With the recent spike in spot silver, I’ve had a number of readers contact me about making trades. For any of my current Elk Creek Company [1] inventory, I’m willing to accept in trade:
Generic commercial bullion 1-ounce rounds right at the spot price of silver. ($66.24, as I’m writing this on Tuesday evening.)
U.S. Mint American Eagle 1-ounce rounds at $1.50 over spot.
And, since U.S. Silver dollars contain .7734 oz. of silver, I’m willing to accept:
Non-professionally graded AU or Better $1 Morgan or Peace Dollars at $49.50 each
PCGS or NGC graded (“slabbed”) AU 50 to MS60 (non-1921, and non-cleaned) $1 Morgan or Peace Dollars at $53 each.
PCGS or NGC graded (“slabbed”) MS61 or MS-62 (non-1921, and non-cleaned) $1 Morgan or Peace Dollars at $55 each.
I also take pre-1965 “junk” circulated 90% silver dimes, quarters, or half dollars at an unprecedented 49 times face value. ($49 per $1 face value — for example, four silver quarters).
Let me know what Elk Creek Company [1] item(s) interest you, in trade. I greatly enjoy making mutually beneficial trades.
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On December 17, 1777, George Washington’s army returned to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, for their winter encampment.
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December 17, 1845: German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt [2] arrived in Port Essington after a nearly 4,800 kilometer (3,000 mile) overland journey to explore Australia’s Northern Territory.
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At 10:35 am on December 17, 1903, Orville Wright [3] piloted the first sustained, powered, and controlled flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft at Kill Devil Hills (near Kitty Hawk), North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered approximately 120 feet.
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Today’s feature article was penned by Brandon Smith. He is the editor of the free Alt-Market.us [4] website and the by-subscription newsletter The Wild Bunch Dispatch [5]. Both are recommended by JWR.
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