What Is Junk Silver?
Junk silver coins are circulated U.S. coins that contain 90% silver and were typically minted before 1965. Junk silver is not junk at all. Rather, they’re coins that have no numismatic—a fancy word for collectible—value and derive their worth exclusively from their content of silver. Sounds confusing, right? Well, think about it this way. We’ve all come home from work and emptied our pockets of change and tossed it atop a dresser or into a change jar. That overflowing jug of old shiny pieces of... Continue Reading
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