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GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 01/03/2008 11:34 pm I'm just lost on this one Edited by GO 01/03/2008 11:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Prethen Pillar of the Community United States 3234 Posts	Posted 01/03/2008 11:39 pm It's 100 1000's of an inch thick of silver...I think. 1/10th of an inch seems thick though. Report this Post to the Staff
yechi7 Pillar of the Community United States 717 Posts	Posted 01/03/2008 11:50 pm The coins are not made of pure silver, but are an inexpensive metal clad alloy plated with about a 10,000th of an inch of silver valued at about 1.4 cents. This same plating (thin coating over the complete surface of the coin) is .999 pure silver, again valued at about 1.4 cents. Anytime you see something advertised as "10 mil' or 100 mil" the "mil" refers to thickness. Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 01/03/2008 11:59 pm Well that certainly sounds like a "slick" move on someone's part The obverse Report this Post to the Staff
yechi7 Pillar of the Community United States 717 Posts	Posted 01/04/2008 12:09 am I won't even go there G.O. for fear of upsetting the mods. Just to say, "Protect & Defend" might be referring to Clinton's lawyers. BTW, is it my imagination or does the "O" in Clinton look like a heart? Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/07/2008 1:46 pm Technically a mil means a thousandth of an inch so 100 mi would be a tenth of an inch. HOWEVER, many of these companies making these plated pieces of junk are using it to mean a MILLIONTH of an inch. In which case 100 mils is one ten thousandth of an inch or a tenth of the thickness that 1 mil is supposed to mean. Report this Post to the Staff
1sikevo Pillar of the Community United States 1130 Posts	Posted 01/07/2008 2:04 pm Yeah, looks like a thin silver plate over cheap base metal. Not worth much in silver. Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky_13 Pillar of the Community United States 749 Posts	Posted 01/07/2008 5:14 pm Im not familiar with these coins..have a link to them graceoutcast? thanks Report this Post to the Staff
onejinx Pillar of the Community United States 1231 Posts	Posted 01/07/2008 7:03 pm To put it in easy terms, if a coin says it is XXX mil the layer will be about as thick as a human hair Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/07/2008 7:23 pm quote: Im not familiar with these coins..have a link to them graceoutcast? thanks That's probably because they are not coins at all, just privaely produced silver plated fantasy pieces. Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 01/07/2008 7:34 pm http://cgi.ebay.com/Ben-Franklin-Pr...in_W0QQitemZ 140195230040QQihZ004QQcategoryZ41108QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/Bill-Clinton-Pr...in_W0QQitemZ 140195230435QQihZ004QQcategoryZ41107QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Report this Post to the Staff
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