Wednesday, October 7, 2009

How Much Silver in a Complete SML Collection?

One thing I have been wondering lately is how much pure silver is in an entire collection of silver maple leaf coins? It is quite a large set of coins, so here is my calculation of how much silver you would have:

1 oz coins:
23 yearly coins = 23 oz
11 regular privy marks = 11 oz
12 Chinese zodiac privy = 12 oz
12 Western zodiac privy = 12 oz
7 coloured maples = 7 oz
3 hologram maples = 3 oz
3 Olympic coins = 3 oz
15th anniversary of loonie = 1 oz
2 lighthouse coins = 2 oz
Gold plated maple leaf = 1 oz

sub-total: 75 oz

10 oz coins:
1998 Coin = 10 oz

1/2 oz coins:
2006 Wolf = 0.5 oz

Sets:
15th Anniversary(1+.5+.25+.1+.05) = 1.9 oz
Arctic Fox(1+.5+.25+.1) = 1.85 oz
2004 RCM(1+.5+.25+.1+.05) = 1.9 oz
Lynx(1+.5+.25+.1) = 1.85 oz

sub-total: 7.5 oz

Total:
75 + 10 + 0.5 + 7.5 = 93 oz of silver

There it is! As of today, October 7 2009, a complete set of silver maple leaf coins would contain 93 troy ounces of pure silver. Based on the current price of silver as I write, $17.78 USD per troy ounce, the collection would be worth $1653.54 USD based entirely on the precious metal in the coins.

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