To: nopardons
The silver in the quarters is worth more than 25 cents.
47 posted on
05/30/2005 2:26:25 PM PDT by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
You aren't allowed to melt down coinage for the metal content. It's against the law. No smelter will do it and there isn't all that much silver in our silver coins, from that era.
To: wagglebee
At $7.27.oz for silver, a good condition silver quarter would have $1.30 value of silver (.18 oz worth)
52 posted on
05/30/2005 2:32:02 PM PDT by
djf
(Sheep logic, or why sheep aren't mathematicians: I'll give up my freedom to preserve freedom)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson