How much would a coin, 4 times the size of a quarter, coated in silver be worth?
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« on: April 14, 2005, 03:36:58 PM »
That's my random question for the day.
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« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2005, 03:56:57 PM »
Assuming a silver-plated copper coin, that isn’t legal tender, about 7 cents.
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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2005, 04:02:51 PM »
In that case, why don't we make all our coins like that so they look better?
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« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2005, 04:08:17 PM »
An unanswerable question.

If it contains valuable metal it would have some value as a commodity.

If its old or rare it might have collector value.

If the government puts their stamp on it and calls it currency it could be made of fried bird crap and it would be worth whatever the government says.
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« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2005, 04:09:29 PM »
I'm saying if you melted it down, and sold the metals (silver and some cheap crap in the middle).
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« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2005, 04:10:37 PM »
Quote from: Justice Ernest on April 14, 2005, 03:56:57 PM
Assuming a silver-plated copper coin, that isn’t legal tender, about 7 cents.

By the way, what if it was a gold-plated copper coin?
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« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2005, 05:16:50 PM »
Quote from: A18 on April 14, 2005, 04:02:51 PM
In that case, why don't we make all our coins like that so they look better?

You want to carry something that big in your pocket?
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« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2005, 05:20:00 PM »
Quote from: Tredrick on April 14, 2005, 05:16:50 PM
Quote from: A18 on April 14, 2005, 04:02:51 PM
In that case, why don't we make all our coins like that so they look better?

You want to carry something that big in your pocket?

They would obviously be the same size.
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« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2005, 05:52:36 PM »
Quote from: A18 on April 14, 2005, 05:20:00 PM
Quote from: Tredrick on April 14, 2005, 05:16:50 PM
Quote from: A18 on April 14, 2005, 04:02:51 PM
In that case, why don't we make all our coins like that so they look better?

You want to carry something that big in your pocket?

They would obviously be the same size.

See, I was picturing coins four times the size of the quarter.
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« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2005, 05:54:10 PM »
Just using a large example so that if I got an answer well below 25 cents, I'd know it'd work.
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« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2005, 06:01:04 PM »
Have you seen the Eisenhower dollar?  They are huge, not really good for carrying around in your pocket.
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« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2005, 06:03:39 PM »
Keep them the same size, and just silver-ize them so they look better.
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« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2005, 06:12:27 PM »
Quote from: A18 on April 14, 2005, 06:03:39 PM
Keep them the same size, and just silver-ize them so they look better.

Then they would be confused for a quarter.  That was the problem with the SBA dollar.
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« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2005, 06:52:09 PM »
I'm not talking about a dollar coin.
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« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2005, 10:23:52 PM »
Four times the radius or four times the area?
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« Reply #15 on: April 14, 2005, 10:52:22 PM »
Acctually, it would be about 2 dollars, since a solid silver dollar contains about $9 worth of silver.  Trust me, I collect coins.
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« Reply #16 on: April 14, 2005, 11:18:33 PM »
Quote from: Senator Supersoulty on April 14, 2005, 10:52:22 PM
Acctually, it would be about 2 dollars, since a solid silver dollar contains about $9 worth of silver.  Trust me, I collect coins.

It's coated with silver, basically silver plate.
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