by Michael Maharrey, Schiff Gold:
A bag of “junk silver” given to a woman by her father more than 50 years ago is now worth at least five figures.
The Oklahoma woman received a bag of 2,000 silver half-dollar coins as a gift back in 1970. While the face value of the coins is just $1,000, the silver alone is worth over $17,800.
And because the coins are still in the original mint-sealed bag, they could fetch up to over $100,000 at an auction.