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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;trogdor, post: 3612088, member: 21943&quot;]Melt for the dollars is a good deal. Melt for the walkers is still ok.</p><p><br /></p><p>Melt for the rest is fair only because of the amount you are buying is small. PM dealers routinely trade 90% in quantity with each other under melt. When buying from the public...well, it&#039;s brutal.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you buy these from your dealer, you&#039;re giving him a safe and quick return on his money. He&#039;s more than happy to sell at melt. If he has a kind soul, he&#039;s making 20-40% when he sells to you. Sometimes it&#039;s more than that. Be aware that when you go to sell, you&#039;ll be doing so back of melt, and depending on who you sell to possibly significantly back.</p><p><br /></p><p>The trick around this is to buy silver that trades at a premium. Obviously dollars fall into that category, and if you&#039;re buying those at melt you&#039;re doing very well. Walking Lib halves are also seen as &quot;better 90%&quot; so if you&#039;re stacking silver thats a good route to go as long as you aren&#039;t the guy paying the premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other 90% worth picking up at melt:</p><p>Barber coins that grade Good+</p><p>Standing Liberty quarters with a date</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably worth picking up at melt:</p><p>BU Franklins, Kennedy&#039;s, Washington quarters, late date Merc dimes</p><p><br /></p><p>90% at melt that isn&#039;t actually a bargain:</p><p>Circulated Franklins, Kennedy&#039;s, Washington quarters, merc dimes (unless you can cherry pick better dates), roosevelt dimes (even BU), almost anything heavily damaged, holed, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;m guessing you already know this, but circulated 40% Kennedy&#039;s and 35% War nickels should always sell with a significant discount under melt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another surprisingly difficult thing to move is 90% state quarters or other silver Mint Set issues that have been broken up. I&#039;m guilty of buying those at melt and then gifting them away though.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, happy stacking!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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