For a more detailed chart of cord colors and the discipline or group they represent, visit our Honor Cord Color Meanings page. STOLES or SASHES are another popular way to represent the unity that exists when in a specific group. The stoles come in a wide variety of colors and often , as with the cords , the color has meaning.
They can easily be purchased through online bullion brokers and can be purchased as low as around 3% to 4% over spot prices. Compare that to the premium for American Silver Eagles, which currently range from about 25% to 30%, and it's pretty clear that 1,000-ounce silver bars are way more cost-effective. It should be noted that 1,000-ounce bars are not weighed precisely. The exact weight of a 1,000-ounce silver bar generally ranges from 995 to 1,005 ounces.
Junk silver is another phrase to describe pre-1965 dimes, quarters, and half dollars â the older circulating U.S. coins that contain 90 percent silver. They weigh 24.71 grams of per dollar of face value, with 22.239 g of that weight being actual silver (the rest is copper). They donât have collectible value, but are worth their silver content. Modern issue silver Eagles as well as Silver Maple Leaf coins are one troy ounce, or 31.1035 g of pure silver.