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How Many Of You Melt Your Silver?

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 Posted 06/11/2011  12:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hockingzig to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ed_B,we'll start calling you the "Lone Ranger",his calling card was a silver bullet as I recollect! "Who was that masked man?" "Hiyo Silver,away!" I think I am showing my age!
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Ed_B,your 41 magnum reference got me to thinking about a metaphorical silver bullet(the public owning and trading in silver)being the death knell to the corrupt currency system we now have.Silver will be the"honest money"that kills all the corrupt demons and creatures in our monetary system. Interestingly,they are finding one of the qualities silver has is it fights infection,maybe that applies both literally and figuratively!
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 Posted 06/11/2011  1:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ed_B to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Ed_B, we'll start calling you the "Lone Ranger", his calling card was a silver bullet as I recollect! "Who was that masked man?" "Hiyo Silver,away!" I think I am showing my age!

LOL! Not bad, Hock. I've been called worse!

I watched a lot of that show on TV, which was new to our family back then... with a small round B&W screen at that!

Actually, I liked Tonto too. He was a pretty cool guy. He got into trouble sometimes but TLR was there to pull him back out of it... in the nick of time, of course.


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Ed_B,your 41 magnum reference got me to thinking about a metaphorical silver bullet(the public owning and trading in silver)being the death knell to the corrupt currency system we now have.Silver will be the"honest money"that kills all the corrupt demons and creatures in our monetary system. Interestingly,they are finding one of the qualities silver has is it fights infection,maybe that applies both literally and figuratively!

Indeed so. Perhaps silver IS the cure for the common currency? lol

I have some eye-drops that are great for eye infections. I checked the label and it is a very dilute silver sulfate solution. It works really well too, especially if an infection is coming on and I can nip it in the bud with a couple of drops of this stuff. As effective as it is, it is also inexpensive. A small dropper bottle costs about $10 and lasts for years. Unlike a lot of organic antiseptics, this does not seem to deteriorate with time.

As to the .41... yes, it is my favorite handgun. It shoots flat, shoots far, is accurate, hits hard, and is still controllable... unlike the .44 mag I have.
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 Posted 08/21/2011  9:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Once you figure how to unmelt your coins, go ahead and melt them. Nothing gained by eliminating one potential group of buyers.
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 Posted 08/21/2011  10:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cfibaker to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
When I look at these proof eagles, I cringe at the thought of melting them and don't think I could ever do it.
Desperation will have to be high and mighty before these coins get hurt.
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 Posted 08/22/2011  08:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add snoman70 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I do.

I buy sterling flatware at melt, melt it down. With each substantial melt, I'll throw in a .999 ingot of some sort, whether it be a beat up eagle, an engelhardt, etc. That way I know I'm staying above .925 and not lying when I stamp my work.

As for coinage, not worth it...unless again, I'm buying it at melt for the purpose of reprocessing....but for the time being, I have no problem coming up with enough flatware or other .925 trinkets to keep myself busy.
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 Posted 08/23/2011  04:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add poboxw to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Melted a couple of silver maple leafs. Made our wedding bands with them.
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