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So, it has 1.8 ounces of silver. Why the odd weight?

Looks like what you'd get if you melted 2 Morgans , a quarter and a Roosie and let them cool to a blob.

@UnclePennyBags said:

@BAJJERFAN said:
Looks like what you'd get if you melted 2 Morgans , a quarter and a Roosie and let them cool to a blob.

Pretty much... I don't melt US coins just for the simple reason of I save them in the 90% pile.. most of what I get is just broken jewelry and junk sterling I find at auctions and this one I happened to have a couple 80% Canadian dimes that were barely readable

edited to add if they were melted in a crucible with borax.... without you would have a half melted yucky black blob

How is the borax removed from the cooled silver?

Interesting... I have never tried this.... I certainly have some junk silver around... Maybe one cold winter day... Cheers, RickO

shouldn't it say Ag or Silver somewhere?

bob

try pouring into an ice cube tray (not a plastic one). Silver ice cubes would be kinda neat.

Interesting hobby.What do you use to mark them?

Why would someone trust that it is actually silver? How will you ever sell this for close to its silver value?

@UnclePennyBags said:

@cohodk said:
Why would someone trust that it is actually silver? How will you ever sell this for close to its silver value?

I'll type it out again since you're obviously the type to bash something before reading.

they are for me.... end of story

Lmfao....good luck dumping that on someone else. Everyone has destructive hobbies, this is yours. No biggie. Even I've lost $20 to a G-string. Haha.

This forum really has become a bunch of tight panty wads.

@cohodk said: Even I've lost $20 to a G-string.

Sounds like you overpaid. Check Amazon next time you buy one.

I love this place.

All I asked is who you would sell your blob of (supposed) silver to. I didnt say you had it for sale, or even intended to sell it. But eventually it would fall into the hands of someone, perhaps a loved one, and was just wondering how a value for it would be determined.

With all the talk of fake silver with national branding, I thought this to be a legitimate question.

Too bad you had to take your blob and go home.

and NO, I am not this pennybag guy lmao.

I have no idea what this all is about but

On the other hand I see a problem with the way the new forum works wrt to likes lols agrees disagrees . The flags stay even if the post is edited . A lot of likes and whatnot to posts that have no content anymore.

The posters might want to go back and un do whatever they clicked.

Sorry to you go. Maybe come back when you can accept and consider a little critical thinking.

Just a simple question asking about resale value. But you couldn't take it and resort or name calling (which ALWAYS cracks me up due to the psychological reasoning behind it) and then what some may construe as a physical threat. I can guarantee you that I will not be the last person you will meet that will challenge you. I hope you figure it out.

looks like everyone is good now , I went back and trimmed some quoted stuff from my last post.

I had seen the original posts when the thread was new (before anything was deleted) and my opinion is that cohodk did not write anything in his initial post that was out of line. Truly, it appeared to me that he was just asking a pair of practical questions. Since so much has been deleted in the aftermath, I have no idea how the thread blew up so quickly.

@UnclePennyBags said:

@TomB said:
I had seen the original posts when the thread was new (before anything was deleted) and my opinion is that cohodk did not write anything in his initial post that was out of line. Truly, it appeared to me that he was just asking a pair of practical questions. Since so much has been deleted in the aftermath, I have no idea how the thread blew up so quickly.

Well I found Mr. Kelly's wording to be insulting and unneeded..... I'm not going to invest with him over at Charles Schwab.

Haha

It strikes me that cohodk made remarks intended to provoke conversation and/or debate, which is what he often does. I find that more constructive than not, even when I disagree with his point. To delete all posts and decide to delete an account seems a bit dramatic for what was being discussed.

Geckster made some cast silver bars that were primitive but fun for him. If I tried my hand at it, I'm sure my castings would be amateurish, but I don't believe that remarks such as cohodk initially made would bother me one way or the other.

I'd be more concerned if I couldn't express a few basic questions. That seems to be the problem here.

You know Jmski, I have often debated others on this forum when they've said the up and coming generation in this country is weak. I'm beginning to see the err in my ways.