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Silver Coins
Coverage focused on silver coins.
Are Franklin Half Dollars a Good Investment?
September 12, 2026
Half dollars stopped being pocket change a long time ago, so when one turns up in a coffee can of old coins it gets a second look. If it shows Benjamin Franklin on the front and the Liberty Bell on the back, it is ninety percent silver and it left a mint between 1948 and […]
Are Standing Liberty Quarters a Good Investment?
September 9, 2026
Reach into a bag of 90 percent junk silver and sooner or later you will pull out a quarter with a striding figure on one side, an eagle in flight on the other, and a smooth blank step where the date ought to be. Dealers sort those into their own pile without much comment. The […]
Are Walking Liberty Half Dollars a Good Investment?
September 4, 2026
Ask a longtime coin dealer to name the most beautiful silver coin the United States ever put into circulation, and a good many will reach for the Walking Liberty half dollar before you finish the question. Struck from 1916 through 1947, it carries Adolph A. Weinman’s striding Liberty on the obverse and a mountaintop eagle […]
Are Mercury Dimes a Good Investment? A Buyer’s Profile
August 31, 2026
Pull a tray of Mercury dimes across a coin show table and something happens: people who never look twice at a modern quarter slow down. The little silver dime with the winged head is one of the most admired designs the United States ever put into pocket change, and it circulated by the billions from […]
What Is Junk Silver? A Buyer’s Guide to 90% Coins
August 26, 2026
Walk into any coin shop and ask about the cheapest way to start owning physical silver, and sooner or later someone will slide a bag of worn dimes and quarters across the counter and call it junk. The name is a bad joke. There is nothing junky about it. It just means old United States […]
Are Silver Eagles a Good Investment? A Buyer’s Profile
August 17, 2026
The American Silver Eagle is the coin most new buyers reach for first, and plenty of seasoned collectors never stop reaching for it. It is the official silver bullion coin of the United States, one troy ounce of .999 fine silver with a familiar striding Liberty on the front. It is also, by a wide […]
Are Peace Silver Dollars a Good Investment?
August 9, 2026
Most American coins were designed in a committee room. The Peace dollar was designed in a mood. It arrived just after the First World War, when a war-weary country wanted its money to say something hopeful, and for a few years the largest silver coin in an American pocket carried a single word on its […]
Are Morgan Silver Dollars a Good Investment?
July 29, 2026
Few American coins carry as much romance as the Morgan silver dollar. It jingled across saloon bars in the mining West, sat in Treasury vaults for generations, and today anchors more beginner collections than any other classic U.S. coin. If you are weighing your first purchase, the honest question is whether Morgan silver dollars are […]
Two Metals, Two Jobs: Why Gold and Silver Play Different Roles in a Portfolio
June 16, 2026
Gold is the market's monetary metal and reserve asset; silver wears two hats at once — half precious metal, half industrial commodity. Understanding the split explains their different volatility, liquidity, and behavior across market regimes.
MEXICO BURNS, SILVER TIGHTENS: Cartel Violence Threatens Global Supply
March 2, 2026
MEXICO BURNS, SILVER TIGHTENS: Cartel Violence Threatens Global Supply Editor’s Note: When exchanges halt trading, governments start talking “strategic stockpiles,” and silver vaults mysteriously empty faster than they fill — it’s time to stop watching headlines and start reading between them. In this breakdown, Jacob Barton cuts through the noise on COMEX glitches, Mexico supply…