What kind of prices can I get for some junk copper and some junk silver?

Longacre

This entire weekend I was at my in laws’ house, breaking my back. I needed to pack their things for a move from a big house that they cannot afford anymore, to a condo that I had to help pay for because my mother in law blew through all the money that my father in law earned over his lifetime from a fabulously successful law practice.

Due to my disgust and my brother in laws’ disgust as well, we are insisting on an orderly liquidation of anything of value that my mother in law spent money on during her raging excessive spending spree with no regard to the consequences.

The items of great value, such as paintings, antiques, etc. are in the process of being auctioned. Not to get petty, but my in-laws have a shoe box full of silver scrap that needs to be hocked. It is not coins, but rather it is a bunch of silver from a jewelry-making business. There are a lot of little sheets of silver, approximately 6 x 4 inches in size, etc.

Also, for some reason, they have mountains upon mountains of English half pennies from the 1960’s. I understand that they are no longer legal tender, but I believe they are made of copper.

Does anyone know what the going rate of scrap silver is (it is bullion minus x%?), and what each of these half pennies would fetch?

TwoSides2aCoin

I cannot answer your questions on the value of this stuff, Longacre, but I do ache for you and yours. I am sorry, really.

ajaan

The British halfpennies are bronze.

Res

Isn't bronze 90% copper?

BlindedByEgo

Check here for the silver scrap - they are the best I've found. I'm sorry that I cannot help you with the copper, and about the tough family situation.