LuckyCoin Weekly — August 11, 2026
Silver cleared $65.87 an ounce this week — a 13.1% move in seven days — and if you've been sitting on a cigar box of 90% halves, your stack just got meaningfully heavier. A single 90% silver half dollar now carries $23.83 in melt value, up $2.76 from last week alone. Gold and palladium joined the party too, but silver was the week's standout story for collectors holding circulated pre-1965 coinage.
Metals Snapshot
| Gold | $4,403.22/oz | +8.6% |
| Silver | $65.87/oz | +13.1% |
| Platinum | $1,753.76/oz | +7.5% |
| Palladium | $1,376.19/oz | +8.8% |
That 13.1% silver surge pushed an American Silver Eagle's melt value to $65.87 — up $7.62 in a single week — meaning spot and melt are now essentially the same number. On the gold side, a 1 oz Gold Eagle crossed $4,403.22 in melt, a $349.45 week-over-week gain that would have seemed staggering just a few months ago.
Melt Values
| 90% Silver DimesBarber, Mercury, Roosevelt | $4.76 | +$0.55 |
| 90% Silver QuartersBarber, Standing Liberty, Washington | $11.91 | +$1.38 |
| 90% Silver Half DollarsWalking Liberty, Franklin, Kennedy '64 | $23.83 | +$2.76 |
| Morgan / Peace Dollar | $50.94 | +$5.90 |
| American Silver Eagle1 troy oz | $65.87 | +$7.62 |
| Gold Eagle (1 oz) | $4,403.22 | +$349.45 |
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