I have always wanted to ask my grandfather what he did with all his old coin collections but I am afraid to find out that he actually sold them. I have not seen them in many years and he used to have them all displayed before my grandmother passed away. She would always complain about how some people sell silver but my grandfather bought it.

Selling silver was really popular about ten years ago and then when prices went down, people just did not think they could make any profit in it and I think that the coin collections all headed to the attics, spare bedrooms and basements. I have seen some dealers who are selling silver at antique shops and swap meets but not too many.

If my grandfather does in fact still have the collections of silver I wonder if he knows that if he were to sell silver coins today, at the rate that silver is being bought he could make quite a bit of money. All I ever see in jewelry store windows is how they are willing to buy gold from you but no one ever mentions that they will buy silver too. Maybe someday I will get up the nerve to talk to my grandfather about it.