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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1956069, member: 26302&quot;]Around here, (upper midwest), for the last 30 years or so here is the basic breakdown:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Average US junk silver you bought at melt, dealer offered you 10% less. Damaged junk could be bought -10%, dealer would pay you less.</p><p>2. Average world junk sold maybe 10% back of US junk, mainly because of variability in purity.</p><p>3. .999 government you bought at premium, (about $3), dealer offered melt or maybe $.50 over</p><p>4. Damaged .999 government bought at melt</p><p>5. Rounds you bought at melt, dealer offered you 10% back.</p><p><br /></p><p>That really is &quot;the game&quot; here for a long time. I just bought some a month ago, and got a ASE gold plated at melt, and paid melt for a bunch of WL and Franklins. So it appears its still the same, or close to it. If someone wants better than this, (like 10% back on damaged ASE&#039;s), they are competing against other buyers who will pay full melt. Short of luck in that regard, you need to be a pseudo dealer, buying from the public. With the large numbers of fakes, someone better know what they are doing to play that game.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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