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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 5248243, member: 90692&quot;]Took eleven items to my LCS today, here are the results:</p><p><br /></p><p>6 of the items needed verification that they were silver but they would not do it as they had no interest.&nbsp; So I get to do it myself.&nbsp; 2 of these were a. gold-plated 1 oz copper bar and b. nickel-plated brass.&nbsp; The other 3 were casino metal rounds circa 1990.&nbsp; I read that casinos stopped using silver in slot machine tokens in 1964, but none of these are magnetic leading me to believe they could be silver.&nbsp; More to come on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>1948 Mexico 2 1/2 peso gold piece:&nbsp; Not Interested.</p><p>1968 Mexico Olympics type 2 one oz silver:&nbsp; Not interested.</p><p>2018 MS70 Silver Kruggerand (encapsulated):&nbsp; “Too hard to authenticate”, Not interested.</p><p>1923 Peace dollar, many defects and XF wear:&nbsp; SOLD FOR $1 UNDER MELT ( $17 dollars ).</p><p>20 silver Washington quarters, all G4-F12, 1940 to 1962...melt value $86.&nbsp; Numis. value $151.&nbsp; Said I would accept $120, was told they would only buy “under melt”.&nbsp; Declined to sell.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>This </b></i>is the uphill climb we face trying to liquidate our collections.&nbsp; We almost <i><b>never</b></i> realize true numismatic value and get taken for a ride when we capitulate and sell for melt.&nbsp; I honestly thought there would be more interest...now a much larger portion of my collection will be gifted to family...sooner than later...imo...Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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