Tag: Silver Dollars

  • What are junk silver coins?

    Junk coins refer to those coins minted before 1964 in US. These often comprise of mercury dimes, silver dollars, Kennedy half dollars and so on. In the old times, coins like dollars and quarters were made of silver in varying degrees. Coins that were minted up to 1965 consisted of 90% silver but later on,…

  • The Canadian silver coins.

    The Canadian silver coins were based on the US gold market and started in production around 1858. The first Canadian coins made of silver were in the following denominations, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent pieces. Canada continued to use silver coins until 1968 four years after the US stopped minting in silver. In 1911,…

  • What countries still use gold coins.

    Gold coins have been minted by countries all over the world for many years. However, most countries stopped making gold coins as currency by 1933, as they switched from the gold standard due to hoarding during the worldwide economic crisis of the Great Depression.  As of 2023, none of the world’s countries use the gold standard.…

  • Well Fargo Hoard, how the price were impacted 25 years later.

    Well Fargo Hoard, how the price were impacted 25 years later.

    Some details of a major purchase of a hoard of 1908 “no motto” Saint-Gaudens $20 gold pieces revealed by Spectrum Numismatics of Irvine, Calif. Coins from the famous Wells Fargo Gold Hoard! One of the finest U.S. Gold hoards ever discovered. The coins were hidden and stored in sealed bags since 1917 for more than…