Silver · Bullion
A 1 oz silver bullion coin — American Silver Eagle, Canadian Maple Leaf, or Britannia — contains exactly 1.000 troy ounce of .999 fine silver, so its melt value is simply the spot price.
| Quantity | Melt value |
|---|---|
| 1 | — |
| 5 | — |
| 10 | — |
| 20 | — |
| 100 | — |
Live spot via gold-api.com. Melt value = spot × 1 troy oz of fine metal.
Open the full calculator →Unlike junk silver, a modern 1 oz silver bullion coin contains exactly 1.000 troy ounce of .999 fine silver. That makes the math trivial: the melt value of one coin is the silver spot price per ounce.
The American Silver Eagle, Canadian Silver Maple Leaf and British Britannia all share this specification. Dealers sell them for a small premium over spot and buy them back slightly under spot.
| Series | American Silver Eagle, Maple Leaf, Britannia |
| Years | 1986–present (Silver Eagle) |
| Composition | .999 fine silver |
| Gross weight | 1.000 troy oz (31.103 g) |
| Pure silver | 1.000 troy oz |
| Face value | $1 (Silver Eagle) |
Melt value is the value of the metal in the coin, ignoring any collector premium:
Where the fine-metal content is known, this simplifies to spot × 1 oz. The live figure at the top of this page applies that formula to the current spot price.
Illustrative melt values (per coin) at example spot prices — shown for reference only; the live figure above uses the real market price:
| Example spot | Melt value |
|---|---|
| $25.00 | $25.00 |
| $35.00 | $35.00 |
| $50.00 | $50.00 |
An American Silver Eagle contains exactly 1.000 troy ounce of .999 fine silver. It weighs 31.103 g.
At minimum, its melt value, which equals the silver spot price per ounce. Coins typically sell for a small premium over spot.
Yes — .999 fine, the standard bullion purity. (The Canadian Maple Leaf is .9999 fine, with a negligible difference in silver value.)
Yes. One troy ounce of silver, in a coin with a $1 face value.
This page values one coin. The Silver Stacking Spreadsheet keeps the whole record — every coin, what you paid, and your running profit or loss, auto-calculated from the spot price you enter.