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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2461739, member: 27832&quot;]Barber coins seem to trade at a premium to melt even when badly worn. Dealers at the local coin show ask more than melt for them (although I&#039;m sure they try to buy them at melt or below). They go for more on eBay, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Uncirculated Walkers and Mercs certainly go for more than melt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Peace dollars and especially Morgan dollars go for more than melt -- much more, when uncirculated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Slick Barbers are often light by 5% (for halves) to as much as 20% (for dimes). Don&#039;t sell them as silver by weight!</p><p><br /></p><p>A Morgan or Peace dollar contains more silver than a dollar&#039;s worth of dimes, quarters or halves. Ten uncirculated silver dimes (or four quarters or two halves) weigh 25 grams, containing 22.5g of silver; an uncirculated silver dollar weighs 26.73 grams, containing just over 24g of silver, or 6.92% more. So, only a sucker would agree to sell &quot;$1000 FV of 90% silver&quot; and then include silver dollars in the total.</p><p><br /></p><p>The smaller the coin, the higher its surface area relative to its volume/weight, and the more weight it will lose at a given grade. One AG Barber half will weigh more than five AG Barber dimes. Silver dollars lose weight most slowly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Watching eBay, $10 FV of halves can go for a bit more than $10 FV of quarters, which can go for a bit more than $10 FV of dimes -- but, again, good luck trying to get that when selling to a dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see much premium for uncirculated Kennedy, Franklin, Roosevelt or (more recent) Washington coinage. Of course, <i>really</i> high-grade examples will always demand a premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, please forget all this if you&#039;re ever selling to <i>me</i>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> If I agree to buy $100 FV of silver, you should definitely send me silver dollars, to save yourself time in the counting...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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