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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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That is probably why the roo,wombat and Kookaburra coins enjoy a fair bit of popularity, good designs and .999 silver. Those tacky awful dragon coins are .999 silver but in my opinion are bloody awful |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd prefer they stick with a traditional coin-silver composition. They're numismatic products, not bullion products. I wish they switch to solid bronze for proof cents as well.
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Valued Member
United States
156 Posts |
If they are going to change the composition of the silver proof sets, they should go the whole distance. How about solid bronze for the cent, .999 nickel for the nickel, and .999 silver for the dime, quarter, and half, with silver weights being exactly 1/10, 1/4, and 1/2 ounce?
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Valued Member
United States
114 Posts |
 Buzzard your idea for the dime quarter and half makes sense and would make it so much easier for the math impaired like me, therefore the gubmnit will never do it |
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Valued Member
United States
410 Posts |
I second Buzzard's motion? Shall we vote? :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Anyone ever wonder just how accurate those metal statistics are? Is it possible that the so called .900 is actually anywhere from .950 to .9999999? Isn't it possible that the Mint could say it is now .99999999999 and in reality it is .85? OR .897742? OR .90192993? Just how many people would have such a coin taken somewhere for verification anyway? I wonder how many at the Mint are sitting there laughing at such stories?
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Moderator
 United States
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I would like to see them keep the original, traditional, composition. But I also wouldn't pitch a fit over it if they do change to .999. Pretty much how I feel. It will not upset me. |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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#just carl: I think the metal composition of the coin planchets used by the US Mint is very accurate -- certainly more accurate than the ranges you've specified. Even without a formal Assay Commission, there are still checks and balances (and coinage laws) to ensure the metal composition of each coin is accurate and within tolerances.
Overall, I hope the Mint continues with the traditional 90% coin silver for the sets as there are a good number of other options for those looking to collect bullion. Not everything offered by the Mint needs to be 0.999 fine!
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Valued Member
United States
362 Posts |
I'm slightly in favor of the .999 change but I can take it or leave it. Honestly I would rather they concentrate on creating some new, exciting designs and products.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
Either way is fine with me. They probably could sell more sets if they went to .999.
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Valued Member
United States
78 Posts |
I prefer keeping it with the historical .900
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Moderator
United States
187446 Posts |
One thing that would bother me is if they switched mid-year (think 1982 Lincoln Cents).
It would be simpler knowing that all 1992~2012 were .900 and all 2013+ were .999.
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Valued Member
 United States
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I couldn't agree more jbuck, Nothing I hate worse than wondering or taking the time to find out if my 82 pennies are zincs or not. It would be easier to just know.
I also like the idea of the proof cents being made out of bronze, that gets my vote.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i also prefer the .90 why mess with anything
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Since they don't circulate and are proofs, making them .500, .8792, .9167, .999, doesn't really matter, it would however, if the Mint decided to issue Mint sets in .999 silver. All I know in going from .900 to .999 will mean a minimum of a 10% increase in current silver proof set prices. I doubt they would a "mid-year" switch of silver composition, since the San Francisco mint runs all of the silver proofs by the December of the preceding year, and silver proofs only sell about 600-700K sets per year anyway.
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