The amount of money that a coin collector would be willing to pay for a striking of junk silver coins is the amount of numismatic value that the coins have. Junk silver coins are normally struck from 90% silver and have very little or no numismatic worth.
This might be due to the fact that the coins are in such terrible condition that a collector is not interested in purchasing them, or it could be due to the fact that the coin is so common that a collector is not ready to pay any kind of premium in order to get it.
Due to the fact that the strikes do not possess any genuine numismatic worth, the only additional values that can be associated with them are the face value and the melt value. The face value of a coin is the amount that it may be used for in transactions that are more commonplace in the business world. In light of this, a nickel is equivalent to five cents, a dime is equivalent to 10 cents, and so on.
At the same time, when it comes to junk silver coins, the true value of the strikes is often determined by the inherent melt value of the coins themselves. This is equivalent to the quantity of pure silver that is contained within the coins if they were to be melted down and the silver removed, and then the resulting sum would be compared to the spot price of silver that is currently available on the market.
When most people in the United States think of junk silver coins, they are referring to coins that were manufactured by the United States Mint prior to 1965 and were of lesser quality. These coins were composed of 90% silver and were made by the United States Mint. Included in this category are the nine coins listed below:
Dealers used to put enough rubbish silver coins in a bag to make $1,000 in strikes. This may be 1,000 dollar coins, 2,000 half dollar coins, 4,000 quarters, 10,000 dimes, 20,000 nickels, or any combination as long as the face value was $1,000.
Since the US Mint struck each currency denomination with a somewhat comparable amount of silver (see chart above), each bag was deemed to contain 715 ounces of silver, making melt value calculation straightforward.
A quarter dollar has 25% of a dollar's silver. Dealers withdrew a tiny percentage of the silver generally struck in each piece from the total in the bag to account for coin wear and tear, which would have taken part of the silver from the strikes when initially used in circulation.
Silver's rising price has led some sellers to make smaller junk coin packages. For those who wish to enter the precious metal market slowly, buying a bag of coins is more affordable.