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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1830942, member: 19463&quot;]I can not recall ever buying an ancient that the value was in any way related to the metal content.&nbsp; Certainly US common dollars and 20th century silver of no special date might be melted by fools but most denarii are 1/10 oz.</p><p><br /></p><p>at best with debased one half that or less.&nbsp;&nbsp; If silver is selling at $20/oz. that makes the metal value a couple dollars at best.&nbsp; Denarii under $2 are hard to find.&nbsp; There are a few denarii bad enough that they might bring 4 times melt but the demand for silver scrap that varies from 5 to 95% might make in unprofitable to seek out&nbsp; victims.&nbsp; Gold might be a little better but nasty Roman gold is not trading anything approaching melt.&nbsp; How many $100 solidi have you seen?&nbsp; The copper value of a sestertius is under a quarter.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect ancients coins that are melted are mostly illegal finds in countries where you can get in trouble for having antiquities but not teaspoons. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Steve, would you like to adopt a few hundred of my little doggies?&nbsp;&nbsp; They would be almost free except for a reasonable spay/neuter charge and postage.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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