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The great melt

coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,845 ✭✭✭✭✭
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What is being melted for bullion that has real value?

I will start-

I still believe GEM quality Mexico from 1918 through 1945 may not be as common as we all think in GEM

I think the same can be said for Canada-

Have too many collector coins been destroyed for bullion?

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  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,653 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I still believe GEM quality Mexico from 1918 through 1945 may not be as common as we all think in GEM >>

    It is.
  • LancastercoinLancastercoin Posts: 251
    Coinkat - That Mexican stuff has been getting melted in quantity ever since I've been in coins ($4 silver), since that is absolutely the only way to make it liquid. I'm much more worried about mixed "junk world silver" bins. A friend of mine with a shop in the country just sent me a 1889 Straits 50c that he pulled out of such a bin, and not for his sharp eye would be in the melting pot now!
  • WWWWWW Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭
    I recently saved six nicely toned 1959 Canadian dollars from the melting pot. Three of which should grade MS65 or better.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,845 ✭✭✭✭✭
    the 1959 date is tough in MS65 and higher

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • WWWWWW Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭
    Not the best images of them....

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    They were tightly stacked inside two sealed envelopes when I came across them in a "junk" silver box.
  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,653 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One man's junk is another man's treasure! It's one of the bases of commerce.
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