It will probably be something the perth mint puts out for 3x cost, but anyhoo... A "silver puzzle". You buy each puzzle piece, which is roughly 1 oz or whatever weight it takes to make that piece. Once done with all the pieces, the puzzle is a 10-20 oz square. A beautiful design would be chosen for the puzzle and be etched into it.
I actually like that idea. For the past few years I've been talking about how people should make exact replicas of bullets in silver. Each caliber being a different weight and now look at what the NWTM is doing! It's awesome to see an idea you had a while back actually being successful now. Now if only I could get my hands on some of the profits:devil:
Not bad. How about constructing maybe something that instead of a puzzle could be actually used to, idk, eat food with? Something crafted to somehow facility being able to put food in your mouth without having to touch the food? Make it like a 32 piece set or something to allow your family or friends to also be able to use it? Sorry if this comes off to "smart", but silver has been used as decorative and functional items far, far longer than it has ever been used for coinage. Even though I was making fun of the idea, I do think it would be "fun". A mint striking a piece a month and when you are done you have a puzzle PLUS 20-30 ounces of silver. It does sound very Franklin Mintish, though. I am sure they made something like this in the 70's or 80's I would wager.
Didn't the Franklin Mint or similar made a silver chess set? Silver for white, gold plated silver for black. I seem to remember that from the 80's. You get one piece per month.
I think that Great Britain has coins in circulation right now that make a shield in a puzzle sort of way
the Chinese have something simular already with fan coins. I like your idea of a puzzle. the premium on these would be high though. how many pieces again ? 32 ?
check out this Ebay auction for cut coin puzzle idea. Ebay item number 190860314559. they should do this with 5 oz. silver america the beautiful hockey pucks.
Or try this one ... http://www.emporium-hamburg.com/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/sortiment/pdf/maria_puzzle_2010.pdf Christian
