different way of finding old silver coin

[dabbie1]

Went for a ride with my wife here in Delaware,While riding through a small town, only one elementary school,saw a small antique store and decieded to stop in and browse.I was telling the lady behind the counter that I metal detected.She reached below the counter and said you may be interested in this.Out comes a large silver coin called a Maria Theresa Thaler with a date of 1780. I looked it over and told her I would give her $20 for it. She said that was fair. So I purchased it When I got home I researched it online.Maria Theresa Thaler was Empress of Austria,Hungry,and Bohemia from 1740 to 1780.This coin since minted has been world trade coin, was excepted every where in the world back then, and .They even used it here in colonial America.She told me it had just come in from an estate sale.The coin is fine silver,right now silver is $28.30 an ounce. So I gained $8.30 just by buying it. The date of this coin has remained 1780- so who knows when minted I will have to research the mint mark to see where and when it was minted.It is old and good silver ,cause it is tarnished.So you never know what may come your way.HH Wayne in Delaware

 

[John LA]

Probably minted in the last few years but you still made about $9 due to silver price.

 

[John LA]

Two I purchased in the last few years for about $30 each. They look newly minted. I have one that is quite worn and I purchased it about 12 years ago. I don't know about it.