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Edited by coindigger820
06/14/2014 9:15 pm
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Welcome to Coin Community. That has to be one huge "coin" (the US Mint had nothing to do with it). Maybe 12"-15" across? Assuming it's real, value will remain tied to melt.
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 WOW! What a thing to have.  |
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That is one heck-of-a paperweight.  Edited by oih82w8
06/14/2014 5:21 pm
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It was probably done by a private mint. I can't find any info either. You'd be lucky if it is actually a 100oz of pure silver. It's value would be melt + a small premium if sold on ebay. |
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Can you photograph something next to it to put it's size into perspective? A quarter, a ruler, a Volkswagen?  |
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I posted the certificate of authenticity. And this coin is perfect like a proof and it is starting to tarnish a bit like silver.
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Can you imagine how heavy a monster box would be...  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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i searched and searched and only could find this, its next to a dime and I'm thinking thats only 16 ounces  |
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It's just a very large hunk of silver... value is tied to spot price... might be able to extract a premium if the buyer is into the "novelty" ... but most on the after market go for spot less 10% to spot + 10%... not really a big range .. just how fast you would want to move on it.
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Washington Mint, they make various designs and weights of silver rounds. It is worth silver melt, however, like many of the Washington Mint's products, this appears to be in conflict. The COA says the100 oz round is in AVDP ounces, not troy ounces. 6.25 pounds = 100 advp ounces. The spot price of silver is in troy ounces/31.1 grams as opposed to this, which appears to be 100 ounces/28.3 grams . However the round says troy ounce. 6.25 troy pounds = 75 troy ounces.
You need to weigh it.
Edited by denco7
06/15/2014 12:02 am
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Yes, being marked "troy" on the round is a discrepancy for sure. Hallmarks not matching the COA is a red flag. However, The Washington Mint made a lot of these using avoirdupois weight and this might be one of them as long as it weighs correctly.
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coinsrus.. that 1 pound is actually 12 ounces.. a troy pound is 12 not 16.
The privately owned washington mint made the 100 troy ounce coin. It's only value is in the silver spot price. Just be glad it is not sterling.. (.925)
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That conflict with the coin (100 Troy Oz) and the COA (100 Advp oz) is very curious. If the total weight from the COA is in-fact 6.25lbs, than the coin is mis-marked. If the coin is accurate as marked, 100 Troy oz the total weight will be 6.857lbs.
I wouldn't say it's a fake off hand, but there is a good reason to be suspicious! If you can weigh the coin, it would help solve some of the mystery.
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Interesting.. I didn't pay attention to the 6.25lbs vs 100 ounces..
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That thing is hilariously large! If you ever won the lottery or got filthy rich you should buy three or five more, drill holes in them and slap them on your dumbbells and pretend you're 50 Cent or some other grossly outward rich person. :P
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Posted 06/14/2014 4:03 pm
