American coinage,
researched from the record.

Every disc at its true relative diameter — the gap between a half dime and a dollar is measurement, not layout.

4 reference series live today; 13 more are planned and 3 are in active research. A series goes live when its record is built — never before.

Morgan Dollars

1878–1904, 1921

The big silver cartwheel of the American West — legislated into existence, melted by the hundred million, chased ever since.

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Early Dollars

1794–1803 · and the 1804 dollars

The first United States silver dollar, the run that followed it, and the coin dated 1804 that nobody struck in 1804 — a series where the Mint's own bookkeeping is the puzzle.

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Early Half Dollars

1794–1836

The workhorse of American silver — 84 million pieces struck because the dollar stopped, kept in bank vaults rather than spent, and attributed one hand-punched die at a time until the Mint announced it could make identical dies.

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Early Quarters

1796–1838

The coin the Mint kept not making — eighteen blank years out of forty-three, a Spanish coin doing its job, an invented mintage still in the price guides, and a public-domain standard reference whose plates illustrate the whole series.

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In research: Peace Dollars · Walking Liberty Halves · Mercury Dimes — packs building

Planned: Trade Dollars · Seated Liberty Coinage · Franklin Halves · Kennedy Halves · Barber Dimes, Quarters & Halves · Standing Liberty Quarters · Washington Quarters (Silver) · Lincoln Cents · Indian Head Cents · Buffalo Nickels · Jefferson Nickels · Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles · Liberty Head Gold. Each goes live when its record is built — never before.

Full-length books built from the same record as the reference pages — free to read, chapter by chapter, with every citation resolving to the Archive.

The discs above are for browsing; this is the directory. Every type page carries composition, weight, live melt, history, key dates, grading and counterfeit checks. Melt figures are computed from the current spot snapshot — an intrinsic floor, not a market price.

Cents

Lincoln Cent (Copper, 1909–1982)$0.0363 meltLincoln Cent (Zinc, 1982– )$0.0077 melt

Nickels

Jefferson Nickel (1938– )$0.0661 meltJefferson 'War' Nickel (1942–1945, 35% Silver)$3.92 melt · 0.05626 oz Ag

Dimes

Silver Dime — Mercury & Roosevelt (–1964, 90% Silver)$4.99 melt · 0.07234 oz AgRoosevelt Dime (Clad, 1965– )$0.0284 melt

Quarters

Washington Quarter (–1964, 90% Silver)$12.49 melt · 0.18084 oz AgWashington Quarter (Clad, 1965– )$0.0709 melt

Half Dollars

Silver Half Dollar — Franklin & 1964 Kennedy (90% Silver)$24.97 melt · 0.36169 oz AgKennedy Half Dollar (1965–1970, 40% Silver)$10.29 melt · 0.1479 oz AgKennedy Half Dollar (Clad, 1971– )$0.1417 melt

Dollars

Morgan & Peace Silver Dollar (90% Silver)$53.40 melt · 0.77344 oz AgEisenhower Dollar (40% Silver, 1971–1976 'S')$21.99 melt · 0.3161 oz AgEisenhower Dollar (Clad, 1971–1978)$0.2835 melt

Gold ($2.50–$20)

$2.50 Gold Quarter Eagle (–1929)$557 melt · 0.12094 oz Au$5 Gold Half Eagle (–1929)$1,114 melt · 0.24187 oz Au$10 Gold Eagle (–1933)$2,229 melt · 0.48375 oz Au$20 Double Eagle — Saint-Gaudens & Liberty (–1933)$4,457 melt · 0.9675 oz Au

Bullion

American Silver Eagle (1986– )$69.00 melt · 1 oz AgAuAmerican Gold Eagle (1986– )$4,607 melt · 1 oz Au

Working a whole pile? The junk silver calculator values mixed holdings at live spot · the melt table covers every type at once · need to house what you own? the Supply Room gives the exact capsule, flip, tube and album for every type on this page · new to this? Start with the inherited-coins guide · how we source and classify everything: methodology.