Is this super damaged ASE worthless?

Hey everyone,

I had a very unfortunate situation happen a few days ago and I need some help & advice.

One of my friends knocked over my acid testing kit solutions and this ASE was right next to it (face down) so the acid ruined the obverse.

Is this ASE worthless now?

Or is it still worth something since it’s still silver even though the ASE itself is ruined?

Like is it worth $10 at least?

Or is it totally worthless?

Thanks!

 

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I'd say spot less whatever spread your LCS pays.

 

askin for a friend huh?

 

its silver so

 

+1

 

An ounce of silver is an ounce of silver, still worth spot -dealer's cut.

 

You still have an ounce of silver there, so it isn't worthless by any means.

 

Spoon it - make a gargantuan ring!

 

Oh ok thanks! So is that because it can be melted down and remade into something someone would want?

I can't imagine anyone walking into my LCS and buying it when there are others that look brand new.

 

yes

 

No I'm asking for myself. xD

But he was the one whose elbow bumped my little dropper of 18k gold testing acid that I use on cull silver. ONLY cull silver. I would never use acid on a coin with any numismatic value. I learned a little trick that silver acid isn't necessary and that 18k acid can be used to test silver because it will turn light blue when applied to real silver.

I was showing him that on one of my cull war nickels and he bumped the dropper.

 

Well, I suppose your karma is back and balanced

 

Well it's good to hear that at least it's not worthless.

I would've been happy to hear that I could get 50% of spot for it so if I can get $5 under spot I'm thrilled.

 

To my mind, it's still worth at least as much as a no-name one-ounce round.

I did once buy a harshly cleaned (heavily scratched) ASE for around melt, several dollars less than unimpaired specimens. I've been carrying it as a pocket piece ever since, hoping it would accumulate enough wear to wipe out the scratches. Not much luck so far, but I think the damage to yours would fade a good bit more quickly.

 

Yeah, @Gam3rBlake might be good for experiments in "cleaning"

 

Ehh I dont think the damage on mine will fade at all.

Because it's acid damage so the entire top layer of silver has been eaten through by the acid.

But I know what you mean about the no-name one ounce round.

At least whoever buys it knows its real since you can clearly see the silver color from the acid test which is proof it's silver.

 

I don't think it can be cleaned can it?

I mean it's acid damaged. The top layer of silver has been totally corroded by the acid.

 

Put it on eBay as a mint error, and you might get double, lol.

 

On Etsy possibly 100 times.

 

It's always worth spot minus fees but if you want to throw it away as worthless I'll be glad to pay the postage for you to send it to me. Lol