This is a free silver scrap calculator app. Calculate the estimated melt value of your scrap silver coins, plates, flatware, jewelry and any other silver item.
Enter the weight and silver purity, to estimate how much your silver is worth. You don’t need to enter the current silver spot price because it’s already added and updated automatically by the calculator.
Enter a decimal, percentage, or fineness mark.
Estimated Scrap Silver Value
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This calculator estimates the theoretical melt value of silver. Actual dealer offers may be lower because of refining costs,
testing, handling, and dealer margins. Our silver scrap calculator does not calculate collectible or numismatic value of your silver coinage.
Does This Silver Scrap Calculator Service Calculate the Melt Value of Silver Items Based on Updated Silver Spot Price From Today?
Yes, this silver scrap calculator service calculates the melt value of silver items based on today’s silver spot price. The spot price of silver is tracked and regularly/automatically updated.
Does This Silver Scrap Calculator App Calculate the Melt Value of Silver Coins?
Yes, this silver scrap calculator app calculates the melt value of silver coins. Calculate the worth of silver in your coins by filling in the silver purity filed and other required fields of this calculator app.
Below are examples of silver coins and junk silver coins people melt for their silver content.
- 90% Silver Washington Quarters (1932–1964). These quarters contain 90% silver and 10% copper, with ~0.1808 troy ounces of pure silver per coin.
- 90% Silver Franklin Half Dollars (1948–1963). These half dollars contain 90% silver and 10% copper, with `0.3617 troy ounces of pure silver per coin.
- 90% Silver Kennedy Half Dollars (1964). These Kennedy half dollars contain 90% silver and 10% copper, with ~0.3617 troy ounces of pure silver per coin.
- 90% Silver Roosevelt Dimes (1946–1964). These dimes contain 90% silver and 10% copper, with ~0.0723 troy ounces of pure silver per coin.
- 90% Silver Mercury Dimes (1916–1945). These dimes contain 90% silver and 10% copper, with ~0.0723 troy ounces of pure silver per coin.
- 90% Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollars (1916–1947). These half dollars contain 90% silver and 10% copper, with ~0.3617 troy ounces of pure silver per coin.
Does This Silver Scrap Calculator App Calculate the Melt Value of Silver Plates, Flatware and Jewelry Regardless of Silver Alloy and Purity?
Yes, this silver scrap calculator app calculates the melt value of silver plates, flatware and jewelry regardless of silver alloy and purity. Calculate the worth of silver in your jewelry items, plates and flatware by filling in the silver purity filed and other required fields of this calculator app.
You can check the silver purity of your objects by looking for silver hallmarks. Most silver jewelry, plates and flatware have clearly visible hallmarking stamps, usually in inconspicuous places.
See below the table with most common silver alloys alongside the common hallmarks used to label these types of silver.
| Silver types | Hallmarks | Purity | Melt price worth estimate |
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| Fine Silver | 999, .999, or 999/1000 | 99.9% | Near 100% |
| Silver Argentium | Winged unicorn symbol alongside purity marks like “935” or “960.” | 93.5-96% | Very high |
| Britannia Silver | The symbol of Britannia and “958”. | 95.8% | Very high |
| Sterling Silver | 925, Ster, Sterling, or Sterling Silver | 92.5% | Very high |
| 900 Silver (Coin Silver) | A “900” numerical stamp. | 90% | Very high |
| 875 Silver (Zolotnik) | An “875” stamp, the distinctive Soviet “head with hammer” or Kokoshnik stamp. | 87.5% | Medium to high |
| 830 Silver (Scandinavian Silver) | “830”, sometimes with an “S” (“830S”) | 83% | Medium to high |
| 800 Silver (European or Continental Silver) | “800” stamped directly on the item, or within an oval or other shape | 80% | Medium to high |
| 720 Silver (Silver Decoplata) | “720” or “0.720”engraved on the 720 silver item. | 72% | Medium |
| 500 Silver | “500” | 50% | Low |
Does This Silver Scrap Calculator Work on Mobile Phones?
Yes, this silver scrap calculator works on mobile phones, including Android and iPhones. It also works in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK…
Does This Silver Scrap Calculator Calculate the Amount of Elemental Silver in Everyday Objects?
No, this silver scrap calculator doesn’t calculate the amount of elemental silver in everyday objects. Elemental silver is a soft, white, lustrous transition metal with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. It’s impossible to tell the percentage of elemental silver in an example object. Only a chemist could tell you that after analyzing said object. Our scarp silver calculator shows you the melt value, price and worth of silver object where you know how much silver is present in said object and you know the current spot price of silver.
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Nikola Roza
Nikola Roza is the owner of Nikola Roza- Everything You Can Learn About Precious Metals. He writes for people who love precious metals and jewelry and who're interested in adding gold, silver platinum and palladium to their Gold IRAs and retirement portfolios.
