A SHORT COIN LESSON
Seated Liberty Silver Dollar: Dollar type matters
A Seated Liberty dollar and a Trade dollar are different profiles. Identify the actual dollar type before you calculate its contained silver. This calculator profile uses 0.77345 fine troy ounce of silver per coin. Contained metal value is separate from collector value.
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- A Seated Liberty dollar and a Trade dollar are different profiles. Identify the actual dollar type before you calculate its contained silver.
- This profile contains zero point seven seven three four five fine troy ounce of silver per coin.
- Two matching coins contain one point five four six nine fine troy ounces. Multiply that total by the current silver spot price.
- Purity is already included. The exact issue and condition still matter for collector value.
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Photographs resized and cropped for display; coin details are not retouched. US Mint (coin); National Numismatic Collection, photograph by Jaclyn Nash · Public domain — PD-US-SI · License.
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