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Picture this: you're sorting through pocket change and spot a dime with a date stamped 1963. It looks almost identical to the newer ones, maybe a bit more worn.Yet that single coin is worth more than ...

Personal finance columnist Shannon Buggs answers readers' questions about managing money. Q: Silver-colored coins were indiscriminately saved over many years, perhaps 1945-1965. They were recovered ...

Just after we published our special report on "junk silver" earlier this week, a Money Morning reader posed the following two questions: How many troy ounces of silver is contained in a bag of new ...

You've probably heard the term "junk silver" tossed around. It sounds dismissive, doesn't it? Yet those pre-1965 silver half-dollars sitting in your drawer or at estate sales might be gaining more ...

That cluttered junk drawer or old coffee can of change could be hiding a serious payday. Rare pennies from the 1940s, early wheat cents, silver quarters and quirky mint errors have all surfaced in ...

Silver coins are highly prized by dealers and collectors — not just because of their silver content, but also because they tend to be scarcer than coins minted with copper, nickel, zinc and other ...

Despite its name, junk silver is not junk. Indeed, the term "junk silver" is actually a misnomer, since this form of silver investing has provided excellent returns over the past decade. Junk silver ...

I want to buy silver coins to play with. I see that the price is about 7.25 an ounce, and this is pretty close.<BR><BR>Are there any other places that are better? I don't want uncirculated collector's ...

Silver coins are highly prized by dealers and collectors — not just because of their silver content, but also because they tend to be scarcer than coins minted with copper, nickel, zinc and other ...

Dear Dr. Don, I have quite a few very old silver dollars, dimes, quarters, etc., that I've been told are worth much more than their face value. Should I hold on to them in view of all the warnings ...