It's ambiguous if you go through airports though. Government minted coins, such as the silver eagle with a face value of 1 dollar, have technically a legal tender of 1 dollar. You can buy stuff with it worth 1 dollar. So in theory you should be able to carry 10,000 units of them. However, as a precious metal, they have a value of $145,000 (by the recent spot prices). So it's up to the customs agents and their level of ignorance (like what is silver) whether they want to consider the spot price or the face value, and whether they want to annoy you or not. I haven't found a definitive answer for this dilemma.
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And by this dilemma you mean the frequency with which you transport one hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of junk silver coins across international borders in your carry on?
The dilemma is the technicalities of the issue, face value vs metal value. And please don't insult my silver, mine is no junk 🤑
lol, nice
https://coinweek.com/bullion-report/minimize-risk-tsa-confiscating-precious-metals-rare-coins-cash/