Coin collectors draw big headlines when they sell their rare coins for thousands or even millions of dollars, but the vast ...

Silver coins are highly prized by dealers and collectors -- not just because of their silver content, but also because they tend to be scarcer than coins minted with copper, nickel, zinc and ...

If you wonder why the penny is going the way of the dodo bird, try to find a penny gumball machine. A penny simply isn’t ...

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 ...

These are 90% silver coins minted before 1965, as referenced above. “Junk silver” as a category represents coinage from their period which holds “no collectible or numismatic value ...