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Washington Silver Quarter (pre-1965)
1964 and earlier Washington quarters are 90% silver. 1965 and later are copper-nickel clad: look for the copper stripe on the edge.
Melt is the floor: what the metal alone is worth today. A coin's collector value can be higher (date, mint mark, condition). It is rarely lower.
A dealer's buy price sits under both melt and retail on purpose — that spread is the margin that keeps the doors open. Ours is listed openly instead.
What makes one worth more than melt
- 1932-D and 1932-S (the first year, lower mintage) are genuine collector dates. Check the mint mark under the eagle before you sort it into the melt pile.
- Everything else 1932–1964 is an honest melt coin. That's not a knock: melt at today's spot is still real money.
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