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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1332694, member: 27832"]Oh, not <b>gti2</b> again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look carefully at the description of items:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>War nickels are 35% silver, but you can't get anywhere near full "melt value" for them. As it turns out, you can uusually expect to get about the same face-value multiple that you get for 90% silver dimes, quarters and halves, currently 21x face.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, this lot gives you $5.20 FV of 90% silver, with a current melt value of just under $110, and $1.00 of war nickels, with a current melt value around $32 (but you'd never get close to that if you tried to sell them).</p><p><br /></p><p>The auction listing is 100% accurate and 100% factual, both in title and description. It's also overpriced by a good 30% or more. But he's apparently doing a good business with these lots; I've been seeing them since I started following the category, close to a year ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1332694, member: 27832"]Oh, not [B]gti2[/B] again. Look carefully at the description of items: War nickels are 35% silver, but you can't get anywhere near full "melt value" for them. As it turns out, you can uusually expect to get about the same face-value multiple that you get for 90% silver dimes, quarters and halves, currently 21x face. So, this lot gives you $5.20 FV of 90% silver, with a current melt value of just under $110, and $1.00 of war nickels, with a current melt value around $32 (but you'd never get close to that if you tried to sell them). The auction listing is 100% accurate and 100% factual, both in title and description. It's also overpriced by a good 30% or more. But he's apparently doing a good business with these lots; I've been seeing them since I started following the category, close to a year ago.[/QUOTE]
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