit Art) or the Inuit Artists' print database at the National Gallery of Canada. Guesses include Simon Kitsualik, born 1926- and Simon Shaimaiyuk, 1915-1999, but the number makes no sense. Can anyone see what the blue label on the base says?
What a great find Alex!!!!! I had a very small coin collection which was passed on to me from a very Dear Uncle, he was so very kind to me and gifted me many beautiful things over the years. When I was thirteen I saved up my babysitting money and bought a piano from an antique dealer. It was a "rinky tink" piano which made it super cool in my teen opinion. I had no idea how to play but he counseled me to save and buy it and then get some lessons, which I did. He made me a beautiful piano bench complete with my name burned into the side, it has travelled many miles with me, sadly I couldn't move the piano with me as I was living a bit of a nomadic lifestyle for several years and moved back and forth between several Provinces for a while. Thankfully my best dearest childhood fried played the piano and her parents bought it and she still has it today, some 40 years later :)
I was feeling your pain until that last bucket, there's a LOT of VERY VERY clean silver in there and they looked like they would get a perfect grade!!! How fun! I bet you'll find even find more little hidden gems in there! I would definitely send some choice coins to PCGS!!!!!!!!
Looks like a great find to me. Congratulations. Looking forward to a update. Happy New Year to your entire family. ✨️ 🎉🥳 Hoping you have a happy, healthy, prosperous 2023! 🎆🎇
@@mariankay6482 One thing you can be certain of with Alex is that he does things right! Even if it takes years or costs thousands he will do it the right way! that's a big part of why I love to watch his videos.
@@davefish2280 true, he's really good at what he does. I just don't want him to overlook a coin or bill that might be worth a lot more than he realizes.
Yes you definitely have your work cut out for you! But it looks like your instincts have been on point again. It should be worth your time and trouble for sure. Thanks for sharing, I'm always happy to see you do well!
While all the currency is pretty cool (my dad is a collector), I think the most interesting thing is the jade bowl with the lid..so beautiful! You always find the coolest stuff, Alex.
Just checked randomly the 50 cent 1903 coin. If it is indeed unc type-h, it fetches between 2000 and 15000... That's crazy! Best of luck, you've got your work cut out it seems :)
You did very Well Alex!! The Canadian Fish scales, dimes, and all the silver before 1920 were sterling. LOOK for the KEY Date COINS to send off for Grading!! AND THE Graders are NOT FAST , Just so you know!! Good luck buddy! Cheers JJ
My gosh you’ve more than made your money back and then some! What a treasure haul! Some of those tokens and “so-called dollars, can be extremely valuable. Luckily they’re marked quite well. Can’t wait to hear your profit.
That was a great purchase. It would be interesting to go through, just to find out face value. Best of luck with the auction! Happy new year to you, Melissa & kids.
Besides the shire awesomeness of this coin collection is the comments that is fascinating !! My father did coin collections but none to this degree, looks like a lot of work but fun !!!
I was thinking earlier today that I hadn't seen a CI video in a while. I even checked in case I missed one. So of course I got a notification for this shortly after.
That's an absolutely amazing collection. I wish I had that! You probably have closer to $10k or more there. To the right collector they would pay over the odds for the whole lot. I know I would if I had that kind of money 👍❤️💛💚👌
You would be well advised to "stay tuned" and watch out for the big coin auction coming up. Alex always uses the same auction house, Kastner Auctions. You may be very surprised that most of these coins will sell for much less than they are worth, simply because Kastner is not a huge well-known auction house or online giant with millions of users, it's a little mom and pop business near to Alex and not many people outside of Canada are registered to buy on there. Alex knows this, and is happy to "leave some profit on the table" as he says, for the next guy. I have bought literally dozens of Alex's items from Kastner over the years, stamps, comics, toys, you name it. I shipped them to the UK for a pretty decent rate. Some items I've kept for myself but most I have resold on ebay and have made easily double my money back including the "free" items I've kept for myself, and I've had some really fun things pass through my hands in the process.
@@davefish2280 that's canny cool! I have been watching this channel from the start on and off but I live in England and the postage will probably be worse than the price of the coin unless I buy in bulk. How much is it to post to the UK?
Good purchase, lots of work to do but it will pay nicely. The Jade alone is very valuable. It was a lifetime for one to collect. Hope to get an update on a later video. Thanks for sharing. Have a successful New Year.
Gayle Agostinelli from TH-cam mentioned your channel and when she said antiques I had to rush on over and subscribe! Cant wait to binge watch all your videos!!!!! Love to see what treasures you find!!!
@@julielumsden5184 oh that is what I been binge watching practically nonstop! I just wish that I seen these much much earlier. Would of been great to of been able to bid at the auctions!! I am loving these videos!!! ❤️
I do wonder what some pennies from the 30'sto 80's will be worth in another hundred years when more countries stop using and minting pennies. I used to collect very red or some other variable pennies up to the 80's. Even 15 years ago, they were worth over a dollar each. Who knows what they wil be worth down the road. I have hundreds if not thousands of Indian Head U.S. Pennies that I got back when I had the itch for collecting coins years ago. Some are in big bags, other are rolled. and some are in cardboard protectors.
Another great video! I hope everyone watching appreciates how much investment experience you are sharing with each of these. I appreciate your constant reference to "getting my money back as soon as possible" and the focus on turnaround time between buying a lot and turning it around via auction, and how much work that entails. Keep up the great work!
Dear Mr. Archbold. 👍👌👏 Very well done, Sir, very well indeed! Absolutely fantastic purchase again! Congrats! I bet all this is worth AT LEAST 10.000 CAD. Best regards, luck and especially health to all of you.
I thought I saw some gold certificate bills in there too Alex. It will say it on the bill just like the silver ones. You'll definitely make your money back & then some. Yeeeeah!
Just had a look for the Ol' Curiosity shop premises in Edmonton on Google street view - it looks like it's not in use by anyone. I feel nostalgic about the days when we saw the shop on the Curiosity channel especially after you had all those big plans for the buildings, but I guess time marches on : s
It has been awhile since I have found a large collection at an estate auction or sale. 25 years ago, I used to buy a lot more coins and currency. I am tempted to start buying some larger lots that are police evidence or from bank safety deposit boxes. Most are online now, so not a true auction since the bids are extended for 3 minutes at the end of the Auction, but sometimes you can get some hidden treasures in the larger lots.
You could honestly open up your own coin shop with this many coins. As a collector I'd love to look through a collection like that. Also, even face value you'd be surprised how quickly some of that could add up.
According to the NGC Price Guide, as of December 2022, a Morgan Dollar from 1886 in circulated condition is worth between $34.50 and $63. However, on the open market 1886 Silver Dollars in pristine, uncirculated condition sell for as much as $1650
I know it will take a lot of time to go through all the coins but even one coin could be worth thousands of dollars. I wonder if there's a book or something on line that lists hard to find coins or most valuable coins, you may find one that is worth quite a lot. 🥰🥰🥰
That collection of coins and bills is overwhelming for me it would be I hope you and your family had a great Christmas and have a happy New Year stay safe take care love from upstate New York
Any coin that had errors or something rare about it gets good money on eBay CN or eBay US. They are easy to ship and insure. I have bought and sold quite a few back in the early 2000's when I did more reselling.
🙋♀️❤ Some of those sets might be proof sets. Also, A very fine coin is not as good as it sounds. To get your your money's worth from this haul, and to have lots of fun, it would be worth learning about grades, mint marks, errors. How many coins minted in a certain year matter more than how old a coin is. Lots of cool stuff.
Several of the cases had marks from coin shows. Are there still shows? You could rent a table and make triple the investment in a day, then auction the rest.
Nothing but junk....
Dan, you are clueless.
@@steves2241 I think he's making a joke. In America, 90% silver coins are commonly referred to as junk silver.
I'll bet he loses money on this buy.
There is a reason its sold in bulk.
If there were valuable coins, they would have been singled out and sold individually.
Like buying bags of worn out silver coins. Only worth their weight in scrap silver.
@@yoyo762 You have no idea what you are talking about. That one binder is full of .999 silver dollars, some of them are also American Morgan silver dollars, and they are worth a lot of money. I would bet my life that one binder has $2k in value alone. Silver is $23.62 an ounce, but there is a premium on Morgans, Peace Dollars, and Eagles, we call them an ASE.
Even a bullion .999 silver dollar is worth $35 to $39, at the low end. The older coins can be worth much more, as much as $100 to $300 each, depending on the year and the mint mark. Morgan silver dollars range in price from as low as $20 to as high as tens of thousands of dollars. It depends on their condition and the date they were minted,
Do some homework before you make a fool of yourself on the internet.
@@daniels1485 If he is saying it is nothing but junk silver, he is 100% wrong. I know exactly what junk silver is, and have for many years. I am a coin reseller, and I have been for about 5 years.
I buy silver coins and silver bars from the U.S. Mint directly, and Ebay, etc. I mostly buy .999 silver proof eagles, like the v75 WWII silver eagle, I bought one for $83 and sold it for $300 a while back, to a private collector.
There is a lot of junk silver in that collection in the video, and a lot of the foreign coins and paper money are probably not worth much. But there is also a lot of .999 silver coins, and I would bet those are worth $2k alone, if not more.
I can not say exactly unless I can see each coin, but a lot of what I saw was pure 100% .999 silver, and it looked like he had some older Morgan silver dollars, that depending on the year and the mint mark can be worth hundreds, if not thousands.
I had a 5 piece set of Morgan silver dollars about 10 years ago, and even back then they we worth $400 each. I had a 5 year set from 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, and 1890. Just those 5 Morgans were worth $2k, if he has any around those years they are worth the same.
If they do not have a mint mark they are not worth as much, but some with the right mint mark can be worth up to $2k for 1 coin.
I'm a coin collector, and some of those pages in the coin binders are worth hundreds of US dollars each. And that's without being able to see if there are any especially valuable dates or varieties. You'll probably find a few individual coins worth over a hundred dollars each. And the volume of less valuable coins will add up nicely. And the Inuit art, wow! Thank your lucky stars I wasn't the attorney for that estate.
Alex is a shrewd buyer. This won't be the first time he's made 10x his money on an estate sale bulk-buy and I am sure it will not be the last.
I was just commenting a few minutes ago that he should go to a coin collector or even someone who knows the true value. My husband has been collecting coins and bills for a little over 50 years. I would look at a coin and think it's just a coin. He got upset when I was given the change from the grocery store. My husband knew immediately what he was seeing. I never see him get antsy about coins unless he knows what he's looking at. I just told the cashier to keep it and put it in a cup for people that are short on change. I don't know if the stores in Canada does that or not. But, the stores do in the United States. I live in St. George, Utah and it's common here. I had to look up the name of the penny that he kept from the store. Then look online for it just to make sure it was the same penny from the list my husbands has. There was no way he would let me leave the penny. Normally I do that. I did take the penny. But, I left a few other ones I had in my purse. Since he was dumbfounded and wanted to get out of the store right away, he let me know what it is and that it's worth a lot. He was pretty nervous and tried to stay composed. To me a penny is a penny. Nothing more than that. I always think that they are the most useless coin ever. I think it costs more to make the penny's than the actual penny itself. Of course now I don't feel that way. His coins are in a lockbox at our bank. And he insured his collections. I was super excited when I found out how much that penny is worth. He made sure to put it in the lockbox with all of his coins. That penny is a 1969-S Lincoln Cent With a Doubled Die. I don't know if I worded it right. He tried to explain what that means. All I could figure out that it's more than a normal penny. If you or someone knows a better way to explain what a double die is, I would love to hear what it is in layman's terms. Since he won't sell it and his other coins that's in the lockbox are. For me I just what the information about it. I was telling him that we could sell it and that would help our daughters or our grandkids since they have had money problems. He told me that we can help them the same way we have been doing if they have problems. We don't give them money if it's not important and we don't want them replying on us if they haven't tried to help themselves 1st. But, we have it where our kids and grandkids will get the entire coin collection and it will be split for each person. We also split it based on things going on in their life and life choices. We decided years ago to never sell the collection to anyone since it's for their financial security. My comment has gotten way too long. I'm sorry I'm sharing a very long reply. I just wanted to mention that they should contact a coin collector before doing anything with the collection. unfortunately people aren't honest all of the time. People have a tendency to get something for nothing. They don't care what they have to do to get something from someone. Everyone from what I've seen on your channel, you have awesome people that's watching this channel. Anyhow since its pretty late for me, I'm going to close this comment.
@@63angel A double die is an error where it gets stamped twice. Seems like a waste to me. just toss it out. But people like messed up things.
Sorry to hear that you are a coin collector, hopefully you will find something fulfilling to do one day.
@@mad0uche I was a coin collector as a child and early teen over 50 years ago, and it helped me learn a lot about American, world and even ancient history. Coins reveal much about the society in which they were used. With ancient societies, they often are among the last remaining physical evidence of political, economic, religious and cultural systems and events. I suppose many today are ignorant of the importance of learning the lessons of history.
Coincidentally my wife and I were just talking about how the money we spent in our youth is now quite valuable (such as real silver coins). Then it was just money, and if we had saved it instead of spending it - well we wouldn't have had much fun.
We played slot machine with silver dollars. My older brother climbed into kitchen cabinet we rolled those coins down the tube until we hit the jackpot. I can picture my mother laughing as she heard us playing.
*Canadian silver coins have a decent premium.*
Looks like you might have gotten lucky, the last year for silver coins in US is 1964. The ink is blue on bills usually silver certificate, red was federal reserve notes. Good luck hopefully you can more then double your money and always check mint marks
I am so glad to see one of you videos. Thank you Alexander. :)
Very cool! Been missing your content! Glad you're back at it 😊
Coins are deceptive; quantity and age seem to imply worth, but oftentimes the return is low. Sending coins off for grading takes money and time, too, so weigh which coins to actually send off. But, like all coin collectors hope, you may just find some that have value!
1888 sil dollar US is $40-500 possible.
I think pre-valuing them with a coin valuer app like Coinoscope or something, and only sending coins over $500 or so on the app for grading would be a good strategy. Would not take long to quickly process each coin in the app.
True I guess, especially unloading the less valuable bulk coins at a fair price would take some work. But the more valuable coins would be pretty easy to get $$$ for without paying to get them professionally graded. As Dave Fish said, that is usually worth it only for the most valuable dates, or for gold or ancient coins. Alex does have a few that may have to be graded, especially if he is auctioning them off himself rather than going to a high-end coin dealer who specializes in running those auctions.
According to the NGC Price Guide, as of December 2022, a Morgan Dollar from 1886 in circulated condition is worth between $34.50 and $63. However, on the open market 1886 Silver Dollars in pristine, uncirculated condition sell for as much as $1650
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Would be fun to see you try and get this collection the maximum profit by trying to find a dealer or auction house that specializes in currency. Would love to see a video of an appraisal by a coin merchant
*I want to see that too.*
OMG, the giant air freshener “Christmas tree” decorations! LOL Thanks for sharing that bit! 😂
Warmest Greeting from Las Vegas !Wow! What a find ! Looking forward to your Coin & Currency auction!
When I was a child, my mother had a half-dozen silver dollars stashed in her jewelry box. I knew they were considered valuable and not to be spent. But one night in 1957, my parents decided they wanted our whole family to go see the Doris Day movie “The Pajama Game” which had just come out. Lacking cash and it being in the days before ATMs, they took some of the silver dollars to the theatre to buy our tickets. I felt like we lost a little of the family treasure but the movie was fun.
WOW! I hope that you have a local expert help you find the value in all those coins, Amazing purchase!
My eyes never miss a chance to notice jewelry it seems...Noticed a ring half-hiding in the right side of the box with sculptures. Will be interested to see what that turns out to be! Good haul. Fun video, Alex.
I saw that too. 😊
Good eye!
I noticed it also.
Some GREAT finds. You have been "happy digging" and having some fun. You all have a wonderful day
Wow that’s a really nice coin/bill collection. Carvings are nice too. Thanks for sharing ❤Happy New Year
Great buy, Alex! Wonderful collection! You've got real value there! Thanks for the entertaining video! I appreciate your work, and that of your family.
My grandmother was a bookkeeper and was very wise. During her off time she was always learning something. She started saving Silver Certificates in $20, $50 & $100 dollar bills up to a $10,000 stash. When she passed away at an early 72 years old my mom unfortunately sold them to the local coins plus store. They would be worth so much more now, 35 years later.
I guess that's a common story. My dad started saving US silver dollars when they were still circulating but new ones were no longer being minted. Sadly, one time when he was ill and out of work my mother spent them. Even then they would have been worth more than a dollar each. However, she had a bad experience with an antique dealer when her mother died. So, I am sure, she didn't trust any dealer.
So, thanks Alex for your informative videos. You share valuable information and also demonstrate by your kind heart that this is not the case with all dealers in collectibles.
I love watching your videos!
❤️LOVE seeing all of these coin and bill collections, albeit almost 3 months after filming!!! Wow❣️ Great finds!!! Hope you did really well overall with this $2,000 investment.
Alex, I'm so glad to see you're reading the comments! There seems to be some valuable information there!
Looking forward to hearing how you value these stuffed bins!!
Happy New Year to you and the fam 😊💜
The Big Nickel is located in Sudbury Ontario, where I am from. We have a massive Nickel on display at our world renowned neutrino lab. I believe that coin was created to commemorate the mining communities that mined the Nickel. My grandfather was one of the hardworking people of Creighton, a mining community that is now long gone, but shares responsibility for building Sudbury into what it is today.
I've been to Sudbury and I've seen the Big Nickel!
Creighton is still there! Around 1400 population.
Toured up there this summer, checked out capreol while we were there. Nice up there , in a strange, 1980s kinda way
I’m in Sudbury too. I can see the Big Nickel out my window
Renown. There is no other form of the word.
As a U.S. coin collector, it was interesting to see the Canadian collection. I only know a little about Canadian coins so this quick overview was educational. Thanks for sharing your find.
Happy New Year! Looks like the luck is holding. Nice score.
Down here in the states, most people have a little fishing shack made of wood that they pull out onto the lake. All structures have to be removed from state lakes by Feb. 20.
Would be good to have an update about which coins he's chosen for grading, which experts he called on locally to help out (if any) and if he found out any more about the soapstone carving at 22:23. I can find no reference for the Inuit artist on the Katilvik website (a virtual resource centre for those passionate about Inuit Art) or the Inuit Artists' print database at the National Gallery of Canada. Guesses include Simon Kitsualik, born 1926- and
Simon Shaimaiyuk, 1915-1999, but the number makes no sense. Can anyone see what the blue label on the base says?
Working at Amazon really effects you. He's showing off some beautiful jade pieces, and I go, "Oh, a 2A6 box, cool" without even thinking. Sheesh!
very good video , in your video at 24:07 when it shows the silver bills save the 1 dollar star note
What a great find Alex!!!!! I had a very small coin collection which was passed on to me from a very Dear Uncle, he was so very kind to me and gifted me many beautiful things over the years. When I was thirteen I saved up my babysitting money and bought a piano from an antique dealer. It was a "rinky tink" piano which made it super cool in my teen opinion. I had no idea how to play but he counseled me to save and buy it and then get some lessons, which I did. He made me a beautiful piano bench complete with my name burned into the side, it has travelled many miles with me, sadly I couldn't move the piano with me as I was living a bit of a nomadic lifestyle for several years and moved back and forth between several Provinces for a while. Thankfully my best dearest childhood fried played the piano and her parents bought it and she still has it today, some 40 years later :)
I was feeling your pain until that last bucket, there's a LOT of VERY VERY clean silver in there and they looked like they would get a perfect grade!!! How fun! I bet you'll find even find more little hidden gems in there! I would definitely send some choice coins to PCGS!!!!!!!!
Congratulations, Alex, for another fine-eye and finding a stellar collection of coins!
If you find a 1943 copper American wheat penny, it worth a lot of money. That year steel was used for them.
Or a 1944 steel penny.
I have a few steel Pennies that were my folks, but not the “lucky” years. My sister spent all the silver coins! 🤬
That's the penny all coin collector,s want. Big money for that coin.
You have way more than 2,000$ there brother! Great purchase!
Happy New Year to you and family ..
This is amazing! I'd be over the moon to have the chance to even see a collection like that, let alone buy it. Spectacular!!
Looks like a great find to me.
Congratulations.
Looking forward to a update.
Happy New Year to your entire family. ✨️ 🎉🥳
Hoping you have a happy, healthy, prosperous 2023! 🎆🎇
Merry Christmas (Julian calendar) jewellery sounds good.
These type of estate sale reveals are my favorite kind of your videos Alex. You will definitely get your $2000 back many times over
If he does it right, he will.
@@mariankay6482 One thing you can be certain of with Alex is that he does things right! Even if it takes years or costs thousands he will do it the right way! that's a big part of why I love to watch his videos.
@@davefish2280 true, he's really good at what he does. I just don't want him to overlook a coin or bill that might be worth a lot more than he realizes.
Yes you definitely have your work cut out for you! But it looks like your instincts have been on point again. It should be worth your time and trouble for sure. Thanks for sharing, I'm always happy to see you do well!
I would absolutely 💯 pay $2k for that! That's an incredible find!!! Great job 👏
You have a silver star note 1 dallor bill there good find
Happy New Year! It has been a joy following along on your treasure hunts☮️💜✨
I can not believe I have never come across your videos before. Great content! Thank you!
Loved the yard decorated in air- freshener trees & Bigfoot!🤣
Excellent investment on the moo-lah!
My man.......... you have scored an incredible collection !!!
You will be recovering 10 fold on this investment!!!
Well done to you!
The fishing shacks remind me of grumpy old men movie. I love that show
While all the currency is pretty cool (my dad is a collector), I think the most interesting thing is the jade bowl with the lid..so beautiful! You always find the coolest stuff, Alex.
nice find. swing and a hit for sure. def need a part 2
Josh was at the old store in his last video and it was great to see the ice-cream shop in winter with all the courtyard lights.
this is why you get rid of your stuff before you get sick or ill, relatives dont care nor the government if you have no survivors
Omg. That to me would be so much fun to go through. Great find.
This would just... make my decade to get these coins! Love this!!
Never ceases to amaze me what your able to find.
Just checked randomly the 50 cent 1903 coin. If it is indeed unc type-h, it fetches between 2000 and 15000... That's crazy! Best of luck, you've got your work cut out it seems :)
Depending upon the grade value, those 1 dollar coins from the 40's range from one hundred to five hundred per coin! You made out well young man!
You did very Well Alex!! The Canadian Fish scales, dimes, and all the silver before 1920 were sterling. LOOK for the KEY Date COINS to send off for Grading!! AND THE Graders are NOT FAST , Just so you know!! Good luck buddy! Cheers JJ
How is your sweet family ? Hope your New Year is filled with lots of family time . 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
You have such an exciting and interesting life. Thanks so much for sharing it . Your great success is well earned. :)
My gosh you’ve more than made your money back and then some! What a treasure haul! Some of those tokens and “so-called dollars, can be extremely valuable. Luckily they’re marked quite well. Can’t wait to hear your profit.
Nice coins! 💓💝💘❤💖watching your videos, thank you for sharing and have a great day!
Happy New Year for 2023!🥂
That was a great purchase. It would be interesting to go through, just to find out face value. Best of luck with the auction! Happy new year to you, Melissa & kids.
Besides the shire awesomeness of this coin collection is the comments that is fascinating !! My father did coin collections but none to this degree, looks like a lot of work but fun !!!
I was thinking earlier today that I hadn't seen a CI video in a while. I even checked in case I missed one. So of course I got a notification for this shortly after.
That's an absolutely amazing collection. I wish I had that! You probably have closer to $10k or more there. To the right collector they would pay over the odds for the whole lot. I know I would if I had that kind of money 👍❤️💛💚👌
You would be well advised to "stay tuned" and watch out for the big coin auction coming up. Alex always uses the same auction house, Kastner Auctions.
You may be very surprised that most of these coins will sell for much less than they are worth, simply because Kastner is not a huge well-known auction house or online giant with millions of users, it's a little mom and pop business near to Alex and not many people outside of Canada are registered to buy on there.
Alex knows this, and is happy to "leave some profit on the table" as he says, for the next guy.
I have bought literally dozens of Alex's items from Kastner over the years, stamps, comics, toys, you name it. I shipped them to the UK for a pretty decent rate. Some items I've kept for myself but most I have resold on ebay and have made easily double my money back including the "free" items I've kept for myself, and I've had some really fun things pass through my hands in the process.
@@davefish2280 that's canny cool! I have been watching this channel from the start on and off but I live in England and the postage will probably be worse than the price of the coin unless I buy in bulk. How much is it to post to the UK?
Never know he can have some really rare pieces, the 1880's silver dollars are some BIG money!!!
He ripped those people off bug time, wish those people took those into a coin shop, unbelievable!
*From what I saw, this collection could go at least $7k - $8k.*
Omg I would love to find that. You have a coin collector’s dream finds.
*DAMN! You hit a Jack Pot mate. This video was so enjoyable to watch. Great score. :)*
Good purchase, lots of work to do but it will pay nicely. The Jade alone is very valuable.
It was a lifetime for one to collect. Hope to get an update on a later video.
Thanks for sharing. Have a successful New Year.
Gayle Agostinelli from TH-cam mentioned your channel and when she said antiques I had to rush on over and subscribe! Cant wait to binge watch all your videos!!!!! Love to see what treasures you find!!!
You will really enjoy the hoarder videos they are still my favourites
@@julielumsden5184 oh that is what I been binge watching practically nonstop! I just wish that I seen these much much earlier. Would of been great to of been able to bid at the auctions!! I am loving these videos!!! ❤️
Seeing all the pennies made me wonder what you did with the cabinet unit you covered with pennies?
I'm pretty sure he sold it.
I do wonder what some pennies from the 30'sto 80's will be worth in another hundred years when more countries stop using and minting pennies.
I used to collect very red or some other variable pennies up to the 80's. Even 15 years ago, they were worth over a dollar each. Who knows what they wil be worth down the road.
I have hundreds if not thousands of Indian Head U.S. Pennies that I got back when I had the itch for collecting coins years ago. Some are in big bags, other are rolled. and some are in cardboard protectors.
Another great video! I hope everyone watching appreciates how much investment experience you are sharing with each of these. I appreciate your constant reference to "getting my money back as soon as possible" and the focus on turnaround time between buying a lot and turning it around via auction, and how much work that entails. Keep up the great work!
Dear Mr. Archbold.
👍👌👏 Very well done, Sir, very well indeed! Absolutely fantastic purchase again! Congrats! I bet all this is worth AT LEAST 10.000 CAD.
Best regards, luck and especially health to all of you.
I think you’re going to do very well with all of these coins. Love from Canada.
I'm am very jealous!! What a score. I'm sure you'll more than double your money on this.
Awesome! ❤ Great way to start the New Year! Fran
I thought I saw some gold certificate bills in there too Alex. It will say it on the bill just like the silver ones. You'll definitely make your money back & then some. Yeeeeah!
Looks like another great find! So fascinating.
Happy New Year to and your family! I’ve missed your videos
Just had a look for the Ol' Curiosity shop premises in Edmonton on Google street view - it looks like it's not in use by anyone. I feel nostalgic about the days when we saw the shop on the Curiosity channel especially after you had all those big plans for the buildings, but I guess time marches on : s
Fantastic buy! I am in awe. Great job
I happen to be 30 minutes early to my event tonight so I’m watching your video!
Did you get to film any of your family Christmas? Did your new sister and brother get to come or did the airline/ weather situation cancel plans?
I'm a coin and paper money collector. You are blessed to get this collection you should way more than you paid for this collection
Well jelly.ive started collecting coins for my grandkids. Mainly 50p .also victorian. Just got my first charles 111 50p to add to my collection
I don’t think you overpaid. You really have some nice coins and currency there. You had me bedazzled long before that last binder of US coins. 🤩🤩
Incredible!! I only wish I'd found a coin collection like that - it would be tons of fun going through a collection like that!!
You should reach out to Alex. I am sure you could help him how to separate the valuable coins from the less valuable coins.
It has been awhile since I have found a large collection at an estate auction or sale. 25 years ago, I used to buy a lot more coins and currency. I am tempted to start buying some larger lots that are police evidence or from bank safety deposit boxes. Most are online now, so not a true auction since the bids are extended for 3 minutes at the end of the Auction, but sometimes you can get some hidden treasures in the larger lots.
The Canadian half dollar listed 1903-H UNC is Lilly closer to AU but still has a value somewhere north of 300 USD. Amazing find
You could honestly open up your own coin shop with this many coins. As a collector I'd love to look through a collection like that. Also, even face value you'd be surprised how quickly some of that could add up.
No you could not. The naiveté!!!
According to the NGC Price Guide, as of December 2022, a Morgan Dollar from 1886 in circulated condition is worth between $34.50 and $63. However, on the open market 1886 Silver Dollars in pristine, uncirculated condition sell for as much as $1650
I know it will take a lot of time to go through all the coins but even one coin could be worth thousands of dollars. I wonder if there's a book or something on line that lists hard to find coins or most valuable coins, you may find one that is worth quite a lot. 🥰🥰🥰
Great collection great video get you on the next one
That collection of coins and bills is overwhelming for me it would be I hope you and your family had a great Christmas and have a happy New Year stay safe take care love from upstate New York
OMG *** THAT'S AN AMAZING COLLECTION !!!
I'M SURE YOU HAVE MORE THAN COVERED YOUR INVESTMENT !!!
Great find Alex! I think your missing out on eBay ! Watch for error coins. They weren’t popular back then, but their hot now !
......but THEY'RE hot now.......learn English ( and viewers are more likely to take your comment seriously )........
Any coin that had errors or something rare about it gets good money on eBay CN or eBay US. They are easy to ship and insure. I have bought and sold quite a few back in the early 2000's when I did more reselling.
🤩 AMAZING ALEX! Just wow!👍👏🏼
1966 I was 1 year old. So that is old, I collect coins and stamps, that is interesting that somebody collected so many. WOW.
Sure some people would love to see a video of you opening a box of grated coins
It still blows my mind that places in Canada swing 80 degrees C (or more!) over the year. Thanks for the show!
The box you’re going through around 12 minutes in, looks like a giant looking through a box of vinyl 45s in their paper sleeves haha
You have good instincts Alex. Looks like you will make some profit on this haul.
More than anything, this collection is a very rare and fascinating look at old currency, from times where it actually was worth something
🙋♀️❤ Some of those sets might be proof sets. Also, A very fine coin is not as good as it sounds. To get your your money's worth from this haul, and to have lots of fun, it would be worth learning about grades, mint marks, errors. How many coins minted in a certain year matter more than how old a coin is. Lots of cool stuff.
Several of the cases had marks from coin shows. Are there still shows? You could rent a table and make triple the investment in a day, then auction the rest.