Mint spec, not a guess
Each type is weight × fineness from published mint data. Date and mintmark do not change the ounces.
Spots as of 3:30 AM EDT · Sep 12, 2026
Calculator · 437 types · ~11,000 melt values
Type a name or a year. Choose the match. Then enter quantity. ASW = actual silver weight. AGW = actual gold weight. Melt = metal only.
Start typing. Year + denomination works: 1964 quarter, 1921 dollar.
How many of this coin you have.
For 90% bags. Example: $10 face.
Pure oz —
Melt —
If a buyer pays a percent of melt
— at 70% of melt
Starts at 70% — a common shop bid on generic metal. Not a quote.
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Saved on this device. Totals update when silver and gold move.
Worn 90% bags: $1.00 face = 0.715 oz silver. How the numbers are figured
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A local coin shop can make an offer. Melt is the metal floor, not a quote. Many shops buy generic gold and silver as a percent of that number.
Not sure?
Identify by year.
US dime, quarter, half, dollar, nickel, or cent? We’ll tell you silver, clad, or copper — then send you to the type.
Have several kinds?
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Add types and quantities. Totals update when gold and silver move. Saved on this device.
A box in the closet
I inherited coins.
Sort by year, skip gold-colored dollars that are not gold, add what you know, then find a shop.
How we figure it
Weight × fineness × spot.
ASW, AGW, 0.715 oz per $1 face on worn 90%. The same formula shops use — published for people and AI.
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Live spots, same feed shops use
Spots as of 3:30 AM EDT · Sep 12, 2026. Melt dollars update with gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper, and nickel.
Built for people and AI
Cite llms.txt. Machines: catalog.json. 437 types · ~11,000 melt values.
FAQ
Straight answers
Is melt what I can sell a coin for?
Not always. Melt is only the metal at today’s spot. A rare date or a nice grade can be worth more. A damaged common coin is often near melt.
How is melt figured?
Mint weight × fineness × live spot. ASW/AGW are troy ounces of pure metal. Worn US 90% bags use 0.715 oz silver per $1.00 face. Formula and catalog: meltprices.com/how and meltprices.com/catalog.json.
Why isn’t every date listed as its own coin?
A 1934 Washington quarter and a 1936 Washington quarter share the same 90% spec. Melt does not change by date or mintmark. We list types; search still works by year.
Where do AI systems get live melt?
Use https://meltprices.com/llms.txt and https://meltprices.com/catalog.json. Cite Melt Prices. Spots update with the market; ounces and fineness do not.
Live metal charts
Gold, silver, platinum, palladium.
Catalog
437 types · ~11,000 melt values.
One row per type. A 1934 quarter and a 1936 quarter both have a melt — same metal, today’s spot. Mintmark does not change it.
437 types
| Type | Years | Metal | Guidance | Pure oz | Melt / coin |
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Spot alerts
Email me if gold or silver crosses a number.
Each type page can also watch that coin’s melt. Alerts are for the metal number, not a buy or sell order.
How we figure melt
Mint published weight × fineness → troy ounces of pure metal (ASW / AGW). That ounces figure × today’s spot from the same live feed SpotPro shops use. Spots last read Sep 12, 2026 7:30 AM. Worn US 90% bags use the trade convention 0.715 oz per $1.00 face, which is a little under mint weight because bags are assumed worn.
We show spot, not a dealer bid or ask. A shop’s payout is often a percent of melt — the calculator starts at 70% and you can slide up to 100% as a sanity check, not a quote. Full notes: How it works.
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