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How do you determine what the face value of silver coins is worth today

Hi, there is a web site" US Silver Coin Melt Values" Than you can type in your search engine and it will give you the current precious metal values.
 
face value would be 10 cents for a dime &25 cents for a quarter & so on. Sorry just couldn't help myself.
 
http://www.coinflation.com/coins/silver_coin_calculator.html

CALCULATING TODAY'S MELT VALUE (USD)
Using the latest metal prices and the specifications above, these are the numbers required to calculate melt value:

$26.83 = silver price / ounce on Jan 25, 2011.
.90 = silver %
$4.2174 = copper price / pound on Jan 25, 2011.
.10 = copper %
26.73 = total weight in grams
.0321507466 = ounce/gram conversion factor
.00220462262 = pound/gram conversion factor (see note directly below)

The NYMEX uses pounds to price copper and that means we need to multiply the metal price by .00220462262 to make the conversion to grams. The silver price is based in troy ounces and that means we need to multiply the metal price by .0321507466 to make the conversion to grams.

1. Calculate 90% silver value :

(26.83
 
I think you should go to a coin shop or look online for what coins are going for. Otherwise, the Redbook of coins can be checked out any library and see if there is any value because of the dates and mint stamps on them. Since I have been in this hobby, I have had more people tell me to do this. Just to give you a clue, I found a Morgan the other day and asked a coin shop what it is worth. Offered 37.00 I still own it!
 
Well i want to buy silver coins and many just sell by face value not by individual coins. They advertise like 37.50 face value or 2.75 face value on silver coins and I have no idea how to value these in today's silver market.
 
Face value is what the coin was made to be worth. A dime is ten cents and a quarter is twenty five cents and so forth. If a dealer is selling silver coins at 20 times face, that means you take the face value of the coin, lets take a dime for instance, ten cents times 20 and that dime would cost you $2.00, fifty cents times 20 and a Half dollar will cost you $10.

Jim Walkers link to a silver price calculator is a good one, it fills in the current price of silver for you. If you want to buy 100 silver Roosevelt dimes, the price, as I write this, is $196.
 
Dirtdigginlady,
I think what you are asking is what is the value of silver coins that you find or are looking to buy.
use this link to find the silver content value of your coin.

http://www.coinflation.com/coins/silver_coin_calculator.html

and use this link to find the numismatic (collector) value of your coin.

http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml

Now be aware that buying and selling have two different prices.
Buyers will pay a % of these prices and a seller wants to get as close as possible to them.
I hope this help answer your question.

HH
 
Yeah I know all this I guess my question wasnt clear to some of you. I want to know how to determine how many "TIMES" face value silver coins are worth on today's market in general.
 
I think your question was clear to all of us, now to answer your next question. The selling or buying price of silver depends on two factors. One the bullion price of silver at the time of the transaction and how bad one want to buy and sell at that time. In other words, supply and demand. Right now it is about 20 times face value or in other words a silver dime will cost you about $2.00 but if a seller doesn't want to sell very bad, he might ask for more or if a seller needs money now, they might be willing to sell for less.
 
I have an old Red Book coin price guide. It is from 2008, but it would get you really close to actual value. If you want it, just PM me your mailing address and I'll send it to you. A Red Book and Blue Book ("wholesale" pricing). should be issued with every detector sold, it really is indespensible at figuring out what you have if you don't know. If you want the most accurate pricing though, I use Ebay as a reference.
 
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