Are YOU KEEPING YOUR STERLING SILVER
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Back in the day I got into collecting coins after my wife said she wanted a set of sterling silver flatware. I said we can't afford it, so let's see if we can find it used at some coins shops. A few years later I got the coin bug.
With the new prices of silver do you think it's worthwhile keeping as a luxury or are you cashiing?
Are YOU KEEPING YOUR STERLING SILVER
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this is better in the precious metals forum
alloyed silver was getting melted like crazy to the point that refineries stopped taking it. unsure about now
I wanted to learn what coin collectors think about sterling silver.
I know what my heirs are getting (🖕)
I inherited it from my mother who recently passed away. I'll let someone else sell it. I don't need the money now and hopefully won't later either.
"Coin collectors" only care about sterling silver coins. There's no way to prove it, but i don't there's any difference in preference for sterling cutlery with the possible exception of certain silversmiths who also made coins and tokens.
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...there's no response of: I sold all of my Sterling Silver the last time Ag went up to over $35/oz... 2012-ish?
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Lol. Or in 1979?
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Has the US ever made a coin in sterling silver?
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Not to my knowledge. Did I say "US coin collectors"? Although many US collectors also collect Canada and various Commonwealth countries.
Fun poll, I'm going to launch it.
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Long gone and I don't want any more.
My father was the most frugal person I knew. Even though he had reasonable resources, he would always order the cheapest thing in the menu, he glued his shoes together, he used to roll the toothpaste so tight it looked like he had used a vice... Despite that, he briefly misplaced his wedding silver and he didn't even care enough to look for it even though he thought a worker could have stolen it. Lol. He hated it THAT much.
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i dont collect sterling bullion or jewelry or anything but i do love sterling Canadian coins!
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There might be a wide range of subjects that various forum members would like to know, regrading what coin collectors think. But that doesn’t mean they’re on topic for this forum.
For example, are you keeping your Hummels?
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At a minimum, some of the US Bicentennial medals (Philadelphia Mint) were struck in sterling silver.
No coins that I’m aware of.
I think that is a valid question. Back in the day they were also considered a good investment. And I have seen them for sale in coin shops.
There's that word again. You can't give Hummels away these days
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All sold a few months ago.
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My wife would kill me in my sleep otherwise.
I have some .925 Art Bars and random rounds for sale, IF I can get my target price...so far locally that's not an option as the dealers are 70% off of spot or less.
I'll be holding on for something better.
I also brokering some sterling silver rings and jewelry that I'm looking at selling.
Might be able to do better with those as jewelry pieces.
S
As always I'm Still buying IF the prices are right and I think I can do well on the new arrivals.
I stir my coffee, at the shop, with a sterling spoon. A man came in recently with his original sterling teething ring from his childhood. Kinda gross.
The 1819 I sold today to a type collector.
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what do you do about dental gold?
Sell one’s teething ring? Must have been homeless or had no kids.
Sold our sterling flatware after my wife passed. First place told me they paid 80% of spot, when I did the math their offer was way off, I called it out and they said “oh no, we pay 80% of our wholesalers price…” yeah BS, took it to another place and got $1300 more than that first offer. Be careful, lots of sharks in that space.
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I prefer they floss and brush, first.
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I've read that a lot of homeless people are carrying around silver teething rings...
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We used to play mud pies with the sterling silver as children. It's gone now.
not selling my sterling silver got it from my mom and that is reason enough not to sell
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Can't really respond.
I honestly never think about it.
Difficult question - it really depends.
I have sold most of my miscellanious alloyed silver over the past year and will likely continue to gradually sell the little alloyed silver I have left.
I'm keeping most of the .999 and .900 fine coins and medals / rounds I have, and I'll continue buying more if I can find them for a good price.
But I would never sell any family heirlooms, they will get passed on to the next generation at a appropriate point of time.
I'm considering to sell a part of my historic coins aswell. That wasn't a easy descision for me, but I realized, that my very special niche of German coins will most likely gradually depreciate in value. And as much as I enjoy my collection, I may be better off selling a good portion of my low denomination medieval & renaissance era coins that are either very common, damaged and / or hard to sell in general.
I have some old "junk" sterling silver Canadian coins.
I picked up these sterling silver spoons around 2007 from my then coin dealer.
Never even gave it a thought as far as selling these items.
I've also got some of them and I'm thinking it's time for them to go.
The sterling has all long been melted and flipped for the real deal. RGDS
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Bought almost a kilo (850 g) of flatware last week.
We use .800 German silver at home.
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omg YAWN. How is pottery class?
COPPER is gutter !
Thinned out my main set from 24 places to 16, while keeping the harder to find pieces. I have always loved Wallace Gran Baroque, even my letter opener at my desk is in this pattern.