What Will The Dealer Say? (Melt Value Silver)

Take them out of the rolls and just put them in a bag.

You won't hurt melters selling for X face.

Most likely just dumped into a coin counter. Or for such a small amount perhaps just small stacks on the sales counter.

You are not the first to have this situation, but perhaps you should balance them. Any extremely worn or thinner coins should be mixed between the two rolls instead of being all on one side just for sake or argument. I doubt it will be any issue no matter how you present them. Silver pre-64 buys and sell for X face all day. Thick, Thin, AG, or BU it rarely matters.

I guess that's the main reason I was keeping them in stacks... you can spot clad a mile away if you can loot at the edge.

Thanks, guys, you've helped a lot!

I was not intending any insult with my referencing a couple rolls of quarters as being a small amount. My apologies if there was some confusion with my post in your thread. I wish you the best on your sale.

Both the dealers I use prefer you to bring in the coins loose not rolled they just run them through a counter and pay based on the number of coins. The more coins you bring the better the deal.

Thanks for the warning, carl. If you know anyone who will give me more than $118.50 for a roll of silver Washington quarters, I will deliver! The only ones even close to MS are 1963 and 1964. These go for $125/roll on ebay (before fees). The blue book lists their wholesale at ~$120/roll. They were already sorted by years - nothing before 1940.

I've also go Roosevelt dimes, nothing near MS. Blue Book says $60/roll. ebay $65/roll. Melt Value: $59.25/roll.

I think I'm doing my due diligence here, but if I'm wrong I will not be offended to be corrected. (And I'll be asking about a lot more stuff as I go along... if I can't take advice on Wash. quarters and Roos. dimes, I may be in trouble.) Let me know if you think there's something else I need to be looking for, but my research so far says these are worth more for their metal than their collectibility, and I've checked several places for the best buy quote. But if you disagree I would love the advice... post here or send me a PM.

By all means check all the dates first. If they are junk silver, remember silver is up again recently.

$18.67/oz is the current spot price as I type. That's over 13X face for junk silver. .715 X $18.67 = 13.35 X face for melt. You should be able to get $130 out of a 40 coin roll of junk silver today.

The dealer's offer is not bad at all and back to your original question: No worries - dealers should know the roll size varies.

I am confused. The Red Book lists most quarters and halves even in good condition at individual prices way beyond the silver value. Who would pay $8 for a worn Washington quarter? What good is it except to melt as nobody I know collects series in just good condition?