Is this silver or just a mint marketing scam?
Posted:
Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:39 pmby Nickelless
I just saw this on eBay. These aren't really silver, are they?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0641951470
Re: Is this silver or just a mint marketing scam?
Posted:
Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:42 pmby wagsthadog
Hi there-
Yep. The mint issues SILVER proof sets annually. Just like pre-65, the quarter(s), dime, and half are 90% silver in those sets. They are official US Mint products, not like Franklin mint or some other nonsense.
Price is too high, though.
JMO wags
Re: Is this silver or just a mint marketing scam?
Posted:
Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:52 pmby slvrbck
I believe the mintmark on those coins is "S". I found a bicentenial quarter in circulation once that was 90% w/ an S. dumb kids. I believe they are all issued as proofs. . .
Re: Is this silver or just a mint marketing scam?
Posted:
Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:49 pmby bman
wagsthadog wrote:
Price is too high, though.
Too high? the price is $29.95 and there is $1.85 face value in silver (at 16x thats $29.56) plus the Sac dollar, nickel and penny for another $1.06 if you just broke them out and spent them.