Historically regarded as the poor man’s gold, silver has wide uses from an investment perspective as well as for industrial purposes. Below we’ll highlight a few of the many uses of silver and discuss which silver coin investment options you should consider pursuing. Silver’s Marketable Uses While silver is no longer valued as […]
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Types of Variations in VAM Coins
Identifying different varieties of Morgan and Peace silver dollars can be fairly intimidating to the new or inexperienced collector. These coins can come in an endless amount of variations, and are often referred to as VAM coins, after the founders, Leroy Van Allen and A. George Mallis. These two specialists wrote The Comprehensive Catalog and […]
How to Buy Morgan Silver Dollars
At present, the Morgan silver dollar is one of the most popular U.S. silver coins. Consisting of 90% silver and weighing 26.7 grams, Morgan silver dollars have a silver content of approximately .78 troy ounces. Morgan silver dollars were produced from 1878 to 1904. Production ceased after 1904 but began again in 1921. If you’re […]
How to Receive More When Selling Trade S...
If you are venturing to sell trade silver dollars, it will help to become familiar with the history of the coin and features which could make some trade dollars more valuable than others. As is true with all coinage, the more you know about the coin you are selling, the better equipped you are […]
How to Tell if Your Silver Dollars Have ...
The purpose of this article is to provide some helpful guidelines to determine if your silver dollars have been cleaned. This isn’t quite as easy as you might think on the surface, as there are a number of ways that coins can be cleaned, and unless you have a trained eye, you may not realize […]
What You Should Know Before You Sell Pea...
As with any type of coin, anyone looking to sell Peace silver dollars can benefit from knowing some of the coin’s history and information about the most valuable issues of the coin. It also helps to know where to sell Peace silver dollars in order to get top value. The Peace silver dollar was first […]
Morgan Dollar Images Mintages Values Gra...
Morgan Silver Dollar (1878-1904-1921) were minted in the millions, but saw very little circulation, and were stored in mint vaults to back the silver certificates. Over time, this silver dollar, has become one of the most collected coins among numismatist; due to the high mintages, its’ size, the 90% silver content, a pleasing design, and ease of obtaining mint […]