Precious metal enthusiasts were likely not in a good mood in recent days as the silver market took a significant dive. That downtrend also affected the associated silver melt values of US coins as the market fell to a new two and a half year low during the last seven day period. Silver prices recovered [...]

The silver market showed both positive and negative daily swings this week but, in the end, the precious metal closed out the seven day period relatively unchanged. As such, associated silver melt values of US coins also finished on Friday almost even with last week’s final Fix. Looking at the numbers sees the weekly change [...]

Silver enthusiasts were forced to bear another tough month in May 2013 as the precious metal realized a significantly lower average price per ounce than it had in April. Unfortunately, this also means that the melt values for US silver coins fell during the month. Silver averaged just $23.01 an ounce during May. This was [...]

Continuing a prolonged trend, silver and the associated melt values for US silver coins finished down again this week marking the third such result to occur in a row. As if that news was not bad enough for some, the precious metal also slid to a new 2.5 year low earlier in the week. Silver [...]

Four silver sets offered by the United States Mint were briefly unavailable today, May 22, 2013, because they were pulled for re-pricing. Coin melt values of the silver sets have declined along with silver so the US Mint reduced their prices. US Mint products with new, lower prices include the 2013 US Silver Proof Set, [...]

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 [...]