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Curious if anyone here melts down US 90% coins for bars or rounds. I have some slicks that are really bad and interested in selling to someone who won't try and sell them as coins to some schmuck. I got most of them in a $1000 face bag from my LCS (I wasn't happy) and one particular dollar coin I found while metal detecting a creek and you can just barely make out it is a dollar coin. Don't wish to sell back to LCS or on eBay, I just know they will screw over someone else. Would like to see someone trustworthy melt them down. I have 4 or 5 dollar coins, some quarters and dimes and am looking to sell at actual weight for melt value.

If you send them to scrapman1077, he'll send back shiny new .999 rounds.

http://realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10821

Other than that, MarketHarmony or one of the other refiners would be your best bet.

Thanks Engineer for that link! That looks like a great plan to me

I can 90% being melted down when its reasonable and prudent to do so relative to premiums to other forms of silver

There is a lot of Sterling and other scrap now that covers the need for silver and 90% seems to command a premium in its current form relative to spot anyways

But a natural increase in .999 Silver Premiums or a demand of silver as a whole (think $50 Silver) may trigger melting again

I wouldnt be surprised if a psychological factor kicks in, right now 90% is commanded for its security and non-being made any more status but in 2 years applications may require 999 Silver therefore making it the superior choice, like in the 1980's where 90% could take days to e bought/refined where 999 would be bought so much easier