Melt calculator
What's the metal worth?
Weigh it, pick the purity, and this shows what the metal itself is worth at this minute's price. It's the number most buyers would rather you didn't know. I'd rather you did.
This is the ceiling, not an offer. It's what the metal is worth melted down, at this minute's price, with nothing taken out. Any real offer — mine or anybody's — comes in under it, because somebody has to test it, refine it, ship it, and carry the risk while the price moves. When we sit down I'll show you exactly where my number lands and why.
And it cuts the other way too: a collectible coin can be worth far more than its metal. That's the whole reason not to let anyone weigh your father's coins and hand you a melt price. Bring them in first.
Live prices come from a public market feed and refresh every few minutes. Old U.S. silver coins are figured by face value: 90% coins dated 1964 and earlier carry about 0.715 troy ounces of silver per dollar of face value, silver dollars about 0.773, and the 1965–1970 40% halves about 0.295. Worn coins carry a little less.
Now bring it in.
The calculator gives you the ceiling. I'll show you where the real number lands and why, in front of you, with no obligation.
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