When people want to learn how much is a silver dollar worth, it helps to begin by finding a particular silver dollar melt value at the moment.
About half of the silver dollar coins which remain are older US 90% silver dollar coins. The same formerly circulating silver dollar coins our forefathers used in daily transactions.
Using US Mint data, we can easily infer that less than 500 million combined Morgan silver dollar and Peace silver dollar coins likely remain in existence.
There are also a bit less than fifty million 40% Eisenhower silver dollar coins which got minted in the inflationary 1970s.
As well, the world's best silver bullion coin by sales volume, the 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin has had over 500 million issuances since the coin program began in the 1986 silver bear market.
Here we cover four popular silver dollar coin values for their silver dollar worth in terms of silver dollar melt values.
Note that we are not taking a coin's rarity into silver dollar worth consideration, merely the silver melt value here.
Morgan Silver Dollar Worth | Morgan Silver Dollar Melt Value
Peace Silver Dollar Coin Purity: 40% silver
Morgan Silver Dollar Coin Mintage: +650 million coins
Morgan Silver Dollar Coin Content: 0.77345 troy ounce silver
Morgan Silver Dollar Melt Value: [ current spot silver price ] X [ 0.77345 oz ] = $13.63 Morgan silver dollar coin melt value*
*using a $17.62 silver spot price (always ^ changing)
Peace Silver Dollar Worth | Peace Silver Dollar Melt Value
Peace Silver Dollar Coin Purity: 90% silver
Peace Silver Dollar Coin Mintage: +111 million coins
Peace Silver Dollar Coin Content: 0.77345 troy ounce silver
Peace Silver Dollar Melt Value: [ current spot silver price ] X [ 0.77345 oz ] = $13.63 Peace silver dollar coin melt value*
*using a $17.62 silver spot price (always ^ changing)
Eisenhower Silver Dollar Worth | Eisenhower Silver Dollar Melt Value
Eisenhower Silver Dollar Coin Purity: 40% silver
Eisenhower Silver Dollar Coin Mintage: +49 million coins
Eisenhower Silver Dollar Coin Content: 0.31623 troy ounce silver
Eisenhower Silver Dollar Melt Value: [ current spot silver price ] X [ 0.31623 oz ] = $5.57 Eisenhower silver dollar coin melt value*
*using a $17.62 silver spot price (always ^ changing)
Silver Eagle Silver Dollar Worth | Silver Eagle Silver Dollar Melt Value
Silver Eagle Dollar Coin Purity: 99.9% silver
Silver Eagle Silver Dollar Coin Mintage: +500 million coins
Silver Eagle Silver Dollar Coin Content: 1 troy ounce silver
Silver Eagle Silver Dollar Melt Value: [ current spot silver price ] X [ 1 oz ] = $17.62 Silver Eagle silver dollar coin melt value* not silver dollar worth value**
*using a $17.62 silver spot price (always ^ changing)
**Note too that 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coins typically sell $1 or more per ounce over the fluctuating silver spot price.
Learn more about "How Much Silver is in a Silver Dollar Coin?" and Junk Silver Prices here.
Silver Dollars Worth Way More Than Melt Value vs Price Inflation
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