US Coin Melt Values

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20 coins — 8 silver, 5 gold, and the clad and copper issues most tables leave out. Sort any column; filter by metal or by whether a coin is worth more than its face.

Coin	Metal content	Melt value	× face
Lincoln Cent (Copper, 1909–1982)Copper · 1909–1982 (95% copper era)Part placeholder	2.9545 g Cu · 0.1555 g ZnPART PLACEHOLDER	$0.0429	4.3×	The type page →
Lincoln Cent (Zinc, 1982– )Modern clad · 1982–presentPart placeholder	0.0625 g Cu · 2.4375 g ZnPART PLACEHOLDER	$0.0079	0.8×	The type page →
Jefferson Nickel (1938– )Modern clad · 1938–presentPart placeholder	3.75 g Cu · 1.25 g NiPART PLACEHOLDER	$0.0746	1.5×	The type page →
Jefferson 'War' Nickel (1942–1945, 35% Silver)90% / 35% silver · Mid-1942–1945	0.05626 ozt Ag · 2.8 g CuOBSERVED	$3.79	75.7×	The type page →
Silver Dime — Mercury & Roosevelt (–1964, 90% Silver)90% / 35% silver · Barber to 1916; Mercury 1916–1945; Roosevelt 1946–1964 in silver	0.07234 ozt Ag · 0.25 g CuOBSERVED	$4.82	48.2×	The type page →
Roosevelt Dime (Clad, 1965– )Modern clad · 1965–presentPart placeholder	2.0752 g Cu · 0.1928 g NiPART PLACEHOLDER	$0.0330	0.3×	The type page →
Washington Quarter (–1964, 90% Silver)90% / 35% silver · 1932–1964 in silver	0.18084 ozt Ag · 0.625 g CuOBSERVED	$12.05	48.2×	The type page →
Washington Quarter (Clad, 1965– )Modern clad · 1965–presentPart placeholder	5.188 g Cu · 0.482 g NiPART PLACEHOLDER	$0.0826	0.3×	The type page →
Silver Half Dollar — Franklin & 1964 Kennedy (90% Silver)90% / 35% silver · Franklin 1948–1963; Kennedy 1964 only at 90%	0.36169 ozt Ag · 1.25 g CuOBSERVED	$24.11	48.2×	The type page →
Kennedy Half Dollar (1965–1970, 40% Silver)90% / 35% silver · 1965–1970	0.1479 ozt Ag · 6.9 g CuOBSERVED	$9.95	19.9×	The type page →
Kennedy Half Dollar (Clad, 1971– )Modern clad · 1971–presentPart placeholder	10.375 g Cu · 0.964 g NiPART PLACEHOLDER	$0.1651	0.3×	The type page →
Morgan & Peace Silver Dollar (90% Silver)90% / 35% silver · Morgan 1878–1904, 1921; Peace 1921–1935; both revived 2021–	0.77344 ozt Ag · 2.673 g CuOBSERVED	$51.55	51.6×	Morgan Dollars →
Eisenhower Dollar (40% Silver, 1971–1976 'S')90% / 35% silver · 1971–1976 (silver collector versions, San Francisco)	0.3161 ozt Ag · 14.75 g CuOBSERVED	$21.27	21.3×	The type page →
Eisenhower Dollar (Clad, 1971–1978)Modern clad · 1971–1978Part placeholder	20.75 g Cu · 1.93 g NiPART PLACEHOLDER	$0.3303	0.3×	The type page →
American Silver Eagle (1986– )Bullion · 1986–present	1 ozt AgOBSERVED	$66.60	66.6×	The type page →
$2.50 Gold Quarter Eagle (–1929)Gold · 1796–1929	0.12094 ozt Au · 0.418 g CuOBSERVED	$535	214.1×	The type page →
$5 Gold Half Eagle (–1929)Gold · 1795–1929	0.24187 ozt Au · 0.836 g CuOBSERVED	$1,070	214.1×	The type page →
$10 Gold Eagle (–1933)Gold · 1795–1933	0.48375 ozt Au · 1.672 g CuOBSERVED	$2,141	214.1×	The type page →
$20 Double Eagle — Saint-Gaudens & Liberty (–1933)Gold · 1849–1933	0.9675 ozt Au · 3.344 g CuOBSERVED	$4,282	214.1×	The type page →
AuAmerican Gold Eagle (1986– )Bullion · 1986–present	1 ozt Au · 1.86 g CuOBSERVED	$4,426	88.5×	The type page →

Metal content is OBSERVED, from official United States Mint specifications — composition, weight and fineness as published, not as estimated. Rows marked PART PLACEHOLDER contain nickel or zinc, whose prices we do not hold a live feed for; their metal content is still sourced, but the price applied to it is not live. Melt is the intrinsic metal floor, never a market price: a coin can be worth many multiples of it, and a common date rarely less.

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Premium over melt is what a dealer charges above these figures, and it is the number that decides whether a purchase is good — not the melt itself. Ours is tracked on the Deal Desk, and the junk silver calculator takes a mixed pile by face or by coin count.