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Old 03-14-2008, 07:35 AM
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Default Canadian, U.S. & Mexico coin melt values

Need EXCEL to view. It includes Canadian and Mexican silver coins.

http://www.thentao.com/CoinBullionValues.xls
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Old 03-14-2008, 08:21 AM
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melting coins for profit is illegal and can land you in jail with huge fines to pay.
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Old 03-14-2008, 01:31 PM
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melting coins for profit is illegal and can land you in jail with huge fines to pay.
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Note it lists cents and nickels, not silver coins which have been smelted for years now. The link I provided also shows the Canadian & Mexican silver coins which I doubt I'll ever find
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Need EXCEL to view. It includes Canadian and Mexican silver coins.

http://www.thentao.com/CoinBullionValues.xls
Very cool Oz, thanks! I just changed the silver bullion value to today's price $20.60, nice value increase!

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melting coins for profit is illegal and can land you in jail with huge fines to pay.
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I wonder if there's any problem melting foreign coins?
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its against the law to melt US tender in the USA, other currency you can I believe.
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