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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1007442, member: 57463&quot;]I must agree with the general (and tautological) advice that anything priced above melt is too good to melt.</p><p><br /></p><p>For about a decade now, some aficiandos of the Washington Quarter have been pointing to the huge melts of these &quot;common&quot; coins.&nbsp; They believe (and want us to believe) that certainly in higher grades, anything with Mint Luster is worth keeping and moreover, some years seem harder to find than others; but it is not my thing, so I so have no idea what years those are.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, as the price of silver is a factor, know that most industrial silver comes from the processing of copper.&nbsp; <b>We live in an industrial society and you cannot ring a bell with glass, i.e, fiber optics do not carry current.</b>&nbsp; When I was in New Mexico 2002-2003, I was stopped at a railroad crossing where flatcars of nominally &quot;pure&quot; Kennecot ingots were headed to a refinery to be made 99+ pure: gold, silver, everything else makes it worthwhile.&nbsp; Primary mining of silver is secondary.&nbsp; The melting coins is known, but not a factor right now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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