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How many coins in a ounce of silver

MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
I know this has been asked before, but how many silver coins (scrap) in an ounce of silver?image
It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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  • Depends on the denomination.
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Dimes
    Quarters
    Halfs
    Silver Dollars
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • ARCOARCO Posts: 4,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dimes = 2.5 G total / 90% silver or .0724 ounces or 13.81 dimes per ounce

    Quarters = 6.25 G total / .1809 ounces or 5.52 quarters

    halves = 12.5 G total / .3618 ounces or 2.76 Halves per ounce

    Dollars = 26.73 G total / .7736 ounces or 1.29 Silver dollars per ounce or 20.68 coins per pound of silver (16 Troy ounces)

    Whew- that tuckered me out, I think I owe myself a frosty brew!image


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  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭
    throw a cold one down. You deserve it!!!!!

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  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536


    << <i>Dollars = 26.73 G total / .7736 ounces or 1.29 Silver dollars per ounce or 20.68 coins per pound of silver (16 Troy ounces) >>



    15.48 coins per pound of silver. A pound of silver is 12 troy ounces.
  • 40% silver halves contain 0.14792 oz. of silver, or 6.76 40% halves per ounce. A war nickel has 0.05626 oz. so it would take 17.77 of them for an ounce. It's easiest to just calculate the silver value of a dollar's face in silver, always remembering that a silver dollar contains more silver than $1 in smaller denominations. They even quote that price every day in the Wall Street Journal. Today's price was $3.542 (they quote it per $1,000 face as $3,542).

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