Silver Bullion Coins

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Silver bullion coins are popular with investors because they combine intrinsic value with artistic beauty. They are minted in standardized weights and fineness. The bullion coin bears a face value that is largely symbolic; its true value depends on its gold content and the daily spot price. Below are the top selling silver bullion coins in the world. They sell for a slight premium over the daily spot price of silver. We handle all silver bullion coins available throughout the world, but recommend one of the five listed and shown below. Please call for a consultation at 1-800-574-0047 to understand the various issues with each coin.

1. American Eagle
2. Canadian Maple Leaf
3. Australian Kookaburra
4. Generic Silver Rounds
5. Silver bags 90% Pre-1965

American Eagle Silver Coins
Fineness = 0.999	Size	Diameter	Thickness
	1.0000 Troy oz	40.6 mm	2.98 mm
Since its introduction in 1986, over 70 million American Silver Eagles have been bought by wise collectors and investors. Silver Eagles have become the most popular bullion coin in the world because of its beauty, its quality and the assurance of content by the U.S. Government. The design is based on the famous “Walking Liberty” of Adolph Weinman’s 1916 U.S. half-dollar, widely considered to be one of the most beautiful coins ever minted. Every Silver Eagle is a meticulously crafted work of art, produced to the exacting standards of The United States Mint. By law, all U.S. Silver Eagle bullion coins are struck only from silver mined in the United States.

Canadian Maple Leaf Silver Coins
Fineness = 0.9999	Size	Diameter	Thickness
	1.0000 Troy oz	30.0 mm	2.87 mm
The purest silver coin in regular mintage in the world today is The Canadian Silver Maple Leaf. Its purity of .9999 is guaranteed by The Royal Canadian Mint, whose reputation, world wide is one of impeccable adherence to quality and purity. The national symbol of Canada, a single maple leaf adorns the reverse of this beautiful coin while the obverse bears a sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II. This coin is often the designated choice of discriminating collectors and investors not only because of its innate beauty, but because of the extraordinary purity and quality necessary to meet the standards of The Royal Canadian Mint.

Australian Kookaburra Silver Coins
Fineness = 0.999	Size	Diameter	Thickness
	1.0000 Kilo 10.0000 Troy oz 2.0000 Troy oz 1.0000 Troy oz	101.0 mm 75.5 mm 50.3 mm 40.6 mm	14.60 mm 8.70 mm 4.50 mm 4.00 mm
Australian Kookaburras are the ideal way to start a collection. The Australian Kookaburra pure silver coins give you miniature sculptures of this native Australian bird on a unique precious metal coin. The design changes annually and the 2001 design captures a soaring kookaburra, the largest members of the kingfisher family, superimposed over a map of Australia. The Perth Mint incorporates a delicate proof-like frosting within the central design, making the Kookaburra distinctive among international silver coins. Every buyer of an Australian Kookaburra can be assured of the highest quality from The Perth Mint. The Kookaburra Large Bullion series silver coins are the world’s largest bullion coins.

Silver Rounds
Fineness = 0.999	Size	Diameter	Thickness
	1.0000 Troy oz	38.0 mm	3.0 mm
Various refiners have their own version of a pure silver coin. Pure Silver Rounds are an excellent way to invest in pure silver because their premium above the silver spot price is often less than that of legal tender coins

90% Silver Bags [0.900 Fine Silver Coin Bags]
	Size	Diameter	Thickness
Bags of U.S. circulating legal tender coins (dimes, quarters, half-dollars) containing 90% silver or 40% silver are traded based on silver weight. All bags contain $1,000 face value of the coins and a “90% bag” may contain 10,000 dimes, 4,000 quarters or 2,000 half-dollars or a mixture of dimes, quarters or halves that total $1,000 face value. All “90% coins” are pre-1965 because prior to 1965, all U.S. dimes, quarters and half-dollars were struck from an alloy containing 90% silver and 10% copper. In 1965, at the direction of Congress, the U.S. Mint removed all silver from dimes and quarters. Silver content in half-dollars was reduced to 40%.