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Silver coin melt values

Every U.S. silver coin, valued from live spot and mint specifications.

Gold spot
$4,603.16
per troy ounce
Silver spot
$68.58
per troy ounce
Gold:silver ratio
67.1
ounces of silver per ounce of gold
Copper
$6.68
per pound

Prices as of . Gold and silver: Swissquote spot (OTC mid). Copper: COMEX front-month futures (Yahoo Finance).

Melt value of every U.S. silver coin

CoinYearsFinenessSilver contentMelt valueTimes face
Morgan Silver Dollar1878-1904, 192190.0%0.7735 ozt$53.0453.0x
Peace Silver Dollar1921-193590.0%0.7735 ozt$53.0453.0x
Trade Dollar1873-188590.0%0.7875 ozt$54.0054.0x
Walking Liberty Half Dollar1916-194790.0%0.3617 ozt$24.8049.6x
Franklin Half Dollar1948-196390.0%0.3617 ozt$24.8049.6x
1964 Kennedy Half Dollar196490.0%0.3617 ozt$24.8049.6x
40% Silver Kennedy Half Dollar1965-197040.0%0.1479 ozt$10.1420.3x
Washington Silver Quarter1932-196490.0%0.1808 ozt$12.4049.6x
Standing Liberty Quarter1916-193090.0%0.1808 ozt$12.4049.6x
Barber Quarter1892-191690.0%0.1808 ozt$12.4049.6x
Roosevelt Silver Dime1946-196490.0%0.0723 ozt$4.9649.6x
Mercury Dime1916-194590.0%0.0723 ozt$4.9649.6x
Barber Dime1892-191690.0%0.0723 ozt$4.9649.6x
War Nickel (35% Silver)1942-194535.0%0.0563 ozt$3.8677.2x
American Silver Eagle1986-present99.9%0.9989 ozt$68.5068.5x

What a face-value stack is worth

Junk silver trades by face value: dimes, quarters and halves dated 1964 or earlier all carry the same silver per dollar of face. As minted, $1 face is 0.7234 troy ounces; the market convention for circulated coins is 0.715 ounces, which allows for wear.

Face value Silver (as minted)Value (as minted) Silver (circulated)Value (circulated)
$10.72 ozt$49.610.71 ozt$49.03
$53.62 ozt$248.043.57 ozt$245.16
$107.23 ozt$496.087.15 ozt$490.32
$5036.17 ozt$2,480.3935.75 ozt$2,451.59
$10072.34 ozt$4,960.7971.50 ozt$4,903.18
$500361.70 ozt$24,803.94357.50 ozt$24,515.92
$1,000723.40 ozt$49,607.88715.00 ozt$49,031.84

90% vs 40% vs 35%: which coins have which

90% silver: all circulating dimes, quarters, halves and dollars dated 1964 or earlier. 40% silver: Kennedy half dollars 1965-1970 only - no 40% dimes or quarters were ever struck for circulation. 35% silver: wartime nickels 1942-1945, identified by the oversized mint mark above Monticello. Everything else in circulation is copper-nickel clad with no silver at all.

Melt value is the floor, not an appraisal. Coins with collector value trade above their metal content, and dealers buy below melt and sell above it to earn a margin. This site publishes the metal arithmetic only - never buy or sell quotes, and never price predictions.

Price a mixed stack with the junk silver calculator, or check the full silver content reference table.