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Comment on How much are 1 oz .999 Fine Silver coins worth these days? by Taiping

Taiping — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:22:31 +0000

You need to call a coin dealer to get the value, for the price of silver goes up and down daily. It also depends on what you have. A silver round which is one troy oz. of .999 silver is not a coin but a medal, so is valued less than say an American Silver Eagle or Canadian Maple Leaf. By the time you read this silver will already have either gone up or down some. Make the phone call.

Comment on How much are 1 oz .999 Fine Silver coins worth these days? by Doc

Doc — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:51:04 +0000

The spot price is $16.72
But that’s not the price you can buy silver for, nor sell it for.
Let me explain.
The prices you see in the paper are the prices for purchasing silver futures.
One must take delivery on a certain quantity of metal by a certain date in order to get it at that price.
The average man on the street pays 10% over spot for an ounce of silver shot (casting grain.) A jeweler pays 5% over spot from a supplier.

Some silver coins have value on top of the silver, but most US silver coins are only .900 (90%) silver so one must take that into account.
Also, a refinery is forbidden by law from melting down US coins unless the pictures/words on the coins are illegible.

I’m a jeweler. I buy scrap silver. But I don’t pay spot prices for it. I will only buy US coins if they are illegible because I want to send the silver to a refiner and get back .999 silver to alloy and make jewelry out of. Your .9999 silver coins are another matter entirely. They are not “money” coins, but rather commemoratives.

I’ll be happy to make you an offer offlist for them.
And just to be clear, I’m not buying someone else’s labor. I only buy metal. It’s like if you go and buy a new Jaguar and pay, oh I don’t know what they cost, maybe $40,000? Anyway, buy a new one, drive it off the lot and go to a junk yard. Ask what they’ll pay for your Jag. There’s probably $300-$400 worth of steel in that car…

Comment on How much are 1 oz .999 Fine Silver coins worth these days? by Aron R

Aron R — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:38:17 +0000

To add to the mix:

There are 1 oz. silver *coins*: bullion coins issued by various governments. These include the Mexican Onza (the original), American Silver Eagle, Canadian Maple Leaf, and so on. They may either bear no denomination, or a denomination ($1, $5, etc.) which has no relation to their current silver value.

Then there are 1 oz. “silver rounds.” These are coin-like, but are issued by private mints and aren’t, strictly speaking, coins:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_as_an_investment#Rounds

Some silver rounds – and their cousins, silver bars – are collectible and fetch a premium over their silver content. Many, however, are common, and sell for just their silver value, which you can find at:

http://www.kitcosilver.com
(also mentioned in another answer here)

http://www.thebulliondesk.com/

Finally, on eBay, these typically are sold in this category:

Coins & Paper Money > Bullion > Silver > Bars, Rounds

http://coins.search.ebay.com/silver_Bars-Rounds_W0QQcatrefZC12QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ39489

Although they sometimes show up in other categories, as part of mixed lots, etc.

Comment on How much are 1 oz .999 Fine Silver coins worth these days? by fred p

fred p — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:42:09 +0000

Just for reference on today’s Silver market price, try: KITCO
http://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html

Comment on How much are 1 oz .999 Fine Silver coins worth these days? by Time to Shrug, Atlas

Time to Shrug, Atlas — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:53:13 +0000

The current silver spot rate is ~$16.61.

So your one ounce coins are worth about that, whereas any ‘junk silver’ you might own (pre-1965 dimes, quarters, etc) will trade at a little less than 12 times face value.

Edit: If you are looking for a buyer, I will take them off your hands, that way we avoid all of the transaction costs.

But I have to admit that if I were you, I would hold them for the long term. My opinion is that silver will at some point be trading for at least $100/oz.

Comment on Is it better to purchase silver “rounds”, or should I purchase actual silver minted coins? by m s

m s — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:22:32 +0000

i would go with a coin because you have the silver value and the coin value. i would order from Perth by clicking on the ad at http://www.blackspanielgallery.8m.com/index_files/Australia_silver_bullion.htm because it takes the us mint five or more weeks and Perth two or less

also Perth has nicer coins and better grade.

From http://www.blackspanielgallery.8m.com/index.htm

IF YOU ARE BUYING GOLD OR SILVER, CONSIDER COINS!!!

Why?

· Coins are guaranteed for purity and content by a government.

· Coins can be sold without an assay.

Coins can appreciate in value due to the numismatic market as well as the precious metals market.

The decision to invest in metals is up to you, but if you do decide to buy metals consider coins, especially uncirculated coins obtained right from the mint. The link found here takes you to the online store for the Perth Mint, the most prestigious mint in Australia, where many interesting gold and silver coins can be found. They ship fast and the shipping cost is low if several coins are ordered. The best way to handle shipping is to order several items and spread the cost, lowering the cost per item.

Comment on Do you like chapter 1 of the sory I am writing? by Lynci

Lynci — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:18:36 +0000

I must admit that I wasn’t particularly hopeful when I began to read your story that I’d be able read all of it, that I would be interested enough in your story to see it through, but I did enjoy it! I think that you have an intriguing beginning to a potentially compelling story. Continue writing if you have your plot thoroughly planned. You’ve introduced several “hooks” in what you’ve introduced: the inivitation from Raquel, your protagonist’s being ejected from class, the problem with Laura, and Lance (the prospective love interest?). Please, DO NOT make any of your characters vampires; just write an imaginative middle school story with some original twists, if you can do that. You write quite well for your age. There are a few comments I want to add: Where you used the word posy, I think that the word that you want is posse (a group of attendants), and, when you write dialogue, you need to isolate each instance of any character’s speaking into a separate paragraph; I realize that you can not indent here on Answers, so it is difficult to tell whether or not you’ve actually done the preceding, but for your reference, I thought I’d mention it. Anyway, I do think that you should try writing your envisioned story in its entirety; see how it goes. If it never becomes published or a best seller, the experience of writing a complete novel or story will be great practice for you. You may have writing talent which will benefit from your developing it! Good luck!

Comment on Do you like chapter 1 of the sory I am writing? by ?

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:49:51 +0000

That’s incredibly awful.
Don’t try to write, it’s an embarrassment…
“Her booty shorts?”
Really?
What are you, some kind of brain-dead, ‘The Hills’ watching twelve year old?

Just sayin’.

Comment on What does this quote (from a Christmas Carol) mean? by Todd H

Todd H — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:00:38 +0000

There are two statements in the quote. The first is “There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited,” Fred is stating that just because an activity, effort or experience does not yield a financial profit does not mean it was not worth the while.

The second part of the quote uses the good will people feel at Christmas time as an example. A modern example might be if I help a stranger with a flat tire in this winter weather. I am not going to be paid but I will feel good about helping out.

Comment on What does this quote (from a Christmas Carol) mean? by lady

lady — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:51:56 +0000

To give without thought of return happens most frequently at Christmas. So while there is nothing financial to gain from giving to others (“…never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket…”), he believes that he has benefited and will continue to do so by opening his heart,thinking of others and participating willingly in the gift that is Christmas.