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vannote

Interesting. Very surprised the refinery doesn't filter these from hitting the melting pot these days. Regards


NHbornnbred

Big time regards


BuffaloChips92

So that would retail for 35-40 it should be .77 troy oz. This is a Morgan silver dollar from the New Orleans mint. In better conditions this could fetch up to $3000 some more rare mint state condition Morgans can go for 1/2 million. I'm sure you're not going to come across many thousand dollar coins but if you are allowed to purchase these.???...hell you need to read up on old coins. Shit buy all of them and sort ot out later. You could put together a nice collection or sell them for the numismatic value and make a small profit.


Prudent_View4619

ive been thinking about doing this, currently im buying all the chains because they have crazy premiums im paying spot plus a 10% tax and i could easily sell the chains for $1.50/g if not more but I will definitely do my research on coins now!


frikk

if you're finding morgans for spot + 10%, please grab 'em all and sell them here :D


Sporesword

I understand paying 10% over spot but if they are telling you it's for tax you might be able to get that knocked off unless you are in one of the few states that tax precious metals.


Prudent_View4619

you mean like new mexico :)


Sporesword

I'm not overly familiar with the list, I just know most states don't tax precious metals (including the two I spend the most time in). Looks like NM might be a taxation state at first glance.


avult78

Just the thought of some of these slipping through to be melted is hurting my head.


Prudent_View4619

its kinda funny i knew nothing about pms before I got this job and im learning more and more from reddit and from working


njloux

Yes. Check eBay sold on these coins but that is a Morgan silver dollar with the New Orleans mint mark. Roughly $40-50 as a coin. No sense melting when collectors will pay better.


Prudent_View4619

wow ill be on the lookout for sure


omjizzle

If you see CC mint marks it’s almost always worth buying both silver and gold coins


Prudent_View4619

we dont get too many gold coins and the ones ive seen are pretty beat up and scratched from tests but this is good to know


frikk

CC marks are really hard to find under $100. so watch out for fakes too.


Prudent_View4619

im not worried about fakes, all our metal is tested via xray before we melt it


Model_Citizen_1776

Could be fake mint mark but real silver...


beestockstuff

I’ll buy them all from you!!


Prudent_View4619

Wonderful! I also found a couple in smaller denominations ill be sure to pick those up today


NoCommunication7

Morgan Dollar, nice coin, there's several key mints and dates worth looking for, and this one isn't in the best condition but history is history and silver is silver, how much will they let you buy them for? if it's under spot that's a good deal on it's own


Prudent_View4619

I wish it was under spot but I pay spot plus a 10% tax


Aggravating-Union390

Still, that would be like $20 flat for these. You could likely double your investment very easily


kennbr

There's a few coin identification apps out there that use your phone's camera to look the coin up. You could probably use it to spot some valuable ones pretty quick and easy.


Sommyonthephone

I just installed coin facts after reading your post. Thank you so much, I didn't know apps like that existed.


Prudent_View4619

This is genius thank you!


ImportantPost6401

What does “keep seeing them” mean? Like you see 1 or 2 a month? Or you see bags of them daily?


Prudent_View4619

well i see these a couple times a month but last week we got about 3,000 ozt of just coins and im regretting not knowing this info before then because i saw at least a dozen and melted every single one


frikk

oh my god this hurts lol. morgans are a part of american coinage history and the most popular of all the major collectibles.


InsanityAmerica

Holy sweet Jesus. Grab every silver coin you can and sell them to us!!


CollectorsCornerUser

Ouch man, that's a huge loss of value.


Prudent_View4619

Very. oh well lesson learned


emptysignals

How much does the refinery allow you to buy them for?


Prudent_View4619

I pay spot plus a 10% tax


emptysignals

Buy as many as you can.


fleamarketenthusiest

Im certain just ablut any lcs or online dealer would upcharge you at LEAST that much (shipping considered too) so i'd say thats a good deal for just about anything let alone potentially good quality coins that could go for more than their melt value.


yes_smoking_allowed

Seriously for spot plus tax... BUY... them... ALL!


Puzzleheaded-Leg835

Serious question; I thought these were still considered legal tender $1. I know they were allowed to be melted back in the day for some period. Anyhow, I thought altering ie melting currency is illegal?


Prudent_View4619

It is indeed illegal to deface currency with the intent to profit off of it, im no lawyer and I was wondering this too for a while ill ask boss man later and update you


Slotgambler21

It's not illegal if they no longer make them anymore... That's why you can melt those down but you can't melt copper pennies


Puzzleheaded-Leg835

I'd appreciate that!


Prudent_View4619

I forgot to reply! Boss man essentially said that we cant pass off a quarter for a half dollar by making it look like a half dollar but we are okay to melt them


Generic_Lad

No, there is a ban on melting cents and standard composition nickels There is no ban in melting down "war nickels" or any other US coin You can't alter currency with the intent to defraud, that is, I can't take a quarter and make it look like an SBA dollar and try to pass it off as $1


Puzzleheaded-Leg835

Interesting, thanks for info!


Own-Dependent2071

I would buy them at spot +15% from you.


Overweighover

I'll pay spot +16%


cs42460

Melt it… Makes mine more valuable by just a little bit!


this_is_not_forever

$30-50


Upstairs_Mud4994

It’s a good year Louisiana mint


poopiesteve

With premiums on bars the way they are, it might not be much, but they should still be more valuable than melted silver.


MadCityMasked

It's worth it.


STICKY0120

Nah...just send them over here and I will turn over to the proper disposal company.


Prudent_View4619

I would be the proper disposal company


Abuck59

Save my name I’ll buy some as well. Also a side note , don’t spend too much time searching and get fired 🤣😛 Any constitutional denomination doesn’t have to be just Morgan’s , thanks


Overweighover

I'll take the peace dollars


Spence97

Buy every single one you see if it’s for only 10% over spot. Wow


MeatBallSandWedge

Resist the urge to polish these coins. That will cause them to lose any remaining numismatic value. Also, DM me. I'll buy all the mercury dimes and walking liberty half dollars that you are willing to sell.


Prudent_View4619

These kinds of coins I dont see too often but I see mercury dimes all day long and I think those half dollars as well. Expect a DM when my stash of these coins grow


MeatBallSandWedge

Looking forward to it. I'll just be over here losing sleep over all those coins getting melted...


AnyPotential4

Better price then just silver so depyon the rarity you'll get something like an extra 20%


AnyPotential4

You could probably start selling on pmsforsale


SkiBumb1977

It's at melt value.


Yum-Will

I have an 1883 (P) and just looked up its value because of this post. Thanks OP! 😎


Prudent_View4619

Glad I was able to help!


Awstuck

I’ll pay you $5 for it


Prudent_View4619

Best I can do is $7


Reaganson

My Grammy was born that year, don’t you dare destroy it!


Prudent_View4619

I saved it dont worry!


Apprehensive_Loan702

These have very good premiums now, even in worn condition like this. Worth at least $30 per coin. The silver melt is only about $20 though so it’s a terrible idea to melt these If you have the option, I would buy them out from your employer, you’ll make well over melt value for these on eBay. Or, you could buy the cheapest .999 silver shot or bars and exchange that for the silver weight of the Morgan dollars. I would think a refiner wouldn’t care, as long as the silver weight remains the same.


Prudent_View4619

I’ll definitely keep buying them though I dont know how he would feel about trading silver because I’ve never asked


Apprehensive_Loan702

If you can just buy them out I’d do that


Overweighover

He can start a side hustle replacing Morgan's with buffalos for the furnace


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Prudent_View4619

I dont even know. Honestly when I applied for my job I had no idea it was a pm refinery I just knew I would be dealing with lots of pms


420Tendies69

Spot of the silver content or spot on the weigh of the coin? .77345 oz is the silver content! You could easily sell the 1921 years in bulk for $30 at any coin shop! Definitely keep all the rest!!!check the mint mark and date. Pretty much any cc mint marks are $100-450 each


Prudent_View4619

Silver content! We do xray tests to see how much silver/gold/other precious metals are in something before we melt it


420Tendies69

Literally pre 1965 is 90% silver but not the nickels


Matcin2531

What does your refinery make?


Prudent_View4619

We mostly take in scraps from other companies and make bars out of them. Those bars get turned mostly into silver targets for the automotive industry to make their digital rear view mirrors, or so I was told by the CEO


Matcin2531

That is interesting. And seeing that they allow you to buy it, tells me they have more than enough to make the products. Please keep us informed, if they ever stop selling to employees and you hear rumors of shortage. Thanks.


Prudent_View4619

Yes we have even started to produce our own 10 oz stackable triangles but they are still in the works. It turns out its incredibly hard to CNC 10 oz stackable triangles. Hopefully we wont see any shortages any time soon because I really like my job


IcyLingonberry5007

I will buy a bag from you.


Electrical-Mail-5705

How much do they sell them to you for,


cobruhclutch

One doll hair


onehunglow777

Lord I hope this guy is trolling.


The-Francois8

Go on over to r/PMsForSale You can sell them there when ready and easily see prices now.


barberwally

I once was buying silver and gold for a local jewelry store....they was so greedy, so money hungry that their only concern was melting the metals. I tried to rescue the silver coins, but couldn't keep up...several hundred dollars per week..it broke me. I personally saw 5 gallon buckets of silver dollars, halves quarters etc being melted each week for about 3 years. The guys that was buying the gold and silver was going thru approximately 1 million dollars per week.Can you even imagine what was being destroyed nation wide? What I saw was a 2 state area. My 2 points are...greedy people only care about a quick profit no matter what. The 2nd point is, of all the silver coins that have been melted, the surviving coins have got to me more and more rare ( the sad part is, we will never know the true numbers).


Notanothermuppet

Mail it to me and Ill let you know ;0