Melt Prices

A box · no account · no photo upload

I inherited a box of coins.

You do not need to name every series. Sort by denomination and year. Skip anything that only looks gold. Add what you already know to My Stack. Silver today is $66.86 / oz. Gold is $4,435.10 / oz. Melt is the floor — a shop looks at the rest.

  1. Sort into piles by denomination

    Cents, nickels, dimes, quarters, halves, dollars. If it says ONE DIME it is a dime even if it is toned. Large 1971–1978 dollars are Ikes, not golden Presidential dollars.

  2. Read the year — that decides the metal

    The portrait is not enough. Open the year that actually changes the composition:

  3. Gold-colored is usually not gold

    Presidential, Sacagawea, Native American, and Innovation dollars are manganese brass, about 8 grams. Gold-plated Ikes and novelty “$50 Buffalos” are not bullion. A real 1 oz gold coin weighs about 31 grams and is marked with the ounce weight. See gold-colored vs real gold.

  4. Add what you know to My Stack

    You do not have to catalog every date. Add the types you have already identified (1964 quarters, war nickels, Morgans). My Stack flags “check dates first” so you do not scrap a collectible as junk silver. Optional: what you think the box cost you — we only compare that to melt.

    Open My Stack Full identify path

  5. Then a shop — not a website quote

    Melt is the metal. A local shop can look at dates, condition, and anything odd. Enter a ZIP after you have a melt number. We list CDXList shops. That is not a Melt Prices offer and not a lead form.

What this is not

We do not take a photo of the box. We do not grade coins. We do not invent a collector range or a shop’s bid. A local shop looks at date, mint, and condition.

If you want to sell Find a shop near you

A local coin shop can look at what you have. Melt may not be the whole story — dates and condition matter.

US ZIP. We only use it to look up shops on CDXList, the public dealer directory. Not a quote and not a lead form.