Silver Coins Melt/Spot Value.

That's not true, I collect coins and I have .925, .800 and .500 melt buckets. There are lots of common Canadian silver coins people simply do not want unless they can buy them for less than melt. When I hit a 1000 ounces equivalent of .999 I get it refined. I'm not taking a financial loss just to make other people feel good. I took the melt buckets just last year and there's already 200 or more fifty cent pieces and at least 30 dollars in there from the common years. Never mind dimes and quarters. The reality is it's not even worth the risk of losses shipping rolls to other forum members and I'm not paying EBay/Paypal up to 15% on a bullion transaction when I can get 3% at the refiners.

Collectors do melt coins because if you buy enough coin collections some of it just melt worthy.

Edit: Sorry Max, to answer your question, JM Bullion bars and coins in Vancouver has reasonable prices on various lots of .800 silver and .925 silver, their bid and ask prices are on their page. http://www.bullioncoinsandbars.com/products.htm

Sorry for the confusion everyone, what I mean`t was, I`m looking to buy from a refining company because I know some sell the coins for the silver content. I was thinking it would be a good way to get some fillers.

Thank you Petersun but I think the link has been removed.

I explained this to Harrison last year in a private email so I didn't jump back on this. My deal is based on a minimum quantity of coin silver in excess of a 1000 ounces after refining and I get my cats done for platinum and any gold salvage I have as well at the same time. This is a twenty year and counting relationship so far.

A typical silver deal is 10% and an assay fee (~250) for smaller quantity. You can find refiners who buy and sell in your region with nothing more than a Google search, I don't know them all.

I'll try one more time.
http://www. (124) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed .com/canada/

Okay, thank you once again!

When it comes to the smelting of silver coins no government agency has chosen to test that law. For all intents and purposes it doesn't exist. It's like the law against walking a duck that's wearing a hat.

The law against melting US silver dollars is still on the books here in Canada for that matter.

So only US "dollars" cannot be melted in Canada? What a strange law. How old is that law, 'cause I could sure like to melt some Susan B. Anthony dollars. :P kidding, of course...