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<p>[QUOTE="Evom777, post: 1043655, member: 27123"]A friend of mine who is in His mid 70s remembers the silver frenzy back in 80. He told me that at a show there were 2 dealers who were buying junk silver off of other dealers as well as attendees. They left mid-way through the show with 2 hand trucks worth of junk silver and drove straight to a smelter 1 state over. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think what intrigues me about that incident is the volume they accumulated in such a short time, and how many people that were actually dumping their junk silver. Idk about the rest of You, but as of right now I have no trouble finding junk silver....whether it`s Morgans, Peace, Walking Libs etc. Many people including dealers are trading the junk between themselves on a regular basis. I think the difference now is that more people are scrutinizing the junk for key dates. (more so now than back in 1980) </p><p><br /></p><p>A friend of mine who`s a jewelry/coin dealer recently purchased some junk silver from a customer. In the mix was a 1928 Peace that was at the very least a good+.......so maybe not everyone turned in their silver back in 1980. : )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Evom777, post: 1043655, member: 27123"]A friend of mine who is in His mid 70s remembers the silver frenzy back in 80. He told me that at a show there were 2 dealers who were buying junk silver off of other dealers as well as attendees. They left mid-way through the show with 2 hand trucks worth of junk silver and drove straight to a smelter 1 state over. I think what intrigues me about that incident is the volume they accumulated in such a short time, and how many people that were actually dumping their junk silver. Idk about the rest of You, but as of right now I have no trouble finding junk silver....whether it`s Morgans, Peace, Walking Libs etc. Many people including dealers are trading the junk between themselves on a regular basis. I think the difference now is that more people are scrutinizing the junk for key dates. (more so now than back in 1980) A friend of mine who`s a jewelry/coin dealer recently purchased some junk silver from a customer. In the mix was a 1928 Peace that was at the very least a good+.......so maybe not everyone turned in their silver back in 1980. : )[/QUOTE]
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