Is melt what I can sell the coin for?
Not always. Melt is only the metal. A rare date or a nice grade can be worth more. A damaged common coin is often near melt. This site answers the metal question.
Why isn’t every date and mintmark listed?
We list 437 types and ~11,000 melt values. A 1934 quarter and a 1936 quarter both have a melt — they are the same 90% Washington type, so the ounces do not change. Mintmark does not change melt either. Search the year you have, or the type: Morgan dollar, 1964 quarter, war nickel, Maria Theresa thaler, 1737 Hall thaler.
Do you have Canada and world coins?
Yes. Canadian silver years, Gold Maple Leafs (1 oz down to 1 g), the 1967 $20 gold, 1912–1914 $5 and $10, Ottawa C sovereigns, Newfoundland $2 gold, and the $100 proofs — 14k and 22k are separate types because the gold content is not the same. Mexican pesos (including 250 peso gold), sovereigns, Krugerrands, and other common world gold and silver. Type the name, or filter Gold + Canada.
Is this a Greysheet price?
No. Greysheet is a dealer guide for collector markets. Melt is mint weight times today’s metal price. We do not sell Greysheet.
Can I get an email if prices move?
Yes. On this page you can watch gold, silver, platinum, or palladium. On a coin’s page you can watch that coin’s melt. On My Stack you can ask to be emailed when this mix would exceed a dollar number — we watch silver and gold spot at the matching levels. We do not upload the stack.
I inherited a box of coins. Where do I start?
Inherited a box — sort by denomination and year, skip gold-colored dollars that are not gold, add what you know to My Stack, then find a local shop. We do not take photos and we do not grade the lot.
How do I figure a bag of 90% silver?
Use 90% silver bags. Worn US dimes, quarters, halves, and dollars are counted as 0.715 oz of silver per $1.00 face. Or open a type page such as Barber quarter and enter face value.
How do I know if my coin is silver?
Use Identify or US silver by year. Circulation dimes and quarters 1964 and earlier are 90% silver — see 1964 quarter vs 1965 quarter. Nickels are silver only 1942–1945 with a large mintmark on the reverse (1943 nickel). The portrait alone does not decide it.
Is a Presidential or Sacagawea dollar gold?
No. Those $1 coins are gold-colored manganese brass over copper, about 8 grams. American Innovation dollars are the same alloy. Gold-plated Ike dollars and novelty “$50 Buffalos” are not bullion. A real Gold Buffalo $50 is 1 oz .9999 gold (~31.1 g) and reads 1 OZ. .9999 FINE GOLD. See Identify — gold-colored vs real gold.
Should I sell for melt or as a collectible?
Each type page has a label: usually near melt, often above melt, check dates, or bullion premium. Common worn 1964 quarters are usually near silver. Morgans and Silver Eagles usually are not. Melt is the metal floor.
Can you help me find a buyer?
Yes. After you figure melt, enter your ZIP. We show nearby coin shops from CDXList, the public dealer directory. That is not a quote from us — the shop decides what they pay. Many buy generic gold and silver as a percent of melt. Call first; hours and what they buy vary.
Where is today’s silver or gold price?
On every type page. A silver coin shows live silver spot and how a $1 move changes that coin. A gold type shows live gold the same way. Copper types (large cents, Indian Heads, cartwheels, Canadian large cents) use copper per pound. Hubs: silver, gold, copper.
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