whats it got to Hit to pay 10X?

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  1. bandito974

    bandito974 Senior Member

    hello all I just aquired a small collection of Roosevelt dimes, Namely 259.00 face.
    I was wondering what specific dollar amount would silver need to hit to pay 10 times face value?
    I wish I had a formula to figure it out on my own, I hate having to call the exchange everyday to find out.
    Any ideas on a formula for 90% U.S. Silver?
    bandito974
     
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  3. Stu Joe

    Stu Joe Official Spokesman For Middle Aged Balding Guys

    I think it has about reached or maybe surpassed that mark at its current $14 plus per ounce. Doesn't the Redbook say how much silver is in a dime. Don't have mine handy but don't you just multiply that by spot price.
     
  4. Burks

    Burks New Member

    Back around $13.50-$13.75 people were paying 9.2x-9.5x face. I believe we have met and exceeded that!
     
  5. Stu Joe

    Stu Joe Official Spokesman For Middle Aged Balding Guys

    http://www.ajpm.com/htbin/silver.cgi

    AJPM is at 9631.00 buy and 10310.00 sell on $1000 bags of 90% and 9416.00 buy and 10846.00 sell on smaller quantities. So I think we are at that 10X sweet spot and silver is at $14.43 right now according to Kitco.
     
  6. bandito974

    bandito974 Senior Member

    as of the close of business Monday dallas Gold and silver was paying 8.977 on 500 face or more and 8.5 on 459 or less
    There has to be a formula to figure it out..
    PLEEEZE! can anybody point me in that direction
    bandito
     
  7. zaneman

    zaneman Former Moderator

    well, they were 2.5 grams each. If you have 259 dollars face value, that means you have 2590 dimes. 2590 times 2.5 grams means 6475 grams of dimes. Multiply that by 0.9, which is the silver content, and you get that you have 5827.5 grams of silver. Divide that by 31.1 grams per troy ounce, and you have 187.37 ounces of silver. 187.37x = 2590 dollars means that silver has to be 13.82 cents per ounce for roosevelt dimes to be worth 10x face.
     
  8. bandito974

    bandito974 Senior Member

    Thank you, so much for the answer
    I am left with is it best to buy face value vs silver countent?
    I placed an add in a paper here in dallas buying coins I usually offer a certain number times face like 10 x face value, should I be buying by the silver count in grams?
     
  9. Cloudsweeper99

    Cloudsweeper99 Treasure Hunter

    Wouldn't it be easier to just say that each dime contains .0724 ounces of silver, and multiply that by the current silver price to get the bullion value of a dime?
     
  10. bandito974

    bandito974 Senior Member

    I like that better!
    my next question... what is the silver content on the different denomonations of U.S. coins?
     
  11. zaneman

    zaneman Former Moderator

    Indeed it would be much easier. :D
     
  12. Uncle Herbie

    Uncle Herbie Senior Member

  13. bandito974

    bandito974 Senior Member

    Thanks Tio herbie!
     
  14. EdsCoin

    EdsCoin Senior Member

    war nickel = .05626 ounce silver
    Dime = .07234
    quarter= .18084
    half dollar = .36169
    clad half = .14792
    silver dollar = .77344
    Multiply these numbers by price of silver to get value of silver in each.
     
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