Reference library
Live melt values for the coins stackers actually hold — US 90% silver, silver dollars, 40% halves, war nickels, bullion, and Canadian silver. Every guide shows the silver (or gold) content, the formula, and a free calculator.
Melt value is what a coin is worth for its metal alone, ignoring any collector premium:
For US 90% silver coins, dealers often work from a face-value shortcut — about 0.715 troy ounces of silver per $1 of face value for circulated coins. For modern bullion, the fine-metal content is fixed (one troy ounce, for example), so melt value simply equals the spot price.
Use the SaltCrate calculator to price any coin by weight and purity, or pick a guide below for a specific coin.
Live silver melt value of a 90% silver Washington quarter.
Mercury and Roosevelt dimes, 0.07234 oz silver each.
Barber, Walking Liberty, Franklin & 1964 Kennedy, 0.36169 oz.
0.77344 oz silver each — more than any other common US coin.
1965–1970 Kennedy halves, 0.1479 oz silver each.
1942–1945 nickels, 0.05626 oz silver each.
1 oz .999 fine silver — melt value equals the spot price.
1 oz fine gold (22k alloy) — melt value equals the spot price.
80% (0.600 oz) pre-1967; 50% (0.375 oz) in 1967–68.
0.715 oz of silver per $1 face — the dealer standard.
Track melt value, cost basis and profit/loss on every coin in your stack — auto-calculated from the spot price you enter, with 21 pre-loaded coin specs.