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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 26712715, member: 27832&quot;]My impression from the last ten or fifteen years is that <i>in general</i> .999 trades at somewhat less of a premium than 90%. (You pay less for it, but also get less when you sell it back.)</p><p><br /></p><p>That hasn&#039;t been the case during this latest spike, because refiners are backed up and refining 90% is more costly than refining (basically testing, then melting and re-casting) .999. When times are normal, I think 90% gets traded without getting melted down.</p><p><br /></p><p>I prefer 90% junk silver to .999 because it&#039;s easy for me to verify that 90% minor coinage is genuine. Bars and rounds are easier to fake, and harder (for me at least) to validate. If I see a random hand-poured bar, how can I be sure it doesn&#039;t have a chewy solder (tin/lead tuned to have the same density as silver) center? And even if I <i>am</i> sure, how do I convince someone who might buy it from me?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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