On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 00:09:14 -0500, "F. Barry Mulligan"
wrote:

If you went to a US Assay Office, you could get full value. After
failing to talk you out of it, they would get out a set of scales and
weights, open the safe and get a pouch of silver powder and measure the
appropriate amount into a glassine envelope. They were definitely not
happy about all this, particularly since they knew the customer would
quickly realize there was nothing he could do with a little envelope of
silver dust.

Unless one had enough little envelopes and one's hobby was jewelry
making. A dentist friend of mine makes jewelry out of reclaimed gold
that cannot be reused in her practice..
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Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR
PNW Beburg MP 28.0 - OE District