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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ronnie58, post: 2962917, member: 90698&quot;]Please confirm a quick calculation of the silver content of a mercury dime as:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; (2.5 grams)x(.90)x (1 oz. / 28.35 grams)</p><p>&nbsp; = 0.07937 oz. Ag</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and so the coin&#039;s spot value at last check would be</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; (0.07937 oz.) x ($17.20/oz) = $1.36</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s not obvious to me why aiming to collect this series in say, the VF20 - XF 40 range would result in that low melt value coming into play maybe 10 or 15 years down the road.</p><p>&nbsp; I understand that both the future price of silver and the level of interest in collecting are impossible to predict.&nbsp; But even taking a common date, 1927, (with mintage 28 million / but only est.5000 survivors), the corresponding PCGS retail value of $8-$10 ought to at least hold its own and more likely go up in that time.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t making more of them, at least as long as we can stay one step ahead of counterfeiters.</p><p>&nbsp; No doubt this is the rant of one recent returned to the hobby, so anyone please correct my naivete here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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