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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;labarbedor, post: 37480, member: 2276&quot;]I find the reaction on this site curious, and unexpected. Solid silver made in America before 1860 is often called “coin silver” as it was often made from melting coins and the standard was generally the same .900 fine. The price varies widely. I have sold a single spoon weighing less than a half an ounce for $1,200. I sold another for about $8,400 that weighed perhaps 2 ounces.&nbsp; It is pure speculation, but I presume most were made from scrap silver, or the Mexican coin of the day still probably not very valuable. </p><p>&nbsp; I wasn’t however really thinking of these items but ones that actually use coins in the construction, and still have enough of the coin left to identify it. Some 18th century French wine tasters have an intact coin let into the bottom. Curiously most are rather common Spanish coins, these tasters are worth about $1,200 on the average. I also have had ladles where the bowl is made from a single one ounce silver coin, the rim being still readable. I could post pictures of examples if you like.</p><p>&nbsp; Of course most of the love token jewelry I have seen, are made of coins devalued by their use, although I would guess there are even exceptions to this. The melting of coins for making silver actually affected the quality of silver produced as in 18th century France where the standard was changed to .958. </p><p>&nbsp; You must also remember that rare coins are often rare, because so many were destroyed for whatever reason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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