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[windweaver77]

in which year did dt US buy the " Louisiana" i.e. the stretch of mid now adays US from canada to mexiacan gulf from france? it was during Napoleons' time, that i know, but i do not know what were the exact terms and when that "sale" happened.

Golditiki2+++

1803 was the year. Made Jefferson a touch of a hypocrite, but he made the correct choice.

So far as why it was less than a dollar, that is easy. You kind of answered yourself when you talked about weight. Five francs have an asw of .7234. A silver dollar was over 3/4 of a troy ounce. Neat thing is, the 50 cent and under coins come to .7234 asw per dollar.

I should imagine the colonies weighed coinage because it was common practice to clip coinage.

Let me know what your research discovers though. I like this kinda stuff.

[golditiki2]

did the calculation, indeed 92 cents for a five francs / lira was quite right seen from the silverweight contents.

Golditiki2+++

[T money]

no score but i did scratch the itch with 2 x scottsdale kilo stacker bars off ebay. i used paypal credit for 6 months same as cash. i am betting on the bird in the hand growing lots of feathers in the next 6 months to use on a gsr swap possibly. I have a much better score coming up by end of week I think.

I've been itching for years. I haven't purchased ANYTHING in the last several years since my last job averaged a wage of just $12 hourly (spanning 5 years).
Last year finally got a job that pays what I am worth (twice that).... so this month used a bit of dry powder to pull the trigger on purchase of 60 ounces, mostly buffalo rounds.

Coming up in June there will be a coin show near where I live; might pick up 10 or 20 ounces there if premiums are good.

[windweaver77]

I've been itching for years. I haven't purchased ANYTHING in the last several years since my last job averaged a wage of just $12 hourly (spanning 5 years).
Last year finally got a job that pays what I am worth (twice that).... so this month used a bit of dry powder to pull the trigger on purchase of 60 ounces, mostly buffalo rounds.

Coming up in June there will be a coin show near where I live; might pick up 10 or 20 ounces there if premiums are good.

I was making $10 an hour for my first 350 troy ounces or so of shiny. It isn't how you get there, it's where you end up.

https://youtu.be/mPxRxiKoCOY

Now I'm up to 351 troy ounces!!! Yaaay. Well until the boating accident.

[windweaver77]

30.35 troy ounces for $750 shipped and a complete set. Ugly coins though. All are sterling silver.

[windweaver77]

More photos.

[windweaver77]

So fugly... but silver is silver

[windweaver77]

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces737.html

Just grabbed this for $1.05 shipped.
Well under melt.

[windweaver77]

Just grabbed this for $36 shipped. If those chains are sterling like they claim... this is definitely well under melt.







Will let you guys know when it arrives.

[windweaver77]

I love it when silver drops. Proof set of same Canadian coins above $739.50 shipped. All sterling all ugly mintage of 79k on the proofs.







There are more photos, but you get the idea. Imagine the ones in the previous post, except in proof.