Can I buy a cow with my fork?

[coctailer]

Does the value of Sterling Silver go up like Pure silver does?

Would it be good to have Sterling Silverware for when the economy collapses?

The silverware we use everyday is Sterling...........that's why I ask.

Sterling is 92.ish% silver
Pure Silver is 99.9% silver

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[PBinWA]

Probably, but if the world has decayed that much then you may have a hard time finding a farmer that enjoys fine dining.

May be better off with some nice lead ingots.

 

[Generator]

I'd check out the Gold V Guns thread that is around here somewhere, it covers the initial issue of what has worth in a collapse.....
I'd rather have a spoon to help me eat some soup than a gold chunk that is a nice rock to throw at someone.

 

[timbernet]

DUPE!!! http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=10&f=17&t=630197



Just kidding


(Turkey is still messing with my behavior )

 

[dobanion]

Sterling silver goes up in value with normal silver, at least to it's value at 92% of weight should you melt it down. Don't count on additional value for the silver being a fork or a spoon.

I'd think the most valuable things post collapse will be guns, ammo, then food.

After many years (and all the ammo consumed), swords would be in vogue again.

 

[coctailer]

Sterling silver goes up in value with normal silver, at least to it's value at 92% of weight should you melt it down. Don't count on additional value for the silver being a fork or a spoon.

I wasn't thinking it would be worth more in it's spoon form, but as we were having Thanksgiving dinner, I looked at our flatware and thought, "This might be currency someday"

 

[Just Jim]

First thing about selling, who is going to buy it?

jj

 

[coctailer]

First thing about selling, who is going to buy it?

jj

I don't know.

Who would buy a bar of Gold?

 

[56kninja]

I don't know.

Who would buy a bar of Gold?

Someone who uses gold for jewelry probably.. Not sure they'd need an entire bar though.

 

[simpleguy]

Sterling silver goes up in value with normal silver, at least to it's value at 92% of weight should you melt it down. Don't count on additional value for the silver being a fork or a spoon.

I'd think the most valuable things post collapse will be guns, ammo, then food.

After many years (and all the ammo consumed), swords would be in vogue again.

Yep, what he said, it's the same with the pre-64 silver coins.

 

[coctailer]

Someone who uses gold for jewelry probably.. Not sure they'd need an entire bar though.

You may have missed the point.

I doubt there will be a need for jewelry when the world ends.

My question was rhetorical.

 

[Sun195]

Perhaps - but how would you eat the cow without a fork? It's a classic Catch-22 problem.

 

[56kninja]

You may have missed the point.

I doubt there will be a need for jewelry when the world ends.

My question was rhetorical.

lol. Yeah. No one would really want jewelry.. There really is no use for gold unless you meet some really stupid traders.

 

[PBinWA]

I wasn't thinking it would be worth more in it's spoon form, but as we were having Thanksgiving dinner, I looked at our flatware and thought, "This might be currency someday"

I think you need to get your wife some pewter flatware.

 

[raindog]

I don't know.

Who would buy a bar of Gold?

Post-ruin dentists?

Boy, wouldn't that be fun. "Here's some everclear to numb the pain. Now open up..."

 

[raindog]

After many years (and all the ammo consumed), swords would be in vogue again.

...along with blackpowder muzzleloaders.

The primary impediment to early firearms (I mean arquebus-era blackpowder) was knowledge, not high-tech manufacturing facilities. I think even if I was starting from absolute scratch, I could make a blackpowder weapon. If I was a trained blacksmith, it would be much easier (the metallurgy and forging is more difficult than mixing a batch of gunpowder).

The chemistry is so rudimentary that the crude formula for blackpowder (which is just a saltpeter/charcoal/sulphur ratio) is easy to rediscover if you forget the details. You won't get modern blackpowder performance, but it would work.

Making an arquebus, matchlock, etc. is not complicated. All of the improvements to the basic design revolve around keep it ready for use.

Building cannons is conceptually even easier.

 

[Randini]

not a cow maybe a goat, but keep some forks for eating it.

 

[coctailer]

Ideally, I was wondering if grabbing a couple handfuls of Sterling flatware would be worthwhile as I was running out of my home that was burning to the ground.

I always try to plan as if my "bug-in" plans get ruined.

Also, I was wondering if it would be a trade-able commodity.

Obviously not as good as silver coins or food, but I don't have to "prep" to possess it.

As I eat dinner, I look at the flatware and wonder...........Usefull, or garbage.........

 

[powersbj]

Depends I would think it would be garbage if we had some sort of global disaster, things would take some time to be stable enought for barter and some sort of monitary system to be restablished. For the first bit I would think food would be worth more.

Second if we are talking a local disaster then cash should still be good.

Either way I see it as a lose lose.... The only way it would pay off is a dollar collapse where there is another "money" you could change it into.

 

[candyman]

melt it down
kill werewolfs :gun10: