Looking for a website

[treasurefiend]

that is like a precious metal calculator, but one that is for silver coins and has the spot value for silver. Like if I have 100 silver quarters, I would like to know how much silver is in it, and the total value is worth.

If you know of an online calculator like this, please post the link below.

Thanks...

 

[Paul(NWO)]

I'll give you some common coins and their mint weights and silver composition. You can calculate from there!
Jefferson Nickel: 1942-1945, 1942 had some nickel and some silver five cent pieces, They are distinguished by the large mint mark over Monticello for the silver, 1942-1945 .05626 oz. silver. 56% silver content.
Winged Liberty Head, Mercury, Dime: Coin weight 2.50 grams, 90% silver, 0.07234 oz. pure silver.
Roosevelt Dime: 2.50 grams total weight, 90% silver, .07234 oz. pure silver.
Washington Quarter: 6.25 grams, 90% silver, .18084 oz. pure silver.
Franklin Halk: 12.50 grams, 90% silver, .36169 oz. pure silver.
Kennedy Half: Year 1964, 12.50 grams, 90% silver, .3169 oz. pure silver.
Years 1956-1969 &1970 D&S, 11.50 grams, known as 40%, I don't have the actual silver content to calculate from.
Liberty Head or Morgan Dollar: 28.73 grams, 90% silver, .77344 oz. pure silver.
Peace Dollar: 26.73 grams, 90% silver, .77344 oz. pure silver.

All this info is in the Whitman Red Book.

Midwest Refineries in Michigan pays the highest rate, 94% of the current price for silver, gold and platinum. I would take it that they weigh the items sent in and would determine the amount paid from there. I sent in some items recently and was very happy with the outcome. Hope this helps.
HH

 

[awhitster]

coinflation.com is the site you are looking for. Let me know what you think.

 

[kaptainkosmic]

thanks for the link!!

HH steve

 

[Goes4ever]

and here is the direct link to the silver coin section
http://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html
I use this site all the time

 

[treasurefiend]

Great!!! That is just what I was looking for, Thanks!!!

 

[awhitster]

[quote treasurefiend]Great!!! That is just what I was looking for, Thanks!!![/quote]Somehow I figured that. Here is another that will tell you what your marked jewelry is worth if you have a jewelers scale to weigh it.
www.dendritics.com

 

[cwilk]

The proportion of silver in US coins, except for silver dollars is .72 (actual .7234 ounces per dollar. This is accurate back to Barber coins where the coin is probably worth more than melt anyway. That said, if you multiple the price of silver by .72 you come up with the actual melt value of a bucks worth of silver, any combination of coins, except silver dollars or 40 percent silver or war nickels. $10.00 silver = $7.20, $20.00 silver = $14.40 per dollar face pre 1964 US silver coins.

As mentioned earlier silver dollars contain .77344 ounces of silver, 40 percent half is roughly .15 ounces, war nickel roughly .056 ounces. Interestingly, One dollar in war nickels contains quite a bit more silver (1.13 ounces) than 4 war era quarters (.72 ounces.)

Chris

The short answer to your question is your 100 quarters contains roughly 18 ounces of silver. You don't need an online calculator all you need to remember is .72 (.72348 if you're anal like me) and you need to know the price of silver.

 

[cwilk]

I made a spreadsheet that did exactly that for certain US coins (nickels and cents and all silver coins.) It is a cool site.

Chris