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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Debrajc .... I agree with the others, that is a nice looking tin full of silver  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Questions like this really make me think about my collection. Mostly it makes me think I could be doing better. Someday I hope I can get all my coins in one location and do a good count. Counting the easy stuff, rolls and boxes, over 1,100 oz. Did not get into albums, proof, mint and special sets. I need to be buying more ....long was to go to get my weight ....  |
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Moderator
 United States
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Valued Member
 United States
120 Posts |
Just added 2 birth year silver eagles....I'm making progress :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9395 Posts |
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Have you ever tried to put those into sets? See if you have all the silver Rosies or decades of Washingtons?
Early on, from 1958 to the early 1960s, I did try to collect series (cents through half dollars) from circulation. I was never able to complete any series, and eventually switched over to type collecting, then (gold) bullion, then world coins. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
According to Numista, I have 243 grams in actual silver weight in my collection.
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
1358 Posts |
According to Numista I have about 3 kilograms of fine silver. So that's probably 5 kilograms of silver coins or so. And that's just what's in my catalogue there (one of each type). I still have a long way to go in organizing all, and I kept my 'junk silver' box out of it. An estimate is somewhere between 15 and 20 kilo of fine silver or so? I may update this number when I have more time to either buy more or just get to finally catalogue my collection. But time is more precious now than silver, really...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
As far as the cookie tin goes, I love to bake. A lot. Especially baking cookies. So many cookies that I order cookie tins from ULine.... by the case. One day I was moving my silver coins and I had about 20 of those tins on my baking shelf  so dumped my silver into an empty one. Thanks everybody! @GR58 Judging by your pics I don't think you are too far away from your goal!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1475 Posts |
After drooling over Debrajc's Tin Can, I freed up some of my Morgans in 2x2 and added more Morgans which arrived today to make myself a Morgan Tray. It's so much fun handling these coins in my hands, rather than stuck in 2x2s inside a binder. I wish I can free some Morgans in slabs.   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Debrajc's > I was just thinking , there must be some way to make a baking mold using a Morgan dollar . Can you imagine Silver Dollar cookies ? |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
I have about 500 grams ASW of scrap silver World coinage. I do not include these in my World collection.
Accumulated over the decades as unwanted parts of auction job lots, and as below bullion value finds from dealer junk trays at coin shows. I do not include these coins as part of my whole collection. Perhaps less than 5 of them are 150 - 200 years old, but are in non collectible below Fine condition. A few of the more modern ones are at the other end of the condition scale, in EF or better.
The post 1800 part of my World coin collection has about 1500 silver coins as part of whole collection. Average ASW of these maybe 5 grams, so guesstimate 7.5 kg ASW.
First time I have ever looked at my collection in this way.
Also have about 35 or 40 gold coins, but I have no idea what the total weight of these may be.
Taken me more than 50 years to build the collection from my early 'teens.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
I'm gonna need a bigger boat.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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