The U.S. Coin Melt Value Calculator, displayed below, will show you the total base metal value
and content of an individual United States circulating coin or a mix of different types and
quantities of U.S. circulating coins. The U.S. coin calculator is for modern non-silver coins,
and will only calculate what the base metal content of your coins is worth (intrinsic value),
and will not determine any numismatic (collector) value.
Use the coin calculator to learn what the base metal content of your coins is worth based on the
spot price of their underlying metals or by another value of your choice.
(Instructions Below)
You may also prefer to try one of the many other calculators from the drop-down menu above.
For U.S. silver coins, use the
Silver Coin Melt Value Calculator. Also, the
Copper Penny Melt Value Calculator and the
Nickel Melt Value Calculator include options to calculate by
rolls, face value, or total weight.
More applications will be added to this website on a regular basis. Be sure to check back often,
or find out how to stay updated when new
tools, features and resources are added.
How to use the U.S. Coin Melt Value Calculator.
Enter the total quantity of coins for each type of U.S. coin in the entire coin lot. Enter your numbers in the corresponding
text boxes to the right of each coin description (blue link). As an alternative, you can simply click on the coin’s picture, or its
link, to increase the value in its text box by 1. The calculator will automatically update the Total Metal Value (in red), whenever
a change is made to the number of coins.
The Total Metal Value is computed based on the U.S. Dollar amount declared in the Copper,
Manganese, Nickel, and Zinc price text boxes. The copper, nickel and zinc
values are derived from the price per pound of those metals, while the manganese value is
figured at the price per metric ton. The default price is updated periodically throughout the
trading day. You can alter any of the Base Metal Prices to values of your choice.
The U.S. coin calculator provides total base metal value and total base metal content figured by
the measure of respective base metals contained in uncirculated coins with no wear. A
circulated coin that does indicate some wear may not have as much metal. You might want to
indicate a percentage of that wear in the "Amount of Wear" text box. A number larger
than the default of 0 (zero), will bring down the total metal value and total metal weight results
accordingly.
