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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Market Harmony, post: 685931, member: 20154&quot;]He clarifies what he meant by &quot;sterling&quot; here:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, the term, &quot;.900 silver&quot; is used synomynously with &quot;US coin silver.&quot;&nbsp; So, that end is still opened up... does he mean &quot;US Coin&quot;, or &quot;coin silver&quot;?&nbsp; &quot;Coin silver&quot; is a term used to describe anything made of 900/1000.&nbsp; Some tableware and decorative items were made of coin silver and they are either marked as &quot;coin&quot; or &quot;900&quot;&nbsp; I have a spoon that is marked, &quot;coin.&quot;&nbsp; But the clerk at Target wouldn&#039;t accept it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would be VERY curious why anyone would pay more for 900/1000 than they would for 925/1000 scrap silver.&nbsp; If that is the case, I will take that spread to the bank all day long and start to buy sterling silverware on the cheap and adding copper to get 900/1000 silver in a furnace, then take it to a guy willing to pay more for it!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In my best estimate, BHP means to phrase the question, &quot;Given equal weights of 90% US coin and a pile of scrap sterling silver, why will dealers pay more for the coins than they will for the sterling?&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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