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MAKE MONEY

By Tom Parker, Practical Repurposer

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Tom Parker

Sometimes it costs more to buy it than to make it from the money itself.

$31.95

Store-bought bell pendant made of nickel silver or brass.

$0.52

90% pure silver jingle bell made from 2 quarters and a piece of dime.

SILVER BELLS

A pre-1965 U.S. quarter buys only one 25-cent gumball from a grocery store machine, but because it’s made of 90% silver, its “melt value” is currently closer to $6. So finding a few silver quarters can make digging through desk drawers or old boxes of junk in your ...

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