Silver Coin Melt Values

Last week the United States Mint released two different 2013 White Mountain 5 Oz Silver Coins under similar America the Beautiful 5 Oz Silver Coin programs. Each of the coins has identical designs and specifications, including a three-inch diameter and a composition of five ounces of .999 pure silver. They also have identical melt values, [...]

Silver fell to new two and a half year lows again this week forcing US melt values for silver coins down along with it. The precious metal made a slight recovery by week’s end, but not near enough to bring it into positive territory compared to the position of the metal last week. For the [...]

For a second week in a row, the United States Mint has released a numismatic product with silver coins. On Thursday, May 9, the U.S. Mint started selling its 2013 American Eagle West Point Two Coin Silver Set for $139.95. The melt value of the two silver coins is

US Silver Set Melt Values were bounced around again this week with both significant drops and some minor positive corrections posted. Unfortunately, the declines of the silver market trumped the gains resulting in the associated melt values trending down over the seven day period by 3.6%. This decrease reversed the gains established last week. For [...]

New 14-coin Silver Proof Sets were placed on sale by the United States Mint on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Having 1.338 troy ounces of silver from seven of the fourteen coins that have a composition of 90% silver, the 2013 Silver Proof Set had a melt value of $31.70 on the day of its release [...]

US Silver Set Melt Values reversed a two-week trend of declines as the silver market showed some slight improvement this week. Based on the Friday to Friday London Fix, US silver set melt values rose by 1.6% in the last seven days. That slight increase follows last week’s 5.8% drop and the previous week’s 1.4% [...]

Precious metals trended down this week with all four tracked in the chart below experiencing significant declines. Accordingly, US Silver Coin Melt Values also ended the week down with silver closing out the week down $1.67 from where it closed last week. That $1.67 an ounce drop from last week equates to a decline in [...]

For the second week in a row, US Silver Set Melt Values rose slightly as the silver market made a marginal gain. That gain only amounted to an increase of 0.5% however, the same percentage increase seen last week based on the Friday to Friday London Fix for silver. Silver increased $0.15 an ounce this [...]

The Ides of March proved to be positive for the silver market resulting in slight increases for the related US silver coin melt values. With a last day jump higher, the coin melt values gained 0.5% for the week comparing the Friday to Friday London Fix for silver. That half of a percent for the [...]

The first week of March proved to be a positive one for US Silver Set Melt Values with the precious metal showing some strong gains during the week. Based on the Friday to Friday London Fix for silver, the melt values improved a very respectable 2.7%. That increase came as silver finished this week up [...]

February of 2013 proved to be a tough month for US Silver Coin Melt Values as the silver market came extremely close to shedding double digit numbers during the twenty-eight day period. During the month, silver lost $3.08 an ounce when comparing the last day of February to the last day of January. At over [...]

Precious metals experienced a tough week dragging Silver Coin Melt Values down to a new 2013 low before realizing a slight recovery by the end of the week. Even with that recovery, silver shed $1.39 an ounce for the week based on the Friday to Friday London Fix. This equates to a percentage drop of [...]