The term “junk silver coins” can be very misleading to anyone not familiar with the precious metals industry. After all, how could a bag of “junk” cost thousands of dollars? It is only when we ...

I want to buy silver coins to play with. I see that the price is about 7.25 an ounce, and this is pretty close.<BR><BR>Are there any other places that are better? I don't want uncirculated collector's ...

The metal’s highest prices in a generation have Americans sifting through coin jars, jewelry boxes and kitchen drawers.

Just after we published our special report on "junk silver" earlier this week, a Money Morning reader posed the following two questions: How many troy ounces of silver is contained in a bag of new ...

Silver coins are highly prized by dealers and collectors — not just because of their silver content, but also because they tend to be scarcer than coins minted with copper, nickel, zinc and other ...

In 1972, a bag ($1000 face value) of "junk" US silver coins sold for approximately $1300-1350. The average closing price of silver that year was $1.68 oz; hence, the silver content (715 ounces) value ...