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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just for fun ...maybe others might like to know also
I have been putting silver away for a while and just starting wondering, how much face value a person would need in 90% silver to have your weight in silver.
Are there any math experts out there that know the answer or would I have to dig some out silver and weigh it.
Also do 10 dimes weigh the same as 4 quarters or two half dollars .. I know they have the same in silver .. and they all have 10% copper ...so I am guessing they weigh the same ... I better go get my scales out ..
For me I am guessing around $4500.00 face .. if I set that goal I will have to really start buying .. or lose some weight ..
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Moderator
 United States
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I would need about $3121 face value in 90% silver. Even if you take my coins that are 35%, 40%, & 90% silver, and bullion 99% silver, I am about 9% there.
Edited by Fuzzy317
09/06/2012 12:17 am
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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I don't know what my weight is in US silver,but in Canadian 80% silver I'd weigh $4666.67
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I worked out about 22.4 grams actual silver per US 90% dillar. Does that sound about right?
If it is then fatso here would need $5360.
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Moderator
United States
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FYI - a US Morgan dollar weighs 26.73 grams, and of that 24.057 grams is silver |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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As a kid I remember reading a copy of
'The saturday Evening Post'
There was an article about a prize winner in a contest to won this particular prize:
It was how many silver dollars could he shovel from one pile into another in two minutes? A picture went with the article, showing when his task was almost completed.
Currently, there is an annual contest run in Finland which is a 'sort of' race, where a husband has to carry his wife, upside down on his back, over one hundred metres.
The prize? He wins his wife's weight in beer!
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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They have a better scale at the coin shop, I will weigh out a pound later today
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Several problems with this. If you mean using circulated coins, that would mean knowing exactly how much wear has been done to each coin. Also, with the prices of Silver fluxuating daily, as fast as you figure it all out, it changes. And too, is your weight the same every day? Mine sure isn't. Add in a possible counterfeit coin made of something other than Silver, then where are you? And after all that, there is the possibility of the scales used being off.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Carl I agree with you 100% very good points but we don't live in a perfect world do we.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Several problems with this. Carl .. are you negative with every post or just mine? This is just for fun .. of course there will be a lot of variables. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I just weighed out some pounds of silver .. or close to pounds. 90% - dimes, quarters and half dollars $18.50 weighed 1.0050 pounds Silver dollars $17.00 (17 coins) weighed .9999 pounds ASE's $14.00 (14 coins) weighed .9665 pounds 1oz. silver rounds 14 coins weighed 1.0295 pounds Edited by GR58
09/07/2012 09:28 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If it is then fatso here would need $5360 I'm pretty close; $5150!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I am at $4810 for the 90% But Fuzzy317 has me wondering what percent I would be at, adding my .999, 40% and 90%. Well I also have quite a lot of foreign silver  Edited by GR58
09/06/2012 12:14 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Weight in Pounds X 453.5 = silver weight in grams
Silver weight in grams X 1.1 = weight in 90% silver coins in grams (dimes, quarters and halves)
Weight in 90% silver coin / 25 = face value in dollars of 90% silver coin (one silver dime weighs 2.5 grams so one dollars worth is 25 grams)
I'm $6,584.80 in 90%
To get the weight in silver dollars
Weight in 90% silver / 26.73 = Face value in silver dollars
I'm $6,159 in silver dollars
If you want to know your weight in 90% silver is just skip the second step so you weight in grams /25 = face value in 90% or / 26.73 is face value in silver dollars.
Edited by Conder101
09/06/2012 1:16 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I am worth $2631. I weigh 139 pounds. I can still cover 100 yards easily in less than 20 seconds.
Fairly skinny. My dad always said I was skinny enough to run like a rat up a drainpipe! Still like to walk about 4 kilometres or so before breakfast, only cold rainy days prevent this. Usually find an excuse to walk to the shops to buy something, rather than drive.
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Posted 09/06/2012 01:41 am
