LuckyCoin Weekly — September 22, 2026
Silver jumped 3.1% this week, and if you're holding a roll of '64 halves, that move just added $0.71 per coin to their melt value — now $23.81 each. With a Morgan or Peace dollar sitting at $50.92 in melt alone, the floor under your silver stack keeps rising, and the gap between melt and retail on common-date coins is worth watching closely.
Metals Snapshot
| Gold | $4,334.30/oz | +0.9% |
| Silver | $65.83/oz | +3.1% |
| Platinum | $1,812.15/oz | +1.9% |
| Palladium | $1,310.53/oz | +0.6% |
Silver's weekly gain drove the American Silver Eagle melt value up $1.97 to $65.83 — exactly spot, since the Eagle is one full troy ounce of .999 fine. Gold's quieter +0.9% push still added $36.61 to a one-ounce Gold Eagle's melt, bringing it to $4,334.30.
Melt Values
| 90% Silver DimesBarber, Mercury, Roosevelt | $4.76 | +$0.14 |
| 90% Silver QuartersBarber, Standing Liberty, Washington | $11.90 | +$0.36 |
| 90% Silver Half DollarsWalking Liberty, Franklin, Kennedy '64 | $23.81 | +$0.71 |
| Morgan / Peace Dollar | $50.92 | +$1.52 |
| American Silver Eagle1 troy oz | $65.83 | +$1.97 |
| Gold Eagle (1 oz) | $4,334.30 | +$36.61 |
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