Anyone know the silver content of these medals?
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The auction lists it at one ounce of sterling silver, but I have some here at the shop, and there is no listing as to the metal content.
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Tim Puro
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I sort of thought they were a bit less than an ounce, but that part is easier to check than the fineness anyway.
are they smooth edges with the fineness, etc on the edge?
Just shooting out an idea.
bob
<< <i>They're definitely sterling.
I sort of thought they were a bit less than an ounce, but that part is easier to check than the fineness anyway. >>
I thought they were sterling, but they do not look like an ounce. I can crack one open to weigh it (but I don't think the plastic holder will be salvageable).
<< <i>are they smooth edges with the fineness, etc on the edge? >>
They do not show weight or fineness on the edge.
Puro's Coins and Jewelry
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As mentioned in my PM, many are clueless about ASW of these, and this is evident in the price that some paid in the listing that you linked. Silver spot would have to be around $25 for that price to be realistic. They're not rare and never will be. I offered 17 of them on the BST at actual melt week before last, and nobody bit, so I scrapped them.
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never is a bad word!!!
<< <i>They're not rare and never will be.
never is a bad word!!!
Hope for what? That you will live to be 200?
*American Revolution Tricentennial.
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We sell them to local jewelers to make castings from.
TD
Now Keets, get busy and make a PF-70 UCAM set!
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There were 212,542 Sterling Silver pieces struck by the US Mint in Philadelphia. They were originally sold at $15 each.
There was a series of 4 of these medals struck for the ARBC (American Revolution Bicentennial Commission) from 1973 through 1976.
They all show the ARBC logo on the obverse of the medal.
The 1973 depicts Patrick Henry & Samuel Adams - 208,120 Struck in Sterling
The 1974 depicts John Adams - 150,428 Struck in Sterling
The 1975 depicts Paul Revere - 212,542 Struck in Sterling
The 1976 depicts Thomas Jefferson - 147,159 Struck in Sterling
They were all packaged in a similar fashion and all originally sold at the same pricing ($15) for the Sterling proofs.
They were also struck in bronze, in much larger quantities, sold in different packaging types and originally sold in the $3.50 range.
ALL of these are very common in today's marketplace.
John
Evergreen, Colorado
cadmanco
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Cracking them out and scrapping them today.
Puro's Coins and Jewelry
Rutland, VT
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