However, junk silver coins can still represent a lucrative ... Pre-1965 dimes can be another valuable option since it takes 14 silver dimes (or a face value of $1.40) to equal one troy ounce ...

Silver dimes from 1964 contain about 90% pure silver ... Silver coins worth their scrap, or junk, value can also be sold to ...

Let's take a closer look. Junk silver is sold in bags of either $100 face value or $1,000 face value. Typically, the $100 face value bags contain 1,000 dimes, or 400 quarters, or 200 half-dollars ...

Investors can also buy so-called junk silver coins. Prior to 1965, dimes, quarters and half-dollars ... they maintain value tied to their silver content. Any investor buying silver bullion should ...

Thieves tuned in to the rising prices of scrap metal certainly know the value of junk cars and car parts. "We have seen a ton of vehicle parts being stolen for scrap," said Lt. Scott Matice ...