[Jewelry making - Article 00409] - Re: [Orchid] Drawing 22k wire from coin

[T.A.Masters]

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Jessee,

    The best thing to do is to establish a good relationship with your
    local Coin Dealer/Pawnshop Broker. They regularly buy coins of all
    varieties. Some are of collector value, others simply melt value,
    price of the metal on that day. 

    When one buys coins for melt from these locations, there is no
    collector value in the coin. Do not worry that a treasure will
    become melt material. 

    Coins themselves have differing metal values. It is good to know
    which is which. To reticulate silver, many believe 80/20 is best. It
    is of course possible to alloy that with a fine silver coin and add
    20% copper. It is also possible to buy a coin minted at 80/20. Much
    easier than calculating and adding appropriate amount of copper. I
    have used both methods. No difference in the end result, time is the
    issue. 

Teresa

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