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Tips for hunting for sterling at thrift stores?

I really wanna find a sterling silver piece… Im in Winnipeg (Don’t know if that helps) but am wondering what are some good cheats or tricks to find small or big sterling pieces! I’d wanna sell them and buy into bullion probably… thanks!

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u/TodTheII — 3 days ago
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Is this fake? Paid $65 today

I’m just getting into silver and recently bought this and some other things. When I asked ai it said it’s %100 fake. Please help

u/Ok-Budget7581 — 6 days ago
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I feel like I hit a milestone and I’m proud

🚨 FIRST 5OZ BAR!!!! 🚨

I traded:

2 (1)oz bars
2 rounds (one Troy, one 30G)
Paid $63 difference

Super happy with my local coin dealer!!

u/RydaGuyCC — 6 days ago
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Safe or locked display case?

I’m about to reach 10oz of silver and I’m thinking about more secure storage. I feel like a safe is the more secure thing but something about having a display case is a good way to show off the stack to guests. Any suggestions would be appreciated

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u/Aparupture — 6 days ago
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Possibly the ugliest coin that I own and for that... I love it

Liberian coin that I guess is supposed to be President Clinton lol. But it's 20 grams of .999 silver that I got for way under melt!

u/Then_Marionberry_259 — 7 days ago
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Buying the “Dip”

Shoutout to HERO BULLION i bought their “starter pack” 5X1 oz @spot and they came in flips with a nice little bag free shipping

u/Then_Marionberry_259 — 6 days ago
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Started donating plasma to buy silver

Started buying silver when I was 10 in 2015, now that I’m in college, to keep it up I have started donating plasma to feed my addiction

Searched through my college town LCS and found a 49-D and 49-P Franklin half

u/Ralltheidstaken — 10 days ago
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Offered $140 on 8 oz of silver

I’m in a smaller city and there is only one precious metal buyer in 2 hour radius. They buy gold at 85% spot, but offer way less for silver. I talked to them today about 8.8 oz of sterling and they offered 0.56 dollar/gram. Are there any way to get rid your silver without losing 75% of spot?

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u/Then_Marionberry_259 — 6 days ago
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Something something stack. Instructions unclear.

Is Scary Poppins doing it right?

u/EmbraceThePerd — 6 days ago
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Stack Ravaged by Milk Spots

So I go to check on my beloved stack today, and am devastated to see that nearly every one of my ounces has developed milk spots.... has this happened to anyone before?

I actually went out of my way to try to prevent any tarnish or milk spotting from happening. It is stored in a 'tarnish resistant' box, with a dessicant pack, and in air tite capsules!! Wtf! I have a few theories as to what could have caused this- a leather pouch recently added to inside the box, or the air tite cases themselves (trapped humidity?)

What do you guys think? Pretty bummed about it tbh

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u/Alexander_da_ok — 7 days ago
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Can someone decipher the cheesy hallmarks?

Bought as "stamped Sterling". Pictures weren't the best. Can the pros in the room tell me how to look up these marks?

u/Stunning_Issue_9524 — 6 days ago
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On top of a trash can seemed the appropriate place to lay out my stack of mostly junk silver

Im planning to fill up a tube of every kind of junk before I switch over to stacking just .999

I doubt ill ever find myself in a position that I need to barter silver for supplies, and im honestly not sure anyone in a bartering situation would be interested in silver anyway, but I think constitutional silver is neat.

20 war nickels

12 quarters

51 dimes

3 half dollars

3 Morgan dollars

1 peace dollar

2 1/2oz rnds

2 1oz rnds

1 1oz bar

2 ASEs

1 1/8oz Lego block

1 1oz silver card

All told about 1.3k in melt value

Not bad for about 10 months of stacking.

u/BaronOfToast — 6 days ago
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Sad day when a chunk of the stack has to be let go.

Adios Amigos and thanks for hangin with me throughout the years. May your next home admire you as much as I.

u/Reallifehoward — 6 days ago
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With silver pulling back recently, what event do you think would trigger true price discovery?

Silver has taken a bit of a nosedive over the past few weeks, and it got me wondering what it would actually take for the market to move into genuine price discovery rather than the usual rallies and pullbacks.

If you had to pick one catalyst, what would it be?

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u/SilverSwapOfficial — 6 days ago
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Please help identify

I know the picture isn’t too great, but this piece has been staring at me for the past few weeks, just can’t find anything on it. Looks like an eagle though.

EDIT: Is not mine, is for sale at my LCS for spot.

u/wunayem — 7 days ago

Just hit 100oz

Four months in and going strong, although I can’t afford to maintain this pace. What a fun hobby!

u/No_Matter4288 — 11 days ago