Ultimate Beginner's Guide to U.S. Silver Coins
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This is the first video in a new series I'm doing for coin collectors and investors. The first videos (this included) are aimed at novice collectors or investors who are trying to learn the basics. Subsequent videos will dive deeper into more obscure coins or collecting methods.
This particular video focuses on Common Silver U.S. Coinage and how to identify it. Watch the video to learn two ways to differentiate the real silver from mere pocket change!
Glossary of Terms:
Spot Price: the current market price at which an asset is bought or sold for immediate payment and delivery.
Troy Ounce: a unit of measurement commonly used to measure the weight of precious metals such as gold or silver. It is equal to ~31.1g and is slightly lower than a standard ounce.
Clad: a clad coin is a coin that has multiple layers of metal in it; most current U.S. clad coins consist of an inner core of copper, with outer layers of a silver-colored nickel-copper alloy.
Mint: an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used in currency.
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Thank you for this! I would to see more instructional videos like this. It is super helpful and straightforward covering the basics perfectly. As a beginner it has helped me tremendously simply by giving me a base understanding of things. Keep it up brother it is much appreciated!
Great info, thank you!
Your content is improving every video and I would love more videos like this! Keep up the good work!
@Silverpicker
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks! More to come!
Perfect video for beginners. Keep them coming please.
Great video for all!
Thank you for this video. It was simple and to the point. After watching this with my younger daughter, she completely understood and proceeded to have us watch more videos and subscribed. Can’t wait to learn more and grow on our new bonding experience
@Silverpicker
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Thank you your advice was very helpful, thank you.
Big thumbs up...subscribed and YES, PLEASE....MORE CONTENT JUST LIKE THIS....starting right from where you left off. This is valuable, practical and timely info that many like myself will be educating themselves on about now. You are eady to listen to, organized in content presentation without a lot of fluff, and give the most pertinent info. Thank you!
@Silverpicker
8 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate your support! More to come! Share if you can, helps me out a lot!
@DavidJensen66
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
That was the best video I've seen thank you that was exactly wat I was hoping to understand
@Silverpicker
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! really glad it was helpful!
Great tips for any beginner.
More like this please! Hope to see more in depth ones as well.
@Silverpicker
8 жыл бұрын
Keep your eyes peeled!
Good tips man.
Very good instructional vid! Keep up the good work!
@Silverpicker
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
Awesome video.. that’s pretty much all what I needed to know first when I started
@Silverpicker
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Great video
Great information
Great vid Silver Picker. I have forwarded to a friend who wants to start accumulating phisical silver and does not know about the old US silver coins. Thanks for sharing!
@Silverpicker
8 жыл бұрын
My pleasure. Thank YOU for sharing too!
Good info and well presented
2023 still great information thanks
Good instructional video. Please make more!
@Silverpicker
7 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Will do!
Good Information. Really enjoy your format.
@Silverpicker
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! More to come!
Good content for beginners. Very straight forward.
@Silverpicker
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Silver Picker, would love to see you do a video on the pros and cons to professional grading services for both modern, 19th century, ancient, and world coins.
Thanks for much for this info!
@charliemacreviews
3 жыл бұрын
Your welcome and glad you enjoyed this
Good info and reminder even for people who know this stuff !
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
@Silverpicker
5 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Share the vid with your friends and spread the knowledge!
Great content. I enjoyed it and learned somewhere new! Subscribing
Perfect intro video for new collectors
Great content. I could have used this sort of video a few months ago, but enjoyed learning all about this on my own....but still great video!
@Silverpicker
8 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Hopefully the next one will be more helpful!
Nice informative video 👌👍
Many thanks!
Good info 👍🏼
I enjoyed this and would like to see more, similar content. Thank you!
@Silverpicker
3 жыл бұрын
What specifically would you like to learn more about? I'd be happy to make a part 2
@mariecouldbe
3 жыл бұрын
@@Silverpicker Maybe how to *not* get ripped off when coin hunting ;) I am very new to coin collecting, so this is just what I would find useful, personally, while I am learning where to coin shop, and where not to. Thanks!
Thank you
This is great info for everyone - Keith
@Silverpicker
3 жыл бұрын
So glad you enjoyed, Keith!
I've got Bunches of old nickels and dimes this is a great beginner's guide
great vid
I'm a noob and I need to learn more. Keep 💰💰💰💰
@Silverpicker
8 жыл бұрын
Keep at it! Lot's of great opportunities
@charliemacreviews
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks and glad you enjoyed, I stacked one coin a week in the beginning - slow and steady
Thanks it was very good
@Silverpicker
6 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
well this is cool!
Great Video love it - started my own page its so much fun to show off some silver coins
@Silverpicker
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Charlie! Glad you enjoyed :)
Yes good thanks
Business minted coins no longer have silver. Current collectors' set do have silver. Great informative video.
Thanks idol🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌
I would definitely like to see more videos like this. I just got started and went to the bank I usually go to for years, and found out that I had to specially order some of my coin rolls and they start out at $1000 😣
@Silverpicker
8 жыл бұрын
More content coming soon! If you can scrape together the cash you can get the $1000, search it, and bring it back to the bank the same day. Just keep the silver you find.
@charliemacreviews
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome slow and steady collect what you like
To make it even easier, the following coin types hold the following silver weight in troy ounces. Just multiply by silver spot price. Uncirculated Dimes hold .07234 troy ounces. Circulated .0715 troy ounces Uncirculated Quarters hold .18084 troy ounces. Circulated .1787 troy ounces Uncirculated Halves hold .36169 troy ounces. Circulated .3575 troy ounces Uncirculated Dollars hold .77334 troy ounces.
yes so awesome more I likeeeee
I'm new any tips are helpful thanks!
I can't believe that this video has so many views when videos from silversearcher only have 10000!
Buen vídeo
@Silverpicker
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!
I have a small collection i have done over the years. I have worked at a gas station for the past 6 years and only learned about silver coins in the last few years. In case i wanted to get the most out of my collection what’s the best way to go about selling it? I’m not in a hurry but I wouldn’t mind learning if i have a super rare one lol but i would love to see if my collection is worth more keeping/selling together or individually. Very informational video.
@Silverpicker
4 жыл бұрын
Best place to sell your stuff is either eBay or Craigslist in my opinion
Okay, will do. I'll come back and let you know how things turned out.
Nice ! Helpful too ...I enjoy coin for there beautiful details and workmanship .. Looks like you have quite a few to enjoy (Y)
On a money roll what is an ender and what is the significance?
Washington half dollar 1942 are worth to keep it ?
what is the metal at 1:22? I found something that looks identical to this.
I have some of that Dime,pennies,and US philippine coins, how can i sell it?
Thank you for your help. I just started this hobby but I saw a video and a guy found a 2019w quarter and got excited. I looked in my pocket and actually had one and a steel penny. What is so good about them and are they worth anything? Any help would be appreciated
@Silverpicker
4 жыл бұрын
The 2019w quarter is prob worth $10, depending on the condition. The 1943 steel cent is only worth about 10 cents though. Nice finds!
@lifeorliberty3086
4 жыл бұрын
@@Silverpicker thank you.
@jplifts3008
3 жыл бұрын
Man your lucky. I haven’t found a steel penny in my change yet.
@handyscapersllc
Жыл бұрын
If you find a 1944 steel penny it's worth over $100,000
When I was a baby I loved coins
Sir i got 1965 dime of pres.roosevelt ;how is the prevailing value?
@YoloBagels
6 жыл бұрын
Ten cents.
So from my general understanding as of 2023...Silver is a very limited resource..to mine.
1934 was the last year they minted silver dollars for circulation…
All of my nickels (including post 1964) have the silver rimming. What does this mean?
@Silverpicker
2 жыл бұрын
Nickels are made of nickel. The rules outlined in this video do not apply
@SomeGuyOnYT
2 жыл бұрын
@@Silverpicker ah I see, thank you
What about nikles from 1964?
Nickels are not silver even if before 1964?
If the US Mint did not make coins out of silver anymore , why do I have a CT and a GA quarter
@Silverpicker
5 жыл бұрын
Do you know what an non sequitur is?
@thehhmfilms6785
5 жыл бұрын
@@Silverpicker no
more more
The mint does stll make silver coins... just not common coins.
@Silverpicker
7 жыл бұрын
True. Fair point. This video, however, only focuses on business strike coins
Just started collecting silver, myself. Up to ten ounces. Also have a few ounces of gold. I simply buy the coins for the silver value and not the numismatic value. Silver is silver.
@Silverpicker
7 жыл бұрын
I like your style man! Keep it up!
I don't see war nickel
What about nickels
@Silverpicker
4 жыл бұрын
There is definitely an opportunity with war nickels
Can I buy anything from you
@Silverpicker
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Veronica! I have a ton of stuff available now. Email me at thesilverpicker@gmail.com and we can discuss!
So should I get rid of my 1964 nickels
@Silverpicker
3 жыл бұрын
What's the point of keeping them?
@delgado2x
3 жыл бұрын
@@Silverpicker idk are they worth keeping
Silver isnt the problem the money system is
never mind
nickels 1942-1945 are %35 silver
I'm a boob, so I can't collect any