I used the silver maple leafs for years with good results.  It has always 
worried me some that people would have them hanging down from alligator clips 
made of god-knows-what.  They were also difficult to keep clean.  I finally got 
a refinery to make a special run of 9999 12 gauge wire for me (1100 ounces).  
The wire is much easier to use.
Best Regards,
Arnold Beland

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Pannell 
  To: silver-list@eskimo.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:46 PM
  Subject: Re: CS>buying silver--another option



    Jan Hoffman said:

    I decided to buy two silver Canadian Maple Leafs at the local coin shop. 
They are 99.99 silver, and seem to have produced some fine CS.

  I did the same, as did two of my close friends. They cost between $5.50 and 
$7.00 each. We have all had excellent results.