103 ounces of .999 silver
DennisH
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ON HOLD. This is a collection of .999 fine silver medals produced by Medallic Art. Co. in the 1960s and '70s. There are three series involved totaling 117 silver medals in all: Statehood (41 pieces), Presidential (40 pieces), and Signers of the Declaration of Independence (36 pieces). All are slightly bigger than a half dollar, have an antique satin finish, are in tremendously high relief, and are marked ".999+ PURE SILVER" on their edges.
Even though the detail and workmanship are gorgeous, the reality is the market for modern medals sucks and the price of silver is going nuts, so I'm offering them for sale at melt. I weighed three medals from each series at random to get an idea of weight and they all varied by tiny fractions. The lightest one was 0.871 ounce and the heaviest was 0.914 ounce. The average of all nine was 0.882. Using that as an average weight, times 117 medals, yields a total weight of just over 103 ounces.
All 117 medals have matching bronze versions. 84 of the two-piece sets were put into custom lucite holders at their original date of issue purchase by my grandmother; the remaining medals are in their original 1.5" x 1.5" boxes as received from Medallic Art Co. A handful of the silver Statehood medals are currently being offered on eBay for $69.89 BIN/make offer, but there does not seem to be any takers.
I'm offering these for sale in two ways:
1. The 117 silver medals only (I'll take 'em out of the holders and put into poly bags) for $46/ounce = $4,738 delivered. No PayPal.
2. For $100 more you can have all of the bronze medals and holders too.
Sold. I also have a complete set of Walking Liberty halves in Whitman folders. This is a much better than typically seen set, with no AG coins, no damaged coins, and only one (1938-D) that I think might be cleaned. It looks more like it was washed or dipped as opposed to being abrasively cleaned. The 1921-P and 1921-D both came out of ANACS Good-06 holders. 40 coins priced at melt (30x) and the rest at Greysheet Bid. Here are my grades on each coin:
1916 VG08
1916-D F12
1916-S GO04
1917 F15/VF20
1917-D Ob VG08
1917-D Re F12
1917-S Ob VG08
1917-S Re F15/VF20
1918 F15
1918-D VG10
1918-S F12
1919 F12
1919-D VG08
1919-S GO06
1920 VG10
1920-D VG10
1920-S F12
1921 GO06
1921-D G06
1921-S VG08
1923-S F15/VF20
1927-S F15
1928-S F12
1929-D F12
1929-S F12
1933-S VF35
1934 XF40
1934-D VF30
1934-S XF40
1935 AU55
1935-D VF30
1935-S VF30
1936 AU50
1936-D XF40
1936-S VF35
1937 VF35
1937-D VF25
1937-S XF40
1938 XF40
1938-D VG10
1939 VF35
1939-D VF35
1939-S XF40
1940 XF40
1940-S XF53
1941 XF50
1941-D AU50
1941-S XF40
1942 VF35
1942-D XF40
1942-S XF40
1943 XF45
1943-D XF40
1943-S XF40
1944 AU55
1944-D AU50
1944-S AU53
1945 AU50
1945-D XF45
1945-S XF45
1946 AU55
1946-D VF25
1946-S XF45
1947 XF45
1947-D AU50
Even though the detail and workmanship are gorgeous, the reality is the market for modern medals sucks and the price of silver is going nuts, so I'm offering them for sale at melt. I weighed three medals from each series at random to get an idea of weight and they all varied by tiny fractions. The lightest one was 0.871 ounce and the heaviest was 0.914 ounce. The average of all nine was 0.882. Using that as an average weight, times 117 medals, yields a total weight of just over 103 ounces.
All 117 medals have matching bronze versions. 84 of the two-piece sets were put into custom lucite holders at their original date of issue purchase by my grandmother; the remaining medals are in their original 1.5" x 1.5" boxes as received from Medallic Art Co. A handful of the silver Statehood medals are currently being offered on eBay for $69.89 BIN/make offer, but there does not seem to be any takers.
I'm offering these for sale in two ways:
1. The 117 silver medals only (I'll take 'em out of the holders and put into poly bags) for $46/ounce = $4,738 delivered. No PayPal.
2. For $100 more you can have all of the bronze medals and holders too.
Sold. I also have a complete set of Walking Liberty halves in Whitman folders. This is a much better than typically seen set, with no AG coins, no damaged coins, and only one (1938-D) that I think might be cleaned. It looks more like it was washed or dipped as opposed to being abrasively cleaned. The 1921-P and 1921-D both came out of ANACS Good-06 holders. 40 coins priced at melt (30x) and the rest at Greysheet Bid. Here are my grades on each coin:
1916 VG08
1916-D F12
1916-S GO04
1917 F15/VF20
1917-D Ob VG08
1917-D Re F12
1917-S Ob VG08
1917-S Re F15/VF20
1918 F15
1918-D VG10
1918-S F12
1919 F12
1919-D VG08
1919-S GO06
1920 VG10
1920-D VG10
1920-S F12
1921 GO06
1921-D G06
1921-S VG08
1923-S F15/VF20
1927-S F15
1928-S F12
1929-D F12
1929-S F12
1933-S VF35
1934 XF40
1934-D VF30
1934-S XF40
1935 AU55
1935-D VF30
1935-S VF30
1936 AU50
1936-D XF40
1936-S VF35
1937 VF35
1937-D VF25
1937-S XF40
1938 XF40
1938-D VG10
1939 VF35
1939-D VF35
1939-S XF40
1940 XF40
1940-S XF53
1941 XF50
1941-D AU50
1941-S XF40
1942 VF35
1942-D XF40
1942-S XF40
1943 XF45
1943-D XF40
1943-S XF40
1944 AU55
1944-D AU50
1944-S AU53
1945 AU50
1945-D XF45
1945-S XF45
1946 AU55
1946-D VF25
1946-S XF45
1947 XF45
1947-D AU50
When in doubt, don't.
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Would you answer which ones you priced at bid?
Thanks
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<< <i>Would you answer which ones you priced at bid? >>
I priced every Walker at bid per the April Monthly Supplement. On the two coins where I couldn't decide between F/VF I split the difference. On split grades I used Ask at the lower grade.
Set is being sent on approval to a "Circle of Trust" member.