Category: Silver

  • What is junk silver coins?

    What is 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,…

  • Silver’s rollercoaster ride in 2022.

    Silver’s rollercoaster ride in 2022.

    Silver, more perhaps than platinum, is a hybrid – an industrial metal with some of the precious metal investment attractions of gold. This, metals expert Philip Klapwijk said in a presentation to the Silver Institute in New York this week, explains why silver’s price hit an all-time high in April, but is now facing downward…