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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 26685433, member: 27832"]Welp, I've cracked the seal - I found a listing with a bunch of those framed "Coins of the [random historic period]" displays, calculated that the BIN price was about 60% of melt, and made an offer 10% below that. eBay has changed the way "Make an Offer" works, for the better, I think; I had to do a PayPal authorization before it would even put the offer through, and then it auto-billed when the offer was accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll have some framing to donate or repurpose, some cardboard to toss, and some cents to put into the jar - but I'll also have 12 war nickels, 4 silver dimes, 3 silver quarters, 4 silver halves, a Morgan, two Peace dollars, and a buck or two of clad change for right around $230 shipped. I figure I'm good as long as silver stays above $45, and even if it <i>does</i> fall back below that soon, I'm confident it'll bounce back above <i>that</i> level in my lifetime.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 26685433, member: 27832"]Welp, I've cracked the seal - I found a listing with a bunch of those framed "Coins of the [random historic period]" displays, calculated that the BIN price was about 60% of melt, and made an offer 10% below that. eBay has changed the way "Make an Offer" works, for the better, I think; I had to do a PayPal authorization before it would even put the offer through, and then it auto-billed when the offer was accepted. I'll have some framing to donate or repurpose, some cardboard to toss, and some cents to put into the jar - but I'll also have 12 war nickels, 4 silver dimes, 3 silver quarters, 4 silver halves, a Morgan, two Peace dollars, and a buck or two of clad change for right around $230 shipped. I figure I'm good as long as silver stays above $45, and even if it [I]does[/I] fall back below that soon, I'm confident it'll bounce back above [I]that[/I] level in my lifetime.[/QUOTE]
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