No, it's not a fake, but it's not a coin, either. It's an ounce of silver bullion minted by a private manufacturer. See the Related Question "What is the value of one troy ounce of .999 fine silver?" for more information.
A Morgan 1882 Silver Dollar has 0.7735 of an ounce of silver.
Well due to the fact we had silver dollars that were an ounce of silver, 1 dollar.
A mercury dime contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver. You would need 13.83 mercury dimes to get 1 troy ounce of Silver.
.76 troy ounce.
if a silver dollar is 90% silver it would take 1 and 1/10th silver dollars to make an ounce of silver
8-4-11>>> This is a American Silver Eagle 1 ounce bullion coin. It is one ounce of pure silver.
The 2012 American Silver Eagles coins are one ounce of pure silver.
The intrinsic value is $14.16 with silver at $18.31 per ounce
It depends, this silver dollar, which since you say has a "D" on it, which means it is a Morgan Dollar, is not worth much over its bullion value in this condition. As the price of silver has risen (about $35 per ounce as I write this), the silver value has now exceeded its numismatic value. Keep in mind that a silver dollar is NOT one ounce of silver. The coin is 90% silver and has 0.77343 of silver in them
Each Peace dollar contains 0.77344 troy ounces of silver and is valued at $17.26 when silver is at $22.36 per ounce.
» There are 3.617 troy ounces of silver in 50 silver Mercury dime(s).» Each Mercury dime contains 0.0723 troy ounces of silver and is valued at $2.34 when silver is at $32.28 / ounce.» A roll of Mercury dimes has 50 coins and is valued at $116.76 when silver is at $32.28 / ounce.
One American Silver eagle dollar will make an ounce of silver. Only silver dollars dated 1935 and older contain silver. They contain about .77 troy ounces of silver. So about 1.3 Silver dollars 1935 and older would make an ounce of silver.