Coins

The Capped Bust Quarter was issued by the mints in the United States from 1815 until 1838. These quarters have roughly .1808 oz of silver with a melt value of $ Unlike today, U.S. minted coins from the late 1700’s through the early 1900’s had essentially the same design across most denominations. As an example, the Capped Bust coinage introduced by the ... Read More »

All About the Liberty Seated Half Dollar The Liberty Seated Half Dollar was issued between 1839 and 1886 by the United States mint. This coin is 90% silver and the current melt value is $ This coin was in circulation for 57 years. To put this in perspective the Walking Liberty was for 31 years, and the Franklin for just 15 ... Read More »

Pre 1965 Washington Quarters are 90% silver and have roughly .1808 oz of silver with a melt value of $ Of all the U.S. coins, the Washington Quarter has been, in all its incarnations, perhaps the most distributed coin in history. First minted in 1932, the Washington Quarter remained essentially unchanged until 1965 when the metal content was changed. From 1965 until ... Read More »

The Barber Half Dollar was issued between 1892 and 1916 and was part of the “Barber Coinage”. Barber coinage consists of Barber Dimes, Barber Quarters, and Barber Dimes. It sounds confusing to me but that’s they way they rolled back then..get it rolled…coin rolled…Hehe. The Barber Half Dollar was also called the Liberty Head Half Dollar and is 90% silver coinage with ... Read More »

Walking Liberty Half Dollars were issued from the US mint between 1916 and 1947. They are also often called Walkers (not the ones from the Walking Dead), or Standing Liberty Half Dollars. These coins are rarely found in circulation and are 90% silver with a melt value of $. That being said we have found a few when searching half dollar rolls. ... Read More »