Attention Silver Hunters! A Plea !

I completely agree with you. The melting of anything but the most common of Washington quarters, Roosevelt dimes and Franklin/Kennedy halves is a crime. And no matter what, I'm always against modifying, scratching, cleaning or otherwise damaging ANY coin.

I definetly agree with Dar...I search for regular coins ...by year to give yu some idea of what I want (2or 3 from each year)...I like to keep the better examples, as I say I rarely see a die break or variety....I hav to keep it in mind as I search- As I forget steady..Keep That MagnifyGlass Handy!

i found a hard to find 1982p no FG Kennedy half dollar



so the mark by the ear and the L ruins this coin was it intentional or not just an example of this issue

A swish in acetone will easily remove that ink.

the marker IS intentional as I have gotten MANY like that so it cannot be coincidence that pink, green, purple, etc ear marks are mistakes.

and the last box I had had a few engrave with some silly glyph or initial from someone that had searched some of them before I am sure.

i marker the wrappers and send spend them like that so if I ever see a wrapper again I know I have seen it. for coins to paint I take the cruddy looking ones that have some kind of wear or tear or chemical damage spots. put one of the holed halves I recently found on my keyring.

as for melting... that should be done to junk jewelry not coins and hope that whats-his-face grows fat hairy eyebrows to go with his bald heard so he looks more of a neanderthal than his employee ChumLee. Some people are still looking for silver coins for collections and every melted one is one less they could find. it is cheaper than coins hunting to find cheap silver and gold by getting it from used electronics now anyway, and takes less time.

the 2006 law should have made it illegal to melt ALL US coins, not just the nickel and cent. dirty politicians only worrying about the economy and value of money but dont care about the country itself or its history. if they want to save the country money, then they shouldn't get paid breaks from congressional delays like the budget and take pay cuts!

not sure how I feel about this gold plating and other, but since I paint coins, if it is going to be done for art, dont ruined them en masse, like that stupid obama campaign did with some colorization. at least it was plated first so the silk screened junk could easily come off, but what should I do with a 2008 D NIFC gold plated half? it is the only 2008 D I have!

1964 nickels should half be turned into hobo nickels though, at least then you might have something interesting to look at in the thousands of them you find per box.

sadly and luckily, coins are not money until you spend them and we buy them from the Mint so they are ours to do with what we want. just wish some people would respect them a bit more and lawyers would pass them on to heirs when a collector has passed rather than just counting them up as money and depositing them into some bank to divide up to heirs and creditors and such.

Markers don't ruin circulated coins. As mentioned, it can easily be removed without damaging the coin. I would encourage people to save everyone a little time by only marking common coins that don't have common varieties/errors. The bicentennial half is a good example. I think we're better off trying to find common ground on this issue that has been discussed over and over.

On a side note, I think most regions will find very little value in marking coins, especially if you don't date/track your mark.

The whole point of marking those is so that you don't have to get out your loupe and look at the same coin when you get it back 10 times over and over.

Very succintly said , I found myself ROFL after reading this ! Are you stating this from personal experience ?