Question by bboy244: What is the best company to purchase junk silver coins from? I am new to this field and want a good price.?

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Answer by jay marcus
You are still going to pay silver prices & silver is up to about .50 an ounce. If you have any coin clubs in your town,city (ask local coin dealer) attend local meeting. Our clubs have silent & live auctions which members can bid on.

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$0.50 face US 90% silver coins, mixed lot "junk silver"

US $7.29 (5 Bids) End Date: Saturday May-19-2012 7:04:14 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list

US $89.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday May-19-2012 7:04:51 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $99.95 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

US $130.00 (5 Bids) End Date: Saturday May-19-2012 7:05:29 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list

Originally posted 2010-06-20 17:52:49. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by Gary: what is sterling silver compared to junk coin silver?
how would you do the math to sell junk silver?

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Answer by I. B. Zoxx
Sterling silver is, by definition, 92.5% fine silver by weight..
US 1964 and earlier silver 10, 25, 50 cent and coins are 90% silver by weight.. For silver coins of other countries, you would have to look it up (the Standard Catalog of World Coins, published by Krause Publications, is the most commonly used reference for this).
For sterling, calculate 92.5% of the total weight to get the pure silver weight. One troy ounce is 31.1 grams, and this morning's silver quote is .06 per troy ounce.
For US coins, use 90% in place of 92.5%
For British coins, they were sterling until 1922 and 50% silver until 1947. UK Circulating coins dated 1947 and later contain no silver.

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Originally posted 2010-06-04 01:44:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter