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 ...

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

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 ...