Silver and Gold
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Silver and Gold
Does anyone know anything about silver and gold coins? Like... how much is a silver half dollar REALLY worth?
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Re: Silver and Gold
50 cents, get yourself a slurpy at 7-11 and smile the rest of the day :thumbleft:DiggityBiggity wrote:Does anyone know anything about silver and gold coins? Like... how much is a silver half dollar REALLY worth?
can you really put a price on that?
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The US Mint sells the silver coins for $20-30. Some of that is certainly mark up, but it makes me wonder what the actual material value is. I somehow doubt they're charging a 400-700% increase over the material value.
http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/st ... ogId=10001
http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/st ... ogId=10001
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The Canadian Mint produces a new series of "limited edition" quarters each year. They're made out of nickel or whatever the hell quarters are usually made out of and they circulate them as usual, but they also sell them directly for a hell of a markup. I think the full sets (10 or 12 quarters) are like $25 each.
And these things aren't even remotely rare. As long as you make cash purchases once or twice a week, you could easily just collect them yourself.
And these things aren't even remotely rare. As long as you make cash purchases once or twice a week, you could easily just collect them yourself.
Why would you eat bad ice cream?
I don't live in Canadacactus bastard wrote:The Canadian Mint produces a new series of "limited edition" quarters each year. They're made out of nickel or whatever the hell quarters are usually made out of and they circulate them as usual, but they also sell them directly for a hell of a markup. I think the full sets (10 or 12 quarters) are like $25 each.
And these things aren't even remotely rare. As long as you make cash purchases once or twice a week, you could easily just collect them yourself.
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Pennies made before 1974 are made with more than a penny's worth of copper. I think copper is ~$3/lb. A penny weighs 2.5g
182 pennies per pound
So, find 182 pennies made before 1974, melt them down, and buy a big mac with your profit. Good luck finding old pennies though..... I think everybody knows this now.
182 pennies per pound
So, find 182 pennies made before 1974, melt them down, and buy a big mac with your profit. Good luck finding old pennies though..... I think everybody knows this now.
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Re: Silver and Gold
silver - roughly $25-35 for a 1 oz coin.DiggityBiggity wrote:Does anyone know anything about silver and gold coins? Like... how much is a silver half dollar REALLY worth?
a actual silver half dollar - depends on the coin.
gold - roughly $500 for a 1 oz coin.