The U.S. Coin Melt Value Calculator, located below, can figure the total base metal value and
total base metal content of a single United States circulating coin, or a combination of different types and
quantities of U.S. circulating coins. This application will only compute what the base metal content, of your
coins, is worth (intrinsic value), and is not able to determine any numismatic (collector) value.
You may utilize the U.S. coin calculator to find out how much the base metal content of your coins are worth,
based on the daily spot price of that metal, or by another value of your choice.
(Instructions Below)
The coins featured in this application are all modern United States issue, struck as circulating U.S.
coinage. If you’re looking to calculate the value of the older Silver U.S. coins, then use the
U.S. Silver Coin Melt Value Calculator.
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 apps, 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 calculated based on the U.S. Dollar amount displayed in the Copper, Manganese, Nickel &
Zinc price text boxes. The default price is updated periodically throughout the trading day. You can change any of the Base Metals
Prices to values of your choice.
The U.S. coin calculator figures total base metal value and total base metal content based on the amount of respective base metals
contained in uncirculated coins that have no wear. A circulated coin, that does have some wear, will not contain as much metal. You may want
to indicate a percentage of that wear in the Amount of wear text box. A value greater than the default of 0 (zero), will reduce the total
metal value and total metal weight results accordingly.
