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 Posted - 02/02/2008 : 14:47:24
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I may be doing some traveling soon and was wondering what other countries have large, high silver content older coins worth trying to buy at bullion prices. Any suggestions?
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fiatboy
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Posted - 02/02/2008 : 18:11:08
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North America is the only place I know to easily find silver in circulation. Too many countries have reformed their currencies. Am I forgetting anywhere? Finding copper or nickel is more likely.
If you don't mind saying, CuproNickle, where will you be traveling?
Remember to use up your unwanted pocket change while abroad, because most currency exchange places won't exchange coins for paper.
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"Bart, it's not about how many stocks you have, it's about how much copper wire you can get out of the building." --- Homer Simpson |
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Posted - 02/02/2008 : 18:13:44
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fiatboy
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Posted - 02/02/2008 : 18:21:37
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Yikes! I could be wrong, but I don't see many opportunities for circulating coins, there, I'm afraid.
I'm not too certain about Australia (you could ask copperbullion---he's from Australia), but I know that NZ changed all their coins a few years back, and it's slim pickins now.
Nevertheless, what an amazing part of the world to visit!
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Posted - 02/10/2008 : 17:10:19
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GREAT BRITAIN-crowns,halfcrowns,florins,shillings,sixpences,fourpences,threepences
1920-1946 .500 silver
1919 or before .925 silver
if your not bothered about the quality and are just hunting the metal there's loads about and quite cheap(wish i had a furnace!!!)
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Mike
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Posted - 02/11/2008 : 19:19:44
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| I've recently bought some silver Canadian Dollars (O.6 ounces silver per coin) on Ebay, almost exactly at melt value, including postage. |
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tmaring
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Posted - 02/11/2008 : 22:47:17
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(wish i had a furnace!!!)
A gas furnace for smelting is a very cheap thing to build! Under $100 for a furnace large enough to melt a 50 ounce batch. An oxyacetylene torch with a rosebud tip does a great job on a small batch of up to maybe five ounces.
I actually like Norwegian 10 kronor pieces... and Mexican 25 pesos... and Dutch guilders.
.725 silver is actually the eutectic of the copper-silver system... meaning that it melts at a temperature lower than EITHER of the two constituents... about 1450F if I remember right. So eutectic silver is a very useful alloy in that it is easier to cast and form to shape than either higher OR lower alloys. |
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