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Originally Posted by Padgett2
The price of gold goes up and down like a roller coaster. Let's say it's at $800 per ounce. (has been higher, has been lower) The amount of gold in a tooth depends on the size of the filling, etc. It would only be a small fraction of an ounce. There is difference in the type of alloy used and you would have to figure in the cost of melting down and extracting the gold from the other metal.
So, the best guess would be....What?
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All I could find was a news article on Fox from April 2008, and the resale values mentioned ranged from negligible (for fillings & crowns with an insignificant amount of gold) up to $40-$50 for a crown with .1 oz of 16k. There was an accompanying photo of a jeweler holding a tooth with a small gold crown that he estimated was worth $15.
This was back when the price of gold hovered at $1000 an ounce.
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