Prices change every day so any value posted here would rapidly get out of date. Your best bet is to use a search site and enter the words SPOT PRICE SILVER to get an accurate quote.
take five pounds and multipy by 16(ounces). you get 80 ounces of silver. now depending on if it is pure silver or troy silver; and the current silver value an ounce being around 15. It is worth 900 dollars as troy silver, and 1,200 for pure silver. You probably wont get that much if you take it to a dealer. cash4gold.com is the best place.
Silver is worth about $18.50/oz, so about $180.
If by Pound you are talking about Troy Pounds, then this is equal to 12 Troy Ounces. The spot price of silver is quoted in Troy Ounces, so to get how much silver is worth in Pounds, you just need to multiply by 12. You can get the latest silver price here. http://howmuchissilverworth.net
As of today (April 20, 2011) the spot price of silver is US$44.95 per troy ounce. Thus 1.5 troy ounces of silver would be worth US$67.42.
Silver dimes (made up till 1964) contain 0.07234 troy ounces of silver. Silver nickels (only made mid-1942 to 1945) contain .05626 troy ounces of silver. Silver dimes are worth more because they have more silver in them.
The Term "Troy" Refers To Troy Ounces, Basically Meaning Ounces. "Troy" Doesn't Refer To The Silver, Just The Measurement Of Ounces. Hope This Helps.
Based solely on a silver price of $33.52 per (troy) ounce, a 40% Kennedy Half is worth $4.9573 in silver. There is .1479 troy ounces of silver in each one.
That would be about 2.083 troy ounces of silver. At $30 an ounce, that would be $62.50.
One Troy Pound (12 u.s. ounces) of silver was worth $491.16 on April 10, 2011 in U.S. Dollars.
At $33.35 per oz 3.5 ounces would be worth $117.07.
It depends if they are silver (pre-1965) or clad (1965 and onwards) if they are clad they are only worth face value, but if they are silver, that is 379.16 troy ounces of quarters, which at 90% silver, gives you 341.244 troy ounces of silver, which at a spot price of $28 gives you $2729.952 in silver content.
Five troy ounces is 5.4857 ounces.