OtusLotus wrote:So I went to my only garage sale of the week..
Ask my normal questions.. any brass? cast iron? jewelry? silver? No, No, No, No were the replies...
But then, hold on.. I have a box that you might want to search thru... I like searching was my reply!!!
I started looking thru the box, and everything, I mean EVERYTHING was marked sterling! I asked the girl if I could weigh it on her scale (the one she told me she used to sell everything to a jeweler previously) , just to be fair!
She said just make me a fair offer! Well... I told the girl that I would buy everything in the box for everything I had in my wallet... $173....She said.. OK!
Over 5 lbs of sterling silver, and $1.55 in 90% coins!
Otus, you look pleased....maniacally so.....nice score, btw, and i only know that coz i just looked up "sterling silver".....what IT is.
as i've written, i've stuck with pre-65 US coinage and silver for stacking, along with the half 40's and Ike 40's, rounded out with Eagles tubes....just keep it simple....and i never understood, "sterling silver". ....and if i dont understand something, i cant ascertain price discovery.
here's the question, and i THINK, i might know the answer, when a guy buys sterling silver, is the objective to A. sell it as "scrap" to a smelter?...or B. smelt himself, which seems something one must have both the equipment and knowledge to seperate the non silver metals?
not to pry, but you said thats 5 lbs of sterling silver, and those pounds are troy?, which would make it 60 troy ounces of ss, right, 31 gms to the toz, of 92.50 silver content...........whats that trade at roughly?...or is there a website that provides a bid/ask quote?
last question, from that picture, those implements, thats some beautiful ART, and this is just me, but with coins, even the GEM BU's i can be coldhearted, sure i appreciate the fine mints, designs, but i dont take them out and gaze in appreciation, but what you have pictured, some of it is beautiful, and i would be so loathe to sell it to a smelter....do you ever get a twinge of regret selling such?....i dont know if i could do it....guess thats why i stay away from sterling.
sorry for all the questions...i been stacking good, and now i'm wandering....looked at your picture, and i been looking at roman silver denarius's.....which is the same thing...its art AND archaelogy, which is a whole lot different than being in the mind of stacking HARD CURRENCY for trade post dollar FRN's..........thanks bud, neil
I myself have scored somwhere along the same lines in the past but it was completely unintentional.
