How many coins in a ounce of silver

MadMarty

I know this has been asked before, but how many silver coins (scrap) in an ounce of silver?

kryptonitecomics

Depends on the denomination.

MadMarty

Dimes
Quarters
Halfs
Silver Dollars

ARCO

Dimes = 2.5 G total / 90% silver or .0724 ounces or 13.81 dimes per ounce

Quarters = 6.25 G total / .1809 ounces or 5.52 quarters

halves = 12.5 G total / .3618 ounces or 2.76 Halves per ounce

Dollars = 26.73 G total / .7736 ounces or 1.29 Silver dollars per ounce or 20.68 coins per pound of silver (16 Troy ounces)

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tYLER

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Conder101

<< <i>Dollars = 26.73 G total / .7736 ounces or 1.29 Silver dollars per ounce or 20.68 coins per pound of silver (16 Troy ounces) >>



15.48 coins per pound of silver. A pound of silver is 12 troy ounces.

jtryka

40% silver halves contain 0.14792 oz. of silver, or 6.76 40% halves per ounce. A war nickel has 0.05626 oz. so it would take 17.77 of them for an ounce. It's easiest to just calculate the silver value of a dollar's face in silver, always remembering that a silver dollar contains more silver than $1 in smaller denominations. They even quote that price every day in the Wall Street Journal. Today's price was $3.542 (they quote it per $1,000 face as $3,542).