How much is silver worth these days, anyway? I keep an eye on financial markets in general, so I knew we were still in a middle of a big commodities price boom. During my recent visit, she handed me the heavy bag of silver and wished me good luck. This year, I finally decided to take on the challenge. For years, she has considered selling it, but the task always seemed a bit mysterious and daunting. On the other hand, with my family not being overly wealthy, she surely CAN think of a practical use for a little bit of extra grocery money. She has no use for it, and it’s just taking up space.
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After each use, it would become oxidized and require meticulous polishing with special fluids.įast forwarding 20 years, this sterling silver has been sitting in a drawer in GMM’s house unused for longer than some of us have been alive.
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It was fancy (although impractical) stuff which we occasionally used for big holiday dinners when I was a kid. One of these was a complete set of sterling silver flatware. Many years ago, her own parents passed on, leaving various antique things in their estate. Assuming you’ve already got enough stuff yourself, this can require some serious strategy to deal with properly.Īs a case-in-point, let’s take my dear Mum – the same Grandma Money Mustache who was featured in the Cost-Effective Renovations article. But this natural progression of life also brings with it some practical considerations: a whole load of material stuff that gets passed on from one generation to the next. I love the many positive aspects of a family that shares its stories and values from one generation to the next. That means our parents are even older, and our grandparents – if they’re still around – are sagely pieces of living history. So, some of us Mustachians are getting pretty old.