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1998 Washington Mint 1998 Half Pound "Golden Certificate"

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 Posted 02/01/2014  11:46 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add gr33nvapor to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello,I have Washington Mint 1998 half Pound silver "golden certificate" that was adapted from the Educational Silver Certificates. It is layered in Pure Gold as well. I have the certificate of Authenticity which is numbered at 67.
The only thing is; I cant find any reference on the internet to let me understand what its value might be.....
Does any one have any idea what this item might be worth?
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 Posted 02/01/2014  11:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome to Coin Community, gr33nvapor. I think you'll find a better-suited audience here, so I've moved your thread.
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 Posted 02/01/2014  12:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fat Freddy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A---Welcome to CCF!
B---I don't know if yours has any specific collectibility value, but I can tell you that:
1---My LCS treats those things as generic silver and will buy them for 50 cents per troy ounce less than current silver spot.
2---They don't pay any more for the ones that have some gold plating on them.
3---This is an established, respected, professional LCS--ANA member, US Mint coin dealer, 80 years in business, etc--not one of those WeBuyGold Scavengers.

If you haven't already done so, try finding sold listings for your item in ebay. If you can find that, it'll give you a benchmark for a high retail possible resale value
for your piece, but don't forget to factor the costs of ebay and PayPal fees into your calculation.
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to the community.

Most of the ones I see are usually 1/4 pound, 4oz ones, I have a Nolan Ryan $100 bill and a Ben Franklin one. Not gold palted but I bought them at spot price of silver. Unfortunately that is all they are worth. Little to no collector value other than the silver content. Remember a 1/2 pound is only 6 troy ozs. So you are looking at about $120 of value. The gold plating is so thin on these that it ends up beening less than $1 worth of gold.

If you want, you can follow THIS ONE to see how he does.
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If you were to sell it on ebay, expect to receive a couple of bucks per ounce over spot, just like Double F and Den said. As you may have already gathered, what you have isn't official US Mint coinage, regardless of any ostensible similarities that might exist. One telltale sign that one doesn't possess the real McCoy is the lack of any dollar figure assigned to the "coin" (which is really defined as a medallion). The FBI tends to go all black mask and MP5-y when any private mint makes a product that looks a little too much like real coinage. Look up Norfed for a nice pithy cautionary tale on what happens when Uncle Sam decides to throw his weight around a little.
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