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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 347679, member: 4626&quot;]Commemoratives generally kept to the dimensions and composition of the regular issue coins of the same denomination... for example the newest $5 gold commemorative has the same dimensions and composition of a traditional half eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>So 90% silver half dollars (all of them up to 1954, plus the 1982 George Washington and 1993 Bill of Rights):</p><p>.36169 ounces silver</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver dollars: .7734 ounces silver</p><p><br /></p><p>$5 gold: .24187 ounces gold</p><p><br /></p><p>$10 gold: .48735 ounces gold</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold dollars: .04837 ounces gold</p><p><br /></p><p>That covers all the gold or silver containing commemoratives, except for the two different 1915 Panama-Pacific Expedition $50 gold pieces and the 2000 Library of Congress $10 gold/platinum piece... sure you can find their metal content somewhere, but both are worth significantly more than melt anyway, lol...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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