Ounce Platinum

How many scrap computer drive platters are required to recover an ounce of platinum?

Approx. how much platinum does an average platter contain?

why? tight for cash? =P

I would think an awful lot!!

Petexx..

2006 HALF OUNCE AMERICAN EAGLE PLATINUM BULLION COIN $9.99

2009 W PLATINUM EAGLE PROOF $100 *ONE OUNCE* NGC PR70 U $0.99

2002 1/10 OUNCE PLATINUM COIN $180.00

2005 $25 Half Ounce Platinum Eagle Proof Coin Box/COA! $1.30

2006-W $100 One Ounce American Platinum Eagle PCGS MS70 $2,795.00

2002 Platinum Eagle 1/2 ounce $50 $775.00

1988 $100 AUSTRALIAN 1OZ ONE OUNCE PLATINUM KOALA COIN $1,888.00

1994 AUSTRALIAN KOALA 1 OUNCE PLATINUM COIN $1,899.00

Waterford Araglin Platinum Flute – 5 Ounces $49.95

1997 American Eagle One-Tenth Ounce Platinum Coin $175.00

1999 1/10 Ounce U. S. Platinum Eagle Coin $149.99

2009 W PROOF PLATINUM EAGLE $100 1 oz ounce (9T1) w OGP $2,499.99

$25 Platinum Eagle 1997 coin 1/4 ounce Perfect,Gem,BU $430.00

$10 Platinum Eagle 2005 coin 1/10 ounce Perfect,Gem,BU $170.07

2008 W AMERICAN EAGLE 1/2 OUNCE PLATINUM UNCIRCULATED $1,875.00

1997 Platinum Eagle Coin 1 ounce oz $100 $1,739.00

Australian Koala 1/10 OZ/ounce 999.5 Platinum Coin 1990 $189.99

1 OUNCE OZ .999 SILVER BAR. PURE SILVER NOT PLATINUM. $21.50

1997 1/10 OUNCE PLATINUM AMERICAN EAGLE PROOF COIN $195.00

2008 Platinum Eagle Coin NGC MS69 1/2 Troy Ounce $50 $789.00

$25 Platinum Coin 1/4 oz ounce Liberty Eagle NR! #PL003 $399.99

2005 $25 PLATINUM EAGLE ONE QUARTER OUNCE NGC MS70 $668.88

2007 US MINT American Platinum Eagle Proof 1/10 ounce $175.00

2008 Platinum American Eagle MS 69 NGC $10 1/10th ounce $275.00

2001 $25 Platinum Eagle MS 69 by PCGS 1/4 Ounce $498.00

4 Ounce .999 Silver Layered Platinum Round #62A $66.50

4 Ounce .999 Silver Layered Platinum Round #61A $66.68

2000 $10 Dollar 1/10 Ounce Platinum Eagle BU ICG MS69 $164.50

2001 PCGS MS69 $25 PLATINUM American Eagle 1/4 Ounce $549.95

2000 PCGS MS69 $25 PLATINUM American Eagle 1/4 Ounce $549.95

1997 PCGS MS69 $25 PLATINUM American Eagle 1/4 Ounce $549.95

2003 PCGS MS69 $10 PLATINUM American Eagle 1/10 Ounce $219.99

2001 PCGS MS69 $10 PLATINUM American Eagle 1/10 Ounce $224.99

2000 PCGS MS69 $10 PLATINUM American Eagle 1/10 Ounce $219.99

1998 PCGS MS69 $25 PLATINUM American Eagle 1/4 Ounce $549.95

2008 Platinum American Eagle MS 69 NGC $10 1/10th ounce $275.00

2008 Platinum American Eagle MS 69 NGC $50 1/2 ounce $1,275.00

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) – An auspicious year for weddings in China is expected to add fuel to an already robust market for platinum jewellery, helping to offset dire industrial demand, a leading industry official said on Tuesday.

James Courage, chief executive of industry-funded Platinum Guild International, said sophisticated retail consumers are increasingly flocking to the metal, reflecting sensitivity to spot platinum prices and the lower premium it commands over gold after a drop in prices last year.

Spot platinum currently stands at $1,143 per ounce having dived sharply from record highs above $2,200 seen last March.

This price fall has also fed the metal’s growing investment popularity through the take up of exchange-traded products.

“What we have seen in China is less effect from the recession. The market at the moment looks robust, if we see a period of steady prices, the opportunity is significant both on the jewellery and bridal side,” he told Reuters in an interview during London’s Platinum Week.

“A nice boost for 2009 is that it’s an auspicious year to get married in China and most of the wedding venues are booked up,” he said.

According to the China Daily newspaper, two astrological factors make 2009 auspicious for weddings. The number nine has a connotation with longevity and, by the lunar calendar; this year has two “spring begins” – dates on which farmers traditionally begin planting.

SOBER READING

Figures released on Monday by refiner Johnson Matthey for its annual report made sober reading. Net global demand for platinum fell to 6.345 million ounces in 2008 from 6.680 million a year earlier.

Gross auto catalyst demand — platinum’s main end-use — was depressed by the economic slowdown’s impact on the car sector, putting major manufacturers in crisis.

JM said overall platinum demand for jewellery fell 6.2 percent, accounting for 21.5 percent of consumption, but Chinese jewellery demand rose 8.9 percent to 850,000 ounces from 780,000 ounces. The need for Chinese jewellery is increasing, and all kinds of wholesale jewellery are booming in the market.

While demand in another major jewellery consumer Japan has been less resilient than China, “That, in combination with the growth we’ve seen in China, will make up quite a lot of the difference with what has been lost in the industrial/auto sector,” he added.

Asked about speculation over Chinese stockpiling of metal as opposed to outright usage, Courage said China’s jewellery business was enjoying a boom in major cities and increasing penetration in secondary ones.

“Consumer uptake is being reflected in increased manufacturing and the jewellery sector is a strategic sector. We see no evidence of anything other than a very healthy jewellery industry.” (Reporting by Veronica Brown; Editing by Anthony Barker)

By Veronica Brown

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China buyer’s agent. China sourcing agent.

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