Junk silver

Junk Silver Calculator

Enter the face value of your old silver coins and see what the silver inside is worth today. Add up dimes, quarters and halves together, since every 90% coin holds the same silver per dollar of face.

90% silver weight

90% dimes, quarters and halves (pre-1965), face value ($)

40% Kennedy halves (1965-1970), face value ($)

35% war nickels (1942-1945), face value ($)

Silver spot ($ per troy oz)

Melt value

$3,764.47

Pure silver: 71.5000 oz

Circulated weight: 0.715 oz per $1 face of 90%

90% silver by face value

Face value	Pure silver	Melt value
$1.00 face	0.723 oz	$38.09
$10.00 face	7.234 oz	$380.87
$100.00 face	72.339 oz	$3,808.66
$1,000.00 face	723.392 oz	$38,086.59

How the math works

A new 90% dime holds 0.0723392 troy oz of silver. Quarters and halves are exactly 2.5 and 5 times that, so every dollar of face value in 90% coins holds 0.7234 oz no matter which mix you have. Worn coins weigh a bit less, so most dealers figure 0.715 oz per dollar of face for circulated junk. The calculator uses that by default; switch to full mint weight for uncirculated coins.

40% Kennedy halves hold 0.2958 oz per dollar of face, and 35% war nickels hold 1.1253 oz per dollar of face.

Not sure what counts? See which US coins are silver.