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FiveThous said:
Who else do you need to complete the collection?
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The New Age Outlaws (surprisingly expensive to get them in their peak attitude style), Kurt Angle, Viscera, Edge and Christian Brood Style, The Hardy Boys, Goldust, Y2J Jericho (coming this week), Shamrock, Big Bossman, Chyna, and then Stacy Keibler.

So I guess more than a few come to think of it.
 
SalvadoranCavsfan said:
You're spot on with the 70s vibe, that's exactly what they were going for. Especially with its lume at night, definitely looks like an old school speedometer.

Which is timely since my car just has one giant curved screen now.

I opted for the director's cut because of that funky metal band and they only made 175 of the that reddish orange color (still glows blue). For the director's cut they did make an all black but I have too many black dial watches. The other one is blue and yellow which definitely does not match with my OSU degree.
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Wow, that is great!

What a wonderful choice!
 
But the real question still hangs out there. What's the car?
 
I do have a blooming collection of jerseys. I have especially tried to collect at least one jersey from every Cavs Era. One of my new coworkers has an in with Austin Carr and just delivered me his jersey signed. It is definitely easily among my favorite things I own now.
 
This is almost certainly a stupid idea. Looking for people to obliterate it.
I want to make my own 1 oz silver coins.
I want to get the silver from garage sales, generally looking for sterling silver random stuff.
I want to melt it and then separate out the pure silver and pour that into a mold. Ideally the molds aren’t cost prohibitive so we could do an RCF molded coin for example. 1 ounce .999 purity or whatever.
Downsides: I have 3 children 6-11 years old. I have no idea what I am doing. I have no supplies. I will probably burn myself or burn my house down.
Upsides: epic story.

Talk me out of it or talk me into it. I could also buy 1000 ounces of pure silver from the metals market, but there’s no value in that, and it’s $23k + a decent amount of other costs like shipping and processing and the like.

Please sh*t on this idea so I can throw it out.
 
So I collect soccer kits because they look great and are very comfortable to wear. This is my current collection...
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natedagg said:
This is almost certainly a stupid idea. Looking for people to obliterate it.
I want to make my own 1 oz silver coins.
I want to get the silver from garage sales, generally looking for sterling silver random stuff.
I want to melt it and then separate out the pure silver and pour that into a mold. Ideally the molds aren’t cost prohibitive so we could do an RCF molded coin for example. 1 ounce .999 purity or whatever.
Downsides: I have 3 children 6-11 years old. I have no idea what I am doing. I have no supplies. I will probably burn myself or burn my house down.
Upsides: epic story.

Talk me out of it or talk me into it. I could also buy 1000 ounces of pure silver from the metals market, but there’s no value in that, and it’s $23k + a decent amount of other costs like shipping and processing and the like.

Please sh*t on this idea so I can throw it out.
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Don't do this.
You won't be able to refine the silver and coins need to be struck, not molded.
Any silverware you find will likely be plated and worthless anyway.

The operation you have described is likely as dangerous as a meth lab.

(How did I do?)
 
natedagg said:
This is almost certainly a stupid idea. Looking for people to obliterate it.
I want to make my own 1 oz silver coins.
I want to get the silver from garage sales, generally looking for sterling silver random stuff.
I want to melt it and then separate out the pure silver and pour that into a mold. Ideally the molds aren’t cost prohibitive so we could do an RCF molded coin for example. 1 ounce .999 purity or whatever.
Downsides: I have 3 children 6-11 years old. I have no idea what I am doing. I have no supplies. I will probably burn myself or burn my house down.
Upsides: epic story.

Talk me out of it or talk me into it. I could also buy 1000 ounces of pure silver from the metals market, but there’s no value in that, and it’s $23k + a decent amount of other costs like shipping and processing and the like.

Please sh*t on this idea so I can throw it out.
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Provided you know how to grade silver dinnerware etc., your better bet is to simply have a professional melt the silver down and strike the coins for you.

It is not hard to learn how to assess metals. Sterling silver et all are required by law to be marked and you can use a hand-held scanner to test the metal.

A professional jeweler can absolutely make the die for your coin, or you can send away for it to be done. Any design can be made from your ideas.

But the process of smelting and purification (you can avoid this step by buying only sterling silver and above) is complicated and expensive. Better to make friends with a smith that can do that part for you.
 
Benway said:
Don't do this.
You won't be able to refine the silver and coins need to be struck, not molded.
Any silverware you find will likely be plated and worthless anyway.

The operation you have described is likely as dangerous as a meth lab.

(How did I do?)
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You did well! I don’t understand that you can’t mold bc like… silver has a melting point.
It could be dangerous… but not *that* dangerous. It does sound complicated and time consuming, but if I get to a certain point in my career or wealth, I might be looking for a complicated hobby. Until then, I can collect. I do have a chest at home filled w random camping gear. That can go somewhere else so I can make it a proper treasure chest. Maybe if I fill it up I will bury it, just to be safe, and make a map to give to my kids.
The Oi said:
You could also murder people and steal their coins?
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This is not Right Thought.
Sebastian said:
Provided you know how to grade silver dinnerware etc., your better bet is to simply have a professional melt the silver down and strike the coins for you.

It is not hard to learn how to assess metals. Sterling silver et all are required by law to be marked and you can use a hand-held scanner to test the metal.

A professional jeweler can absolutely make the die for your coin, or you can send away for it to be done. Any design can be made from your ideas.

But the process of smelting and purification (you can avoid this step by buying only sterling silver and above) is complicated and expensive. Better to make friends with a smith that can do that part for you.
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My man! Ok so sterling silver - is the plan to only have 92.5% custom silver coins or to get them to purify it? I am hoping you say the latter.

I just want to keep costs down, so if silver is $25/oz for example, I don’t want the landed coin to me to cost $50. I was hoping someone in Chicago can melt and pour and certify silver that I source for like $30, so a 20% cost on top of price, for example.

I guess I am fascinated by what groups would be attracted to custom coins. I could see non-profit donors getting these for a certain tier of giving for example. I could even see RCF donors getting one, or large families having a family coin.
Personally I want to give them as kids’ bday gifts instead of cheap trinkets.
 
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