What is the silver content of a Half Dime?
 

What is the silver content (in ounces) of a United States Half Dime?

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SPECIFICATIONS:

Diameter: 15.5 millimeters Weight: 1.24 grams Composition: .900 silver, .100 copper Edge: Reeded Net Weight: .035 ounce pure silver

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Thanks. I thought about picking up several half-dimes for my smaller transactions when silver hits $4,000 an ounce during the depression.

At $4,000 an ounce, a silver half-dime would be worth $140! I might actually have to take tin snips and cut a half dime in half just to pay for my small transactions! A half dime cut in half would be worth $70. That's about a months worth of groceries for someone like me!

Actually, now that I think about it, isn't there a three-cent silver piece?

Think about it. It could happen! It's always better to be prepared than to be like some idiot running around scrambling for these things after the fact.

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You really need to lay off the coffee, dude. That post reminds me way too much of the squirrel from Hoodwinked.

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Ahahaha! I love it when they make him drink coffee. ZOOM! He's gone.

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I would keep the half-dime until POS is $1M / oz and by a new car with it.:D

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o god, could you imagine a POS at 1 mil and oz!!!!! Damn, that would make gold like 40 mil and ounce!

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Practically any half dime you have will be worth more for numismatic value than for its silver content.

this one from my vast collection of scans.

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Ross, BEAUTIFUL half dime.

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I can still see the individual kernels of corn inside that ear of corn in the right side. amazing

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Why bother with half dimes or small silver. Keep pre 1982 pennies. About 145 per pound. So if copper follows silver, at a silver price of 4000, copper would be 6-700 bucks a pound, making each penny worth 4-5 bucks each.

Besides, a pre 1982 penny goes for half spot or less. Where else can you buy a pound of copper for 1.45.

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Good idea! I never thought about this.

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[QUOTE=RossL;1029128]Practically any half dime you have will be worth more for numismatic value than for its silver content.

Not during a depression. During a time of depression, it's dog-eat-dog. People won't care one iota about numismatic value. They'll only care about getting a loaf of bread for their starving kids with a small silver coin.

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[quote=Punchy;1029457]Then I'll be buying up all their half dimes, just like my grandpa did during the depression.

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"...At $4,000 an ounce, a silver half-dime would be worth $140!..."

By the time silver reaches $4K, $140.00 might buy a loaf of bread.