You can go online or take it to a collector. Using online price guides give you a general value and are not exact but it is much easier than taking it to a collector. See the related link below for a free online price guide to US Coins.
Most websites on the internet that sell silver will have very in dept information about the value of silver, and will list its current price per ounce, and shift in value over time on a graph. Also, most offline businesses that sell silver and other precious metals, will provide with current silver prices per ounce.
There are many online sites that can estimate the prices of gold coins. If a person wants a rough estimate of the value of the gold in the coin they could find the gold price and weigh the coin.
One can get their coins appraised at their local coin shop. One can also find specialty shops online that deal solely with silver bullion like numismatic assets.
Gold and silver coins
It depends on what the coins are. If any of them are collectible, the value depends on the coin's denomination, mint mark, date, and condition. To know that you'd have to sort through the coins, of course. If they're all common date silver (e.g. dimes and quarters from 1955-64, etc.) their value is determined by the price of scrap silver. Check a site like coinflation.com for current scrap silver prices - they change every day so any answer here would be out of date almost immediately. If you go to one of those "we buy old gold and silver" places you'll get about 50% of the scrap price. With $500 in face value, you might be able to get a better deal from a jeweler or coin shop, so check around.
They would have a face value of $110. If they were all minted during 1965 to 1970 they would have a minimum value of $1,069.48 for their silver content. If they are dated before 1964 they would have a combined value of $2,613.98 cents alone for their silver. If they were made after 1970 they have no silver or other precious metal and are worth only face value. These values are based on silver being worth $32.85 per troy ounce. These values will change over time as the price of silver changes. If the value of silver goes up the value of the coins go up and if the value of silver goes down the value of the coins go down.
No, the value depends on the purity of silver, which coins you are talking about and the silver spot price. Currently, all US 90% silver coins (quarters, dimes and half dollars dated 1964 and before) are worth in melt value about 21 times face value. The percentage varies if you are talking about 40% silver half dollars (dated 1965-1970) and 35% silver war nickels (nickels dated 1942-1945 with a large mintmark over the Monticello). Of course, if silver were to go back up, they'd be worth more times face value. If silver drops, they'd be worth less than 21 times face value.
There are thirty coins in the complete Olympic Series for 1976. These consist of 28 silver coins (14 $5 coins, 14 $10 coins) and 2 gold bullion coins. I personally have all the silver coins in a wooden display case, with each coin in its own plastic protective case. Unfortunately, 20 million sets were minted and so the coins are valueless from a collector viewpoint, and worth only the melt value of the silver. At current silver prices, I'd say the $10 coins are worth about $20 and the $5s about $10. Check on e bay there are a few that go for 650.00 US and up, and if you join a collectors club you might fetch more depending on the condition. I am talking about proof set.
a silver dollar is 90% pure silver so when you weigh it you simply take of 10% of its weigh and you then calculate that weight but the silver spot price. so if you have a a load of silver dollar coins weighing Or you could go here to a coin melt value calculator and find outhttp://viewnow.at/CoinMeltValueBut...Many (but not all) silver dollars are worth more to a coin dealer or collector than to a "we buy old coins" metal buyer, so it's important to have the coins evaluated before selling them as scrap.
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Check that date or denomination again. There were no dollar coins minted that year.'The only U.S. one dollar coin with a date of 1989 is a American Silver Eagle 1 ounce bullion coin. The value is tied to the spot price of silver at the time of sale. As of 6-14-12 it's $28.32 per ounce. This price is a little less than you could buy it for and a little more than you could sell it for. But it gives you an idea of value. Collectors versions of this coin do have higher values.NOTE: The spot price of silver and other precious metals changes by the minute when the market is open. So the value of this coin will go up and down.
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Silver coins have a whiter color than copper-nickel alloys, which are grayer. Also you can go by date. The US switched from silver coins to copper-nickel coins in 1965.
It depends how much you have and what type of coins you have. Are they collector coins (as in, high grades, key dates, rare coins) or are they junk silver coins (as in, worn silver quarters from the 40s, silver dimes from the 50s, etc.). If they are collector coins, it is better to sell to a reputable dealer. If they are junk silver coins craigslist and eBay are your friends, but dealers and jewelery stores will usually buy them too. Don't go to places like "Cash 4 Gold" or other "Hotel Lobby" sellers. They will often times take 50% or more off the true value of your coins.
If you are talking about a US coin, you have to go to the US mint website to buy silver coins. Banks don't sell silver coins. They don't distribute them either.