Plain-English guides to coin melt value, junk silver, coin roll hunting, the rules on melting coins and telling silver coins from clad. Pick a guide to start reading.
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How to Get Coin Rolls from Your Bank
How to get rolls and boxes of coins from a bank, how many coins each holds, cents in 2026, and how to return the coins you don’t keep.
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Coin Roll Hunting for Beginners
How to search bank rolls for silver, wheat cents, old dates and errors: what you need, what to look for, how to sort a roll and what to do with the rest.
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How to Tell Silver Coins from Clad Coins
Quick ways to tell US silver dimes, quarters and halves from copper-nickel clad coins: the date, the edge, the sound and the weight.
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What Is Junk Silver?
Junk silver explained: which US coins contain 90%, 40% and 35% silver, how it is priced by face value, and how much silver $1 face holds.
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Is It Legal to Melt US Coins?
What US rules say about melting coins: the restriction on cents and nickels, why silver coins are treated differently, and what it means for collectors.
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Coin Melt Value FAQ
Answers to common questions about coin melt value: troy ounces, spot prices, wear, which coins contain silver, and when a coin is worth more.
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How Coin Melt Value Is Calculated
The formula behind every coin melt value, with worked examples for a silver quarter, a 40% Kennedy half and a $20 gold piece.