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 (the coin denominations ...

Junk silver is most commonly sold as a collection of random pre-1965 circulated silver coins in fair condition. The coins are sold in what are known as 90% dealer bags, with a combined face value ...

Based on last week's spot price of silver of $13.18 per ounce, your coins might trade for between $9 and $9.50 per dollar value. That's a potential profit of more than $5,000.

Dear Laurin, If it were my money, I would start out by determining whether the silver coins are worth more to coin collectors or for their melt value as silver. That's largely dependent on the ...