2 series live, 1 in research and 2 planned. A denomination is not a series — this is all of them.
The big silver cartwheel of the American West — legislated into existence, melted by the hundred million, chased ever since.
1878–1904, 1921 →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.
1794–1803 · and the 1804 dollars →In research: Peace Dollars. Planned: Trade Dollars · Seated Liberty Coinage. Named rather than linked: a series goes live when its record is built, and until then the status is the whole of what we can say.
Composition, weight, live melt, key dates, grading and counterfeit checks.
$53.40 melt →Composition, weight, live melt, key dates, grading and counterfeit checks.
$21.99 melt →Composition, weight, live melt, key dates, grading and counterfeit checks.
$0.2835 melt →Hard Money. Hard Numbers. · Not investment advice. Some links pay us a commission — disclosures. Affiliate economics never determine research conclusions or rankings. © 2026 OunceDesk. Every figure classed OBSERVED / DERIVED / ESTIMATED / SPECULATIVE.