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One Pound Of Morgans
cbxjeff
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A couple of months ago someone posted about the late night commercials concerning selling a pound bag of Morgan silver dollars. I can't find the post so I started this one. I finally took the time to call that 800 number to ask the price. After patiently waiting for a guy to read his required script he said $979.00 per bag of 17 coins - but only if I hurry! That must be an expensive bag!
It's too late for me, save yourself.
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Yeah but there might be a rare one in the bunch worth an amazing fortune! 😁 Fat chance of that happening.
Since the melt value today would be about $283, I think their profit margin is just a bit high. Of course you have to pay tax on your purchase and probably shipping so you lose even more. Guess I'll pass and won't bother calling. Sounds like they are counting on the "sucker born every minute" principal. Good old P.T. sure was right and things haven't changed much since his time. Bob
A search using the term "silver" returned this as the 4th result:
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Thanks for calling. I think I will pass. Really I do appreciate. Too much gunpowder and too many chainsaws 😀 --------------Ray
Thanks for taking the time to inquire, and pass on your findings, appreciate that. @cbxjeff
Thanks for the tag/mention @Mr. Perfect
14.583 Troy ounces to the avoirdupois pound.... wonder which it is.
I always thought thieves came through the basement or back window.
Lousy Capitalists!
Be sure to ask how many ounces are in his pound.
12 or 16?
I don't know the commercial in question but OP says 17 "Morgans" assuming the older Morgans which are certainly worth quite a bit more than melt value each. I usually dig through the "cull" bucket and pick out the nicest looking ones and at current silver prices I doubt you would be able to buy out of the Morgan dollar cull bucket for under $30 so 17x$30=$510. I don't know the quality of the Morgans they send so I can't really comment further without more info. I just wanted to point out if its actually old Morgan silver dollars they are worth way more than the melt value of the silver.
EDIT- I had to go look up the commercial on Youtube, yes, it looks like Cull bucket Morgans. $989 is definetly too much. Should be able to get 30-35 of them at a coin store instead of 17.
consider; coinage is 90% silver and a 'silver dollar' weighs .90 Oz
Thanks for sharing
The actual silver weight of a Peace or Morgan Dollar is .77344 of an ounce.....
If they were all CC mint mark in BU condition the price is about right. But chances are most are just culls.