LuckyCoin Weekly — September 29, 2026
Silver shed 7.7% this week, dragging every 90% coin in your collection down with it. A Morgan or Peace dollar melt value fell $3.93 to $46.98 — that's real money evaporating from a roll of junk you might have been planning to sell. Gold wasn't spared either, off 4.2% to $4,152.02, making this one of the rougher seven-day stretches precious metals have seen all year.
Metals Snapshot
| Gold | $4,152.02/oz | -4.2% |
| Silver | $60.75/oz | -7.7% |
| Platinum | $1,690.20/oz | -6.7% |
| Palladium | $1,215.27/oz | -7.3% |
The silver slide hit American Silver Eagles hardest in dollar terms: melt dropped $5.09 to $60.75, which is now exactly spot — zero numismatic cushion on a coin that usually trades with a premium. Meanwhile, 90% halves lost $1.84 each, meaning a roll of 20 just shed $36.80 in melt value alone.
Melt Values
| 90% Silver DimesBarber, Mercury, Roosevelt | $4.39 | -$0.37 |
| 90% Silver QuartersBarber, Standing Liberty, Washington | $10.98 | -$0.92 |
| 90% Silver Half DollarsWalking Liberty, Franklin, Kennedy '64 | $21.97 | -$1.84 |
| Morgan / Peace Dollar | $46.98 | -$3.93 |
| American Silver Eagle1 troy oz | $60.75 | -$5.09 |
| Gold Eagle (1 oz) | $4,152.02 | -$182.28 |
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