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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blasty, post: 8236215, member: 38375&quot;]Here&#039;s an afternoon thought/rambling that popped in my head.</p><p><br /></p><p>One very friendly LCS that I frequent sometimes has melt trays out, something I don&#039;t often see - gold and silver coins with zero premium. This is usually Canadian and other foreign &quot;junk&quot; silver as would be expected. What I find interesting, and frankly odd, is that most modern US commemoratives end up in these trays.</p><p><br /></p><p>Right now I see a &gt;$3/OzT premium attached to common circulated junk 90% and generic rounds, and a premium near $100/OzT on your typical ounce gold bars. Even cull silver dollars are priced at $30 each and people still buy them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet when it comes to commemoratives, I see 90% dollars, $5 and $10 gold pieces without premium, weight and purity identical to their original counterparts. It&#039;s not like these are some unknown, un-marked pieces that should raise suspicion - they&#039;re standard US gold and silver coins. And BU/Proof to boot.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, any thoughts as to why in this climate of stiff premiums on absolutely everything else, would any US Mint issue gold and silver coins be so undesirable that they are treated as scrap? What am I missing?</p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoy looking at pictures of peoples&#039; monster &quot;stacks&quot; and yet I never see tubes of modern silver dollars. I would think people interested in getting the most weight at the lowest premium would be all over them. People are showing off their war nickels and 40% for gosh sakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Disclosure: I was quite happy to grab a 1984-D $10 piece at melt. Dammit it&#039;s still a proper $10 gold piece and I really like the reverse on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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