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A reliable, non‑destructive home check of a suspected combines a few simple physical tests — magnetism, weight and dimensions, and sound or thermal conductivity — together with a close visual inspecti...
The has a handful of dates, mint marks and error varieties that routinely trade for collector premiums well above silver melt or face value: foremost among these are the silver-era (a key date), rare ...
Testing a U.S. dime at home for silver vs. clad can be fast and cheap: first check the date—every dime dated 1964 or earlier is 90% silver . If the date is later, most circulation dimes are copper-nic...
The single most valuable individual U.S. silver dollars sold at auction in recent decades include 1804 Draped Bust and 1794 Flowing Hair examples (sales up to about $7.68M and $10.02M respectively) an...
Mintmarks and specific dates create the single biggest gap between silver melt value and collector price: a common, low‑grade Morgan will typically track its silver content, while a scarce mintmark/da...
PCGS does not list a coin-specific price for a 2025 S 250th Anniversary Navy Proof on its general public pages, but a regional PCGS Hong Kong submission guide indicates the coin would most likely fall...