Yeah, I only mention the total weight for use in circumstances where someone buys junk silver online and receives a bag full of highly worn/holed...
Yikes! That's a steep price! I typically meet people at my bank, which is within walking distance of my work, so there's no gas expense. ;)
Not $0.794, but 0.794 ozt vs 0.715 ozt. One dollar of circulated 90% silver coins contains around 0.715 troy ounces of silver. Since that 0.715...
This wasn't addressed to me, but your post seems to assume one buys and sells to a dealer, likely the same dealer. Buying and selling ASE between...
If they are truly being sold as a percent over spot based on the actual number of ounces, then wear would not be an issue, because any given...
It has already been mentioned, but the first question that comes to mind is "why melt them"? If you want to use the silver to make something like...
Just to clarify, there are two laws that I am aware of that pertain to the destruction of coins. One that makes it illegal to fraudulently deface...
If only it were that simple, and if only I were able to see five years into the future. For example, inflation could quite realistically average...
...and to play the Devil's advocate, to assume the US will never fall is naïve at best. The US and our current form of government are quite old...
Good question, and I don't think the law applies to you as much as it does the buyer. I believe the burden is placed on the buyer to ensure they...
Nice thread resurrection, I was wondering how the law would pan out. As for the Detecto comment quoted above, there are many ways for thieves to...
IMHO - In a large scale collapse, hunting game animals for food would only be a viable option for a few months at best as a shift from...
The value of gold in any sort of economic collapse (outside of The Twilight Zone) will be contingent on one thing: Confidence that order will...
Depends on why you believe it went down, why you're thinking of buying, what you think is yet to come, etc. Silver is down by $0.54. Sounds pale...
$200 each for a couple of ATB 5 oz coins when silver was a little higher than it is today. Edit: Oops, I forgot that I do have a nice $2.50 Gold...
Ba, dump, bump, pssssh! Well said.
Rough crowd today. Jeez. I can see where the OP is coming from and I understand his curiosity. What's with all the assumptions and accusations...
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