U.S. Silver Coin Melt Values & Identification

Compare reviewed United States silver coins by denomination, design and composition. Match the correct variant before calculating metal content.

When a fresh spot bid is available, melt values use fine-metal content × spot bid. CashForCoins guide buying offers use the separately configured percentage for each metal. Selected rare/numismatic coins require an appraisal. Dollar amounts remain unavailable when a fresh quote or buying percentage is missing.

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United States — Nickels / 5 cents

Wartime Jefferson Nickel — 35% Silver obverse — 1945-P wartime silver-alloy Jefferson nickel, representative of the large-mint-mark 1942–1945 type

Wartime Jefferson Nickel — 35% Silver

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United States • 35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese

Issue years: 1942–1945

Fine silver: 0.056264 troy oz

United States — Dimes / 10 cents

1797 Draped Bust Dime — Small Eagle obverse; complete photographed coin face

Draped Bust Dime — Small Eagle

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United States • .892 silver fineness as displayed by the reference; original statutory copper-alloy ratio is recorded separately

Issue years: 1796–1797

Fine silver: 0.077400 troy oz

1800 Draped Bust Dime — Heraldic Eagle obverse; complete photographed coin face

Draped Bust Dime — Heraldic Eagle

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United States • .892 silver fineness as displayed by the reference; original statutory copper-alloy ratio is recorded separately

Issue years: 1798; 1800–1805; 1807

Fine silver: 0.077400 troy oz

Barber Dime obverse — 1892 Barber dime from the National Numismatic Collection, representative of the 1892–1916 type

Barber Dime

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United States • 90% silver, 10% copper

Issue years: 1892–1916

Fine silver: 0.072339 troy oz

Mercury Dime — Winged Liberty obverse — 1943-D Mercury dime, representative of original silver circulation issues

Mercury Dime — Winged Liberty

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United States • 90% silver, 10% copper

Issue years: 1916–1931, 1934–1945

Fine silver: 0.072339 troy oz

United States — Quarters / 25 cents

Barber Quarter obverse — 1914 Barber quarter in an AU58 grading holder, representative of 1892–1916 circulation issues; holder prongs are visible

Barber Quarter

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United States • 90% silver, 10% copper

Issue years: 1892–1916

Fine silver: 0.180848 troy oz

Standing Liberty Quarter obverse — 1917 Type 1 Standing Liberty quarter; other original silver dates/design subtypes are described separately

Standing Liberty Quarter

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United States • 90% silver, 10% copper

Issue years: 1916–1921, 1923–1930

Fine silver: 0.180848 troy oz

Washington Quarter — 1932–1964 Silver obverse — 1944-S Washington quarter, representative of 1932–1964 90% silver circulation issues

Washington Quarter — 1932–1964 Silver

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United States • 90% silver, 10% copper

Issue years: 1932, 1934–1964

Fine silver: 0.180848 troy oz

United States — Half dollars / 50 cents

Barber Half Dollar obverse — 1904 Barber half dollar in a PCGS CAC AU50 holder; holder prongs are not coin features and no grade is assigned to other coins

Barber Half Dollar

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United States • 90% silver, 10% copper

Issue years: 1892–1915

Fine silver: 0.361696 troy oz

Walking Liberty Half Dollar obverse — 1945-D Walking Liberty half dollar, representative of original 1916–1947 circulation issues

Walking Liberty Half Dollar

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United States • 90% silver, 10% copper

Issue years: 1916–1921, 1923, 1927–1929, 1933–1947

Fine silver: 0.361696 troy oz

Franklin Half Dollar obverse — 1963-D Franklin half dollar, representative of 1948–1963 original silver issues

Franklin Half Dollar

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United States • 90% silver, 10% copper

Issue years: 1948–1963

Fine silver: 0.361696 troy oz

1965–1970 Kennedy Half Dollar — 40% Silver obverse — 1967 Kennedy half dollar, representative of 1965–1970 40% silver circulation issues

1965–1970 Kennedy Half Dollar — 40% Silver

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United States • 40% silver, 60% copper overall; silver-clad layered construction

Issue years: 1965–1970

Fine silver: 0.147893 troy oz

United States — Dollars / $1

Liberty Seated Silver Dollar obverse — 1873 Philadelphia dollar with motto, genuine NNC specimen; both faces are illustrative, not a customer grading or authentication result.

Liberty Seated Silver Dollar

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United States • 90.0% silver; balance copper

Issue years: 1840–1873

Fine silver: 0.773400 troy oz

U.S. Trade Dollar obverse: 1877 seated Liberty with olive branch

U.S. Trade Dollar

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United States • 90.000% silver; balance copper

Issue years: 1873–1885

Fine silver: 0.787600 troy oz

Eisenhower Dollar — 40% Silver obverse — 1974-S forty-percent-silver specimen; standard Apollo eagle reverse, not Bicentennial design. Source specimen certification does not grade another coin.

Eisenhower Dollar — 40% Silver

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United States • 40.0% silver; balance copper

Issue years: 1971–1974, 1776–1976 (dual date)

Fine silver: 0.316100 troy oz

1986 Statue of Liberty Silver Dollar obverse: 1986-S Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

1986 Statue of Liberty Silver Dollar

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United States • 90.000% silver; balance copper

Issue years: 1986

Fine silver: 0.773400 troy oz

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