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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1471216, member: 75105&quot;]When silver hit 49.50 a few months back, it bewilders me how much silver and gold&nbsp; coin got melted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think we should enact a law that would make it illegal to melt gold and silver coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>When silver and gold coins get melted, it <b>destroys</b> numismatic history. </p><p><br /></p><p>Certain exclusions will be made for fire damaged coins, or mutilated coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The sad fact is, while millions of silver coins exist, each &quot;silver boom&quot; sends many thousands into the melting pot. </p><p><br /></p><p>It will make older silver coins more expensive, as many get melted, scarcity increases.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I really think all of us numismatists should hound congress to make melting of silver and gold coins illegal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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