Your coins

90% silver — 1964 and earlier

Silver dimes

0.0715 ozt each · $0.00

Silver quarters

0.17875 ozt each · $0.00

Silver half dollars

0.3575 ozt each · $0.00

Silver dollars

0.765 ozt each · $0.00

Mixed 90%, by face value

0.715 ozt per $1 face · $0.00

Other circulating silver

Kennedy halves, 1965–1970

0.1479 ozt each · $0.00

War nickels, 1942–1945

0.05626 ozt each · $0.00

Uncirculated weights Use full mint weights instead of the standard allowance for wear.

Melt value

Total silver value

$0.00

Silver weight: 0.0000 ozt
Face value: $0.00
Times face: —

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How melt value is calculated

Melt value is the market value of the silver inside a coin: the spot price multiplied by the coin’s silver content. It ignores collector premiums, so a rare date or a high-grade coin can be worth far more than the figure above.

Dimes, quarters and half dollars struck in 1964 and earlier are 90% silver and 10% copper. Circulated coins have lost a little of that silver to wear, so dealers work from 0.715 troy oz per $1 of face value rather than the 0.7234 oz a coin holds fresh from the mint. Switch on uncirculated weights to use the mint figures instead.

Dime — 0.0715 ozt (0.07234 uncirculated): Mercury 1916–1945, Roosevelt 1946–1964.
Quarter — 0.17875 ozt (0.18084 uncirculated): Standing Liberty 1916–1930, Washington 1932–1964.
Half dollar — 0.3575 ozt (0.36169 uncirculated): Walking Liberty 1916–1947, Franklin 1948–1963, Kennedy 1964.
Silver dollar — 0.765 ozt (0.77344 uncirculated): Morgan 1878–1921 and Peace 1921–1935. These were struck to a heavier standard, so they hold more silver than $1 of face value in dimes or quarters.
Kennedy half, 1965–1970 — 0.1479 ozt: 40% silver, clad. Full mint weight is used; no wear allowance.
War nickel, 1942–1945 — 0.05626 ozt: 35% silver, identified by the large P, D or S mint mark above Monticello. Full mint weight is used.

Barber dimes, quarters and halves (1892–1916) are also 90% silver and use the same figures. Dimes and quarters dated 1965 or later, Kennedy halves from 1971 on, and Eisenhower and Susan B. Anthony dollars from circulation contain no silver at all.

Dealers buy below melt and sell above it, so treat this total as the reference point either side of a deal, not a quote.