Frequently asked questions

Clear photos help us understand what you have. Please send:

• Both sides of every coin or note.
• Good, even light with no glare, and the item in sharp focus.
• A plain, uncluttered background.
• Close-ups of the date and mintmark on coins.
• For loose silver coins, one photo of the edges (a short stack is fine).
• Leave coins in their albums, flips, holders and Mint packaging, and photograph them that way. Don't open rolls; photograph the ends. Hold loose coins by their edges.
• For graded coins and notes: the front and back of the holder label, including the certification number.
• For bars and rounds: the stamped weight and purity.
• For paper money: both sides, with the whole note in the frame and the serial numbers readable.
• Your town and a short description of what you have.

See how to send them, with a message you can copy

No. Sending photos doesn't commit you to sell, and you can turn down any offer.

No. Please don't mail items to us. Start with photos. We never ask you to ship items or pay anything up front.

Yes. For estates and large collections, we can come to you. Start by sending photos and telling us a little about what you have.

Yes. We're glad to review whole collections as well as individual pieces, including inherited collections, coin albums and folders, rolls, and proof and mint sets.

Inherited a collection? Read what to do first

No. Leave everything as it is and photograph it that way. Taking coins out can scratch them, and original holders and rolls can matter to collectors.

Don't open rolls. Photograph the ends instead.

If you need to move a coin, hold it by the edges over a soft towel. Fingerprints on the faces can leave permanent marks, especially on proof and uncirculated coins.

Check the date, then look at the edge. A 90% silver coin has a solid silver-colored edge. Clad dimes and quarters (1965 on) and clad half dollars (1971 on) show a copper stripe down the middle of the edge. A 40% silver Kennedy half (1965–1970) shows a thin gray center line, not a copper stripe. Nickels and pennies have no stripe: only 1942–1945 nickels with a large mintmark above Monticello are silver, and no U.S. penny is.

These are silver:

• U.S. dimes, quarters and half dollars dated 1964 or earlier (90% silver).
• Kennedy half dollars dated 1965 to 1970 (40% silver).
• Jefferson nickels dated 1942 to 1945 with a large mintmark above Monticello (35% silver).

These are not silver:

• 1943 steel pennies.
• Pennies, and nickels other than the 1942–1945 wartime nickels, whatever the date. Older ones, like Indian Head and wheat pennies and Buffalo nickels, can still be collectible: send photos.
• Golden dollars.
• Susan B. Anthony dollars (none were made in silver), and Eisenhower dollars from circulation.
• Dimes and quarters dated 1965 or later, and half dollars dated 1971 or later, from circulation.
• “Silver dollar” medallions sold on TV, which are often only silver-plated and are not U.S. Mint coins.

Rare exception: a dime or quarter dated 1965 or later, or a half dollar dated 1971 or later, that came from circulation with no copper stripe, or a 1964 dime, quarter or half dollar with one, may be a valuable mint error. Send photos.

Estimate your silver coins

Yes. We buy large-size notes, blue-seal silver certificates, red seal notes, star notes, National Bank Notes and other older U.S. currency.

Please send notes as they are. Don't flatten, press, wash or tape them.

Read our guide to old paper money

Cleaning can't be undone. Rubbing, polishing or dipping leaves changes on a coin's surface that experienced graders can see.

Major grading services typically give a cleaned coin a "details" grade instead of a regular numeric grade, and cleaning can reduce a coin's value to collectors.

Please send coins as they are. The same goes for paper money: don't flatten, press, wash or tape notes.

Melt value is what the silver in a coin is worth at the current spot price: the coin's fine silver weight multiplied by the spot price per ounce.

Collectible value is what collectors will pay for the coin itself. It depends on things like the date and mintmark, how many were made, condition, and demand.

Common, worn silver coins are usually valued mainly on their silver content. Scarce dates, high grades and errors can be worth more than their silver to collectors, so we review those individually.

No. The calculator gives an estimate based on silver content and current pricing. Any offer is subject to in-person inspection.

Rare, graded and key-date coins, and many Morgan and Peace dollars, may be worth more than their silver content, so send photos and we'll review them individually.

Open the silver calculator

We don't list a public storefront. After we've talked about your items, we'll arrange a time and place to look at them in person.

We're based in Rockmart, Georgia, and work with sellers across Polk, Paulding, Bartow, Floyd, Haralson and Cobb counties and nearby towns: Aragon, Cedartown, Taylorsville, Dallas, Hiram, Cartersville, Emerson, Rome, Villa Rica, Douglasville, Powder Springs, Carrollton, Acworth, Kennesaw, Marietta, Woodstock and Canton.

Sellers must be 18 or older and should be ready to show a valid government-issued photo ID.

Yes. We sell to collectors through our eBay store.

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Open our official Facebook Page and tap Message or Send Message (Facebook may ask you to log in). Attach photos of both sides of each item, any grading labels, your town and a short description.

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