While eagle-eyed numismatists tend to scoop up rare and valuable coins, junk coins can be easily identified by even the most ...

All that glitters isn't gold. Sometimes it's silver. The two are often thought of together, and as precious metals they occupy a certain niche in the investing world. They're often thought of as ...

Some poor soul requested a Dreaded Chemistry Lesson From Hell. Who am I to disagree? Today's coma-inducing article will teach you how to get pure silver from an old coin. Is this a good idea? Not even ...

That law mainly affected U.S. dimes and quarters ... These are 90% silver coins minted before 1965, as referenced above. “Junk silver” as a category represents coinage from their period ...

Investors can also buy so-called junk silver coins. Prior to 1965, dimes, quarters and half-dollars issued by the U.S. Mint contained large quantities of silver. While many of the coins have no ...

People tend to throw them in a jar or a junk drawer. At stores ... Johnson, the U.S. Treasury removed all the silver from dimes, quarters, and half-dollars. Instead, the government now mints coins ...

1965: Silver was removed from quarters, dimes, and half-dollars, replacing them with base metals (junk silver). With inflation continuously eating away at the dollar’s value, Maharrey predicts that ...

Jesse told Newsweek: "I spent at least an hour in the unit, hunched over, counting the coins and figuring out what was what." ...