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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1248939, member: 11521&quot;]I highly doubt the dies were made from silver. Most coin dies are made from die steel, especially when made to strike coins. The metal has to be harder than the material they are striking. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now if the dies were used to make cast coins I suppose the dies could be silver as long as the metal being used has a lower melting point than silver. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is worth whatever someone is willing to pay. There is a limited market for counterfeit coin dies.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Almost certainly NOT. It may be a crime just to own the dies, much less sell them. You may want to be very careful who you ask these questions. The Secret Service goes way out of their way to make sure nobody except the US Mint has dies that can be used to strike (or cast) US coins. If I were you I might write an &quot;anonymous&quot; letter to Coin World asking these questions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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