Silver content of U.S. Coins

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by CoinCorgi, Aug 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM.

  1. CoinCorgi

    CoinCorgi Tell your dog I said hi!

    When 100F outside and bored, do a spreadsheet...

    What y'all think?

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  3. CoinCorgi

    CoinCorgi Tell your dog I said hi!

    oops...gms/troy oz
     
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  4. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    I'll happily tell anyone who asks* that I'll pay full melt for three-cent silvers, even if they're worn enough to have lost significant weight. In fact, I'll pay the higher Type II/III melt value, even for Type I pieces. Because I'm just that kind of generous guy.

    * since nobody has asked, this is not a solicitation to buy, please don't move it to the WTB forum, or otherwise take it seriously
     
  5. CoinCorgi

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  6. Burton Strauss III

    Burton Strauss III Brother can you spare a trime? Supporter

    If you are going to call it % Ag then please format it as ###.## not #.####
     
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  7. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Or just call it something like "silver fineness".
     
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  8. ksmooter61

    ksmooter61 Not in Kansas anymore

    I love a good spreadsheet; too bad you can't post it here. This looks like a great tool to have available, especially when at the LCS or show.
     
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  9. CoinCorgi

    CoinCorgi Tell your dog I said hi!

    Yup. I rushed to finish something I could post, and in doing so I missed details such as you point out. Which is what I wanted...feedback. I will polish it up with more labels and formatting and more logical columns. Also, I want to make it generic for any spot price.

    I did get a bit confused when reading the Red Book on Gobrecht dollars. 1836 was clearly 416 grains per coin and 1838-1839 were clearly 412.5 grains per coin, but what were the re-strikes (late 1850's thru early 1870's)? I'd assume they were the 412.5 grains (like the seated liberty $'s of the same time period), but it is not specifically stated as so in the Red Book. I'll try to find another reference to clarify.
     
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  10. CoinCorgi

    CoinCorgi Tell your dog I said hi!

    Thanks. Maybe it can be downloaded (the image) and use character recognition to import it into Word and/or Excel. Hmmm...
     
  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Collecting for 49 years Moderator

  12. Burton Strauss III

    Burton Strauss III Brother can you spare a trime? Supporter

    I don't mean this negatively but if it's legit your work that means you have the .xlsx and can export in a text only format like CSV or even XML.

    If instead it's something you found on the web and let us know the URL and you can always import it into Excel modern Excel with the data functions.
     
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