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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3230534, member: 19463&quot;]When I read historical accounts like these, I can not help thinking that it is possible or even likely that there are today those who would see our coins as something to be melted and converted to whatever their particular sub-culture demands.&nbsp; I met a couple once who was looking for old coins to be converted into wedding rings to meet their belief that such rings would carry good fortune not present in generic silver.&nbsp; Laws against metal detecting and owning ancient coins undoubtedly have caused the sanitizing of ancient precious metal objects into untraceable bullion bars. Of course there are many uses for precious metals other than storage of wealth.&nbsp; Back when I was deeply into silver based photography, I occasionally wondered if that roll of film in my camera had once been a tetradrachm.&nbsp; There is really no way of telling such things but it would be fascinating to know statistics on the past life of any given molecule.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What are the current theories on the percentages of gold and silver being mined as opposed to recycled from some previous use?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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