It's well circulated and a common date. Therefore, it's worth melt value. Visit coinflation.com anytime you desire to know a coin's melt value.
Sometimes folks are bummed when they hear their silver coins are worth melt, such as this one. That doesn't mean it isn't a nice old coin or something other collectors might enjoy. It just means silver is outrageously high now (twice what it was in Sept) and the coin's collectible value has been exceed by its silver content. It's a shame so many of these will be melted. The WLH is a gorgeous coin, hefty and fun to hold or carry around. But millions are out there and this date/MM is not scarce, as gopher29 pointed out. Lance.
What makes you think they'll be melted? That doesn't happen all that much any more, most of the time, circulated common dates merely get tossed into $1k face value bags to trade on the physical metals markets.
That's a comforting thought. I feel better about all the junk silver I unloaded recently. Does none of it really end up being smelted? I assume silver products do, like flatware and such. But 90% coins? Their fate is probably sealed anyway. Lance.
