(slobber)
Oh, the irony of a "junk" bag selling for $150K.
fyi/firmly in the $13's
Funny! Let us tell the readers what you mean here and the irony involved here.
One (1) junk bag of silver = one (1) thousand dollar bag of coins be they half dollar, quarters or dimes - with all these $1000 worth of coins - in a bag, being pre-1964 U S coins. Back then, 90% pure silver was mixed with alloys to make the quarters/ coins hard-for general circulation.
Now adays, our U S quarter for example is a combination of non-precious metals worth about 2 cents. Hence, the irony.
And btw, I just now called my friend the coin dealer, and one (1) $1000 bag of U S pre-silver coins is selling for:
$9,400
From my years in the coin business I can't quite remember how many pure ounces of silver is in a bag of $1000 pre-64 coins, but without checking I believe it is 715 troy ounces of pure per $1000 dollars in coins.