The melt value of a coin is basically what the metal of the coin is worth if you were to melt. The melted coins is the last title listed on front flap. For many collectors, these are the true hardy boys. This book was written for the stratemeyer syndicate by leslie mcfarlane in 1944. The plot of this 1944 hardy boys mystery ignore the rewrite is as complicated and difficult to summarize as dickenss little dorrit. Nov 21, 2010 the clad was sent back to circulation and the silver was kept and melted. Much of the prices on our site are based on numismatic values, which are frequently worth many times more than the intrinsic metal value of the coin itself. Download the melted coins txt read information about the author franklin w. Silver confiscation under executive order 6814 smaulgld. I recently found a coin in my room that says it is. Whether you want to smelt some gold pieces into a beautiful jewelry or simply wondering how to smelt gold, then you should know that there are a few ways to do it without any professional intervention. Dixon this book is the first hardy boys book, in which frank and joe hardy help their dad solve a mystery involving stolen treasure. After all, logic dictates that the smaller the original quantity made, the smaller the pool of survivors today.
Although some ancient coins were sometimes made from pure metals, today, all coins intended for. Federal register prohibition on the exportation, melting. Us coin melt values current intrinsic metal value of coins. Frank and joe hardy suspect that their best friend chet morton is. From 19211923 an over 171 million ounces of silver was used to produce 90% silver u. It was originally published in 1944, when the story had to do with a pirates buried treasure.
Jun 21, 2017 silver is the main metal in ewaste recycling. Us coin melt values prices of precious metal and bullion. According to research and calculations i found that it could be. The melted coins is volume 23 in the original the hardy boys mystery stories published by.
First, the silver is easier to sell or exchange if it is in the form of a recognizable coin or bar. Little silver went into the minting of dimes, quarter and half dollars. A charlton standart catalogue canadian coins, 62ed epdf. Suspecting that their friend has been swindled, the hardy brothers investigate and find themselves on the trail of a much larger criminal operation. Melting silver easily silver melting procedure with. The plot of this 1944 hardy boys mystery ignore the rewrite is as complicated and difficult to summarize as dickenss little dorrit, and like that great novel, lends itself readily to a marxist interpretation, since everything in it revolves around the theme of money old coins, rare coins, counterfeit coins, buried coins, stolen coins, hidden coins, and of course the melted coins of the title. Aug 22, 2010 the coinage act of 1965, of course, had removed silver from circulating coins and authorized that cupronickel clad coins be used instead for the half dollar, quarter dollar, and dimes, taking the place of the silver coins that had been minted. The melted coins and 4 related entities entities finder. The chart below shows that the bulk of silver the u. The melted coins is the 23rd book in the hardy boys series. Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by harriet adams, edward stratemeyers daughter.
Later the stockpile was declared to be surplus and the government did start selling it off. The melted coins revised text the hardy boys wiki fandom. It is not an old us coin, it is a limited edition gaming token from harrahs hotel and casino in las vegas. For many collectors, these are the true hardy boys books. Dixon was leslie mcfarlane, a canadian author who contributed 19 of the first 25 books in the series. As usually, silver melts at 961 c and this temperature point is less than gold melting but melting silver is hard and technical. The hardy boys mystery stories refer to the 58 volumes published by grosset and dunlap from 1927 to 1978, as well as the detective handbook.
The hardy boys foil a coin counterfeiting ring who are stealing valuable rare coins and melting them down to make counterfeits of circulating. In years to come, however, the value of silver united states coins may hinge to a greater extent on how many were lost. Therefore, these coins have a certain intrinsic melt or bullion value. Dixon is a pen name used by a variety of authors writing for the classic series the hardy boys. The coining of the 1921 morgans and then the peace dollars was to replace the coins melted by the pittman act. These really fresh errors are from a collection put together in the late 1960s. United states mint homepage coins and medals, shop, product schedule, customer service, education, news and media and more. But if you have silver in powder form like silver chloride then you can face many problems in melting silver. Buy a cheap copy of the melted coins book by franklin w. More complete spoiler plot description is placed at the end. Collecting united states type coins 1795 bust dollar liberty coin service stocks a wide variety of united states type coins for sale, including pcgs and ngc certified united states type coins and nice, hand selected uncertified specimens.
Coin guides coin price guides, tips, free pdf coin books. Figures on the date and mint mark of the melted coins were not kept, so collectors do not have precise population reports. Why so many coins were melted, and the resulting rare coins in determining a coins rarity, numismatists often rely upon mintage figures. Millions have been melted for the recapture of their metal, and the impact on coin collecting while still not fully gauged is likely to be great as time goes by. Nov 27, 2016 the laws regarding scrapping domestic coins for profit vary from country to country, but canada appears to practice a double standard. Mint to make these coins, but rather a measurement of value based solely upon the metal content of the coin. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Its easy to imagine the coin being thrown into the pot of a poker game or slammed on the counter to pay for a glass of whiskey. Nations of the world today use gold as a medium of exchange in monetary transactions. Jan 31, 2019 the melted coins is the 23rd book in the hardy boys series of mystery novels. Certain united states coins were made out of silver at one time. Silver interests secured legislation requiring the mint to later replace the melted silver dollars. The world of coins who can look at a silver dollar struck in 1878 in carson city, nevada, and not conjure up images of the wild west. Many of the early hardy boys books were revised for republication decades later, however, and in this case a totally different story was created with the same title.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Coin guides coin price guides, tips, free pdf coin books coin collecting used to be called the hobby of kings and queens, but now all of us can find rare and valuable currency in our own pocket change. This case involves one of their friends whose dad is accused of having stolen the treasure. The original version of this book was rewritten in 1970 by andrew e. Why so many coins were melted, and the resulting rare coins. According to the uk coinage act 1971, one cannot melt or break any metal coin which is, or has been, current in the united kingdom after 16th may 1969 on that day, parliament approved the decimal currency act. In the 1944 original, the hardy boys foil a coin counterfeiting ring.
Error coin price guide with mint error photo descriptions. The melted coins ebook 9781101076378 by franklin w. If you have silver in metal form then you can easily melt this. Aug 22, 2015 yes, you can melt down silver coins but it is not recommended for a variety of reasons. Us coin melt values prices of precious metal and bullion in. Silver coin melt value calculator calculate coin metal values based on the current silver price. The captivating chemistry of coins american chemical society. Almost half of all morgans produced during their first run from 1878 to 1904 were melted. Rear panell lists 20 air combat stories by four different authors and six lucky terrell flying stories. Click download or read online button to get hardy boys book now. To protect the coinage of the united states, the united states mint is adopting a final rule that prohibits the exportation, melting, and treatment of 5cent and onecent coins.
Frank and joe hardy suspect that their best friend chet morton is the victim of a summer school swindle and offer to. A charlton standart catalogue canadian coins, 62ed. Silver was a popular metal used in coins for centuries, until its price reached the point that the metal in the coins exceeded the face value of the dimes, quarters, and half dollars that used it. Thats why the coinage of peace dollars stopped in 1928, they had reached the number of coins melted. Liberty coin service collecting united states type coins.