Silver
Bullion
In the precious metals industry, bullion refers to
precious metals like silver in a tradable form. Will
very high purity contents. Both bullion bars and coins
are valued by the amount of the metal contained, plus
a small premium for minting; they have little or no
numismatic / rarity value.
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Silver
American Eagles.
Silver
American Eagles are the official silver
bullion coins of the United States. Produced
by the U.S. Mint, each coin contains one
ounce of pure silver. |
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World
Silver Bullion Coins.
Many countries around the world produce
one-ounce silver coins. These coins include
Canadian
Maple Leafs and Mexican
Libertads. |
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Silver
Rounds.
Silver
rounds are one-ounce silver pieces produced
by private mints. They carry no legal tender
value in any nation. |
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Silver
Bars.
Like silver rounds, silver
bars are produced by private mints.
Also referred to as ingots, bars come in
sizes ranging from 1- to 1,000-oz. |
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Junk
Silver.
Commonly referred to as “junk
silver”, this form consists of
bags of legal tender United States silver
coinage. Junk silver bags are comprised
of either 40%
or 90%
silver. |
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To learn more about coins whose value rises for reasons
in addition to just their bullion value, please visit
our Historic U.S.
Silver Coins and Modern
Silver Proofs sections.
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