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Wednesday, February 1,2012 • The Kentucky Standard

Prices through the roof! Gold and Silver Recycling opens forbusiness in town this week!By Laura RobertsStaff Writer

Gold and Silver have reachedRecord Prices. If you have somedrawers full of old Jewelry or aJar full of old coins, you mightwant to cash them in now. Goldhas reached world record pricesand silver markets have toppledthe 30 year charts. The recentrecord prices have beenassociated with wealthy investorsbuying gold and silvercommodities trying to avoid theweak US dollar and slowrecovering economy.There is no better time than nowfor you to gather up some of thatbroken jewelry and otherprecious metals.

The American Precious MetalsRecycling (APMR) is setting up aconvenient recycling operation.During their stay, local residentscan bring in gold, silver, platinumjewelry and coins and tum tIl.eminfor cash on the spot, Just abouteverybody has some amount of goldor silver just lying around. The staffwill help sort costume jewelry,broken items and coins. Just bring itall. This week anybody can sellthem direct to the Recycling firm.Usually selling direct toa recyclingfirm is reserved for larger wholesalecustomers like jewelry stores, pawnshops, antique shops, dentists,commercial users ..The Recyclingfirm has the ability to smelt andrefine precious metals cutting outthe middle man.APMR wants to do business witheverybody. The recyclers visit citiesaround the country hosting 3 to 5day events allowing the generalpublic to take advantage of directlyrecycling precious metals.

Money is close to unlimited forhigh grade coins.

By Laura Roberts, staff writer ..

Got Coin? It might be just thetime to cash in.This week starting 'TUesday andcontinuing through Friday. The Amer-ican Rare Collectibles Associationwill be purchasing all types of silverand gold coins direct from tbe public.All types are welcome and the eventis free. Collectors will be on hand toidentify and sort your coins.Then the quality or grade will bede termined, According to collectors,the grade being higher makes thecoin worth more money. With thecurrent gold and silver market, highprices are being paid for older coinstoo. Any dollar, half, quarter anddime coins minted in the US 1964and before are more desirable. Theseautomatically qualify.The coins worth is determined by therarity and the grade. Old silver dollarsare worth a great premium light now.Even well worn and heavily circu-lated ones are bringing good pre-miurn, Franklin aod Kennedy halves,Washington quarters, Mercury andRoosevelt dimes are all worth manytimes their face value. While oldertypes like bust, seated, liberties andbarber coins are worth even more.Gold COiDS are really worth a lot rightnow. TIlls country did not start mint-ing coins until 1792. Before thattrade was conducted using golddust and nugget.s. The governmentopened the first m.ints and begandistributing the coins in 1792. By thebeginning of the 19th cen tury coins

The response has been tremendous. Many What should you expect ifyou go Co the eventpeople make two or three visits to get to sell your gold and or silver? Just gather upcash for their items. The word of mouth all gold, silver and platinum in any form, If youtravels fast between relatives, friends, and are not sure if its gold or silver bring it ill andneighbors. Local residents have been they will test it for free. No appointment isknown to bring everything from small necessary. Priority is based on arrival time.coin collections to Silverware sets to Seating will be available. When you are called,large bags of old jewelry and watches that a professional buyer will ask you to display allneed sorted. Times are such that even the of your items so they can be sorted andmost secure family could use some extra analyzed. Current prices will be used from thespending cash. As the economy recovers world spot market index, After being paid forthese record prices are expected to go your items, you win be provided withback down making this an important time information on what you might bring for ato act now. The mere fact that large second visit. Waiting time will vary butquantities are being brought in adds to the typically win not be over 15 • 30 minutes,success for every visitor. The APMR has many are helped immediately upon arrival.been paying a lot more money than other Ameri.can Precious Metalschoices. .Recycling (APMR)will be

open beginnin.gTuesday1GAM· 7 PME.vent continu.esthrough Friday. Noappointment is needed.The APMR has paired with the American RareCollectibles Association to help clear out yourattic. The Roadshow has people on hand to buyanything old, collections of all sorts, estates andother rare items ..These include major categorieslike instruments. military items, old toys, pocketwatches, currency, collectible coins, graded andhigh quality items. The staff will make you acash offer on the spot for all of these items.Bring it in, have one of the professional buyersgive you your next car payment, payoff thatcredit card, or give you some extra spendingcash. Visit us today ..

The APMR is inviting everyone to bring alltypes of jewelry. Also other items can beturned in for cash. The types of items theywill accept include: all jewelry; all watches;anything gold; platinum; gold coins; goldounces; dental gold; old coins dated 1964 andbefore. This includes Dollars before 1935,halves before 1970, quarters and dimes;anything marked. sterling, ..925 or .999including flatware sets,tea pots, silver &gold bars, silver ounces, Gold and SilverCoins 1792·2011, any age bunion, and allindustrial precious metals,

If you are the owner of an antique. shop,resale shop, jewelry store, pawn shop,dentist office or a dealer please let thestaff know. We want to set up a programfor repeat business. Large quantities mayhelp for extraconsideration ..Long termcontracts and direct shipping will help tokeep your costs low and guarantee everydollar possible will go to you or yourbusiness. Stop by the event or give us acall at 217-371 ~9580

and paper currency were widespreadand our monetary system was here tostay ..In 1933 Roosevelt required allbanking institutions to turn in all goldcoins ..Once all banks turned in thisgold, the President raised the goldstandardfrorn $20 per ounce to $33.This was his way ofstimulating theeconomy during the great depres-sion. However, gold coins were neverredistributed after the recall, Notall gold coins were turned in. Manypeople chose to keep their gold.These gold coins are sought after bycollectors today and bring many timesthe face value. There are also somekey dates which command premiumprices. Other types of coins will alsobe purchased including foreign coins,Indian head cents, 2 cent pieces, balfdimes, 3 cent pieces, buffalo nickels,I. 940s nickels, V nickels, gold foreigncoins, to name a few. Collectors warn,please do not try to clean the coins.This will decrease their value.

Items we willaccept include:Scrap Jewel.ryDental GoldSterling.Silve'rwareSterling Tea SetsSilver DollarsAU coins 1970 & earlierGold CoinsAnything marked ..999, .925 or SterlingSilver and gold bars orrounds any ageIndustrial ScrapAU forms of platinum

Wealth.y Coin Collectors want your old coinsOther Items of Interest:Vintage Guitars:. Martin,Gibson, Fender, National,Rickenbacker, Gretsch,Other Instruments: Mandolins,Banjoes, band instruments ..Pocket & Wrist Watcbes:Hamilton Illinois, Waltham,Patek Phillipe, Ball, HowardSouth Bend, Elgin, Omega,Rolex, Lange, Bulova, Accutron,Longines, Breitling and more.Old paper money: United States,Confederate States Blanket Bills,$1,000 bills, Silver & Gold Certifi-cates and more.

IF YOU GO:When: Jan. 31st, Feb. 1st

2nd, and 3rdTuesday, Wednesday,Thursday and Friday.10am-7pm

Where:Hampton Inn

985 Chambers Blvd,Bardstown, KY

We buy aU Pre~1934 currency.Antique Toys: Trains, TinWind-ups, Mechanical Banks,Robots, Pressed Steel Trucks andmore.War Memorabilia: Swords,Bayonets, Helmets, German,Confederate, Union, USA, andothers ..Technological equipment allowsus to receive offers on rare itemsfrom collectors thousands ofmiles from the event.

We buy aU oldpoc.ket watches& wristwatches

APMR win open Tuesday at 10AM. The event nms every daythrougb Friday.

Top 5 Items!1.•Gold Coins2. Silver Coins3. Silverware orFlatware marked925 o.rSterling.4. Gold Jewelry5. Silver Jewelry

LocalResidentsare readyto cashin!American Collectibles buyers intown this week and ready to stimu-late economy!

By Laura RobertsSTAFF WRITER

The response from local residentsinquiring about this weeks visit hasbeen tremendous.The team of buyers this week are-purchasing a vast array of vintageitem (see list) along with coins,gold jewelry, and sterling silveritems the Recycling firm deals in.lt is a local shot in the ann for oureconomy. Professional buyers forthe event expect to spen.d in excessof$350,OOO this week, at the eventin Bardstown, KY cash directly tolocal residents on the spot. Eventcoordinators explain that these col-lectors are paying collector pricesfor vintage items. It's a great wayfor people to get top value for theiritems.

Recycling Representatives will beon hand starting Tuesday to pur-chase all gold, silver and platinumitems as well as coins.Public welcome!

IF YOU GO:

When: Jan. 31st, Feb. 1st,2nd and 3rd

Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday and Friday.10 am ~7 pm

Where:Hampton Inn

985 Chambers Blvd,Bardstown, KY