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Valued Member
United States
177 Posts |
How much weight in silver is in 40% half dollars and how much is in 90% half dollars. How many does it take to make an ounce of each
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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40% = 0.1479 troy ounces/ea or 6.76 pcs to an ounce.
90% = 0.3617 troy ounces/ea or 2.76 pcs to an ounce.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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IIRC, It takes between $1.38 and $1.39 of 90% silver coins to make an ounce of pure silver weight.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
 With Steele on the 90% |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Heavily worn coins need more coins per ounce.
A G04 or worse Dime can be down as much as 25% on weight.
A G04 or worse Half can be down in the order of 10% on weight.
More surface area to be worn down per weight on smaller coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1314 Posts |
Wow, sel - I wouldn't have expected that much wear off coins. Now I know why my dealer weighs bulk silver coin purchases.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
At least, this explains why a bullion dealer worth his salt will buy coins by weight, not face value.
A coin dealer may still be interested in buying by (factor) x face, provided that the coins are not too badly worn.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:
It takes between $1.38 and $1.39 of 90% silver coins to make an ounce of pure silver weight. Except silver dollars, they only take between $1.29 and $1.30. They have more silver than two halves or four quarters or ten dimes. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Well, that ruins all of my content formulae.
For example, you are saying it takes approximately 13 silver dollars to equal 10 ounces of silver 10/13 = 0.769 per coin. That's a distance from the 0.9 per coin I have taken for granted.
I assumed. Sigh.
Thank heavens we're talking troy ounces.
I'm giving troy the bum's rush.
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Valued Member
Canada
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http://coinapps.com/silver/coin/calculator/Here is a calculator that is really handy in calculating coins. A simple division of the price by the ounces (or troy ounces) will give you a price/ounce for any type of coin
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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And remember that counterfeit coins may have less Silver in them than US made ones.  |
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Posted 07/06/2016 10:32 pm
