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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ManfredNam, post: 3115102, member: 94821&quot;]WhooHoo ... some South African coins, my turn to give you a little more information</p><p>regarding South African Union coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alex Urizzi, author of Nomisma Journal 1, Issue 2, wrote the following in his journal and i quote</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>&quot;Mintage of 1953 2/6 (Half Crowns)</b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Unc = 2,519,461</b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>PF = 5,000</b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>1953 Half Crowns Officially withdrawn from 1965(April) to 1968(March) =</b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>1,474,015</b></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></i></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Furthermore, thousands of South African silver coins were smelted during early 1980. I quote the following from the journal ...</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;Silver Thursday&quot; refers to the 27th of March 1980 &amp; it marks the day that the bottom fell out of the silver bullion market. The silver bullion price had prior to a few days before this day, enjoyed the highest ever prices in its history. The price per ounce according to the stats I could acquire, reached $54/oz</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">As one can see most of the coins would generate more money by smelting than by selling them at numismatic values.&quot;</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Your coin may be much more valuable than you think ...</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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