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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 1043669, member: 9270&quot;]The interesting part about the 1980 melt was that many of the coins melted <b>were not junk</b>!</p><p>Many BU common date coins went into the pot also.</p><p>I think it happened again to a lesser extent about 1990.</p><p><br /></p><p>But even MORE interesting is that people got more for those coins then than they could today.</p><p>Particularly if you factor in inflation.</p><p>Silver spot in 1980 was about $50/oz!</p><p>People are excited now about the silver spot and it&#039;s only about $27.50.</p><p>And keep inflation in mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I was a collector at that time and quit because of the silver spike.</p><p>I didn&#039;t return to coins until about 1991.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and the answer to your question is, &quot;Not for a very long time, if ever.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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