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Are silver coins before 1965 worth more at face value or for silver content?
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Pre-1965 silver coins are worth more for the silver than face value.
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What is the value of 1956 silver half dollar?
Franklin Half dollars are common coins. Because of this and the high price of silver, circulated coins are valued slightly above the silver content of the coin about $14.00.
What is the value of the silver content of a pre 1964 silver dollar?
The last year before 1964 that silver dollars were minted was 1935, and they were 90% silver. The melt value at present is about $24.
Have US coins always had the same value as they do now?
No, for silver coins as the value of silver changes the value of the coin changes. The same is true for gold coins.
What is the value of pre 1964 silver dime and quarters and half dollars?
While the price of silver is volatile, lately silver dimes have been going for about $2, quarters for $5 and half-dollars for $10. This is just for silver content though, the numismatic value of some coins are many times greater than their silver bullion content.
What is the silver content of a Morgan silver dollar 1886?
.773 Oz of silver in all Morgan and Peace dollars. A good place to check the melt value of US coins is http://www.coinflation.com/
Is the silver value of any Australian coin worth more than the nominal value?
Silver Australian coins were first issued in 1910 and were made from sterling silver which has a 92.5% silver content. This changed from 1946 onwards and the silver content was reduced to 50%. No Australian general circulation coin has had any silver content since 1966, except for the round 1966 50 cent coin. The silver content of the older predecimal coins possibly values the coins at more than face value, however, if the coins are in good condition, the collector value may be higher.
What is the value of an all silver quarter?
No such coin exists, however, coins dated 1964 and before are 90% silver and 10% copper and they are worth around $5 in silver content at the time of writing.
What is scrap silver?
Scrap silver is silver jewelry, coins, utensils or other items with little collector value and is sold for simply the silver content in the items.
What is the value of a Canadian 1957 silver dollar?
The average value is around 11.42 and up to 1300 for certain coins that were uncirculated. Most of the value of this coin is due to the silver content.
Can you determine the weight of silver coins from their face value?
No, not per se. But an experienced numismatist can tell you by the date what the likely silver content is.
What is the value of old yen?
It depends on what coins/banknotes you are talking about and what year they were minted. Some of the older Yen coins are gold or silver and would be worth their gold/silver content along with any collectible value.
What is the value of 1956 silver half dollar?
Franklin Half dollars are common coins. Because of this and the high price of silver, circulated coins are valued slightly above the silver content of the coin about $14.00.
Why did silver standard for American coinage stop in 1964?
Inflation caused the silver content of coins to be worth more than their face value so the US mint stopped making silver coins for circulation.
What is the silver content of coin silver?
Until the end of WW1, many countries minted silver coins with a high silver content, usually 90% or more. In 1919/20, there was a sharp increase in the price of silver and many countries reduced the silver content of some or all of their coins to around 50%. At the end of WW2 when many countries were repaying war loans or, had had their economies destroyed by the war, the silver content was reduced further, or eliminated altogether. By the second half of the 20th century, most "silver" coins were made from a copper/nickel alloy. These days, only non-circulating investment coins or high value coins are made from silver.
Should we the people sell your silver coins or sell the silver for weight?
It really depends on the coins whether you should sell them as collector coins or as silver bullion. There are some coins with no value beyond silver value (for example, 1964 quarters/half dollars/dimes) and others that have value beyond silver only in nearly uncirculated condition, (for example, 1940s mercury dimes), still other coins have value far beyond silver content even in a nearly unreadable coin (for example the 1916 D mercury dime). So it really just depends on the coins you have. In general, "retired" designs like mercury dimes, walking liberty half dollars, standing liberty quarters and Barber coinage goes for a higher premium than silver content. Though, this is not always the case as even some low-grade Barber coins have no value beyond silver. So it just really depends on what coins you have.
What is the value of a 1969 Canadian silver quarter?
Last year for Canadian silver content coins was a partial production in 1968. A magnet will pick up newer quarters but not pre 1968 silver coins this includes dimes as well.
Will cleaning silver dollars lower the value?
Yep, the value will lower. Some silver dollars are worth only there silver content so it will not affect the value those as much as rare coins. I suggest never attempt cleaning a coin.
