While eagle-eyed numismatists tend to scoop up rare and valuable coins, junk coins can be easily identified by even the most novice coin collector.

If your coins are not rare and you want to sell them for scrap gold or silver, a local metals buyer, pawn shop or jeweler can ...

These are 90% silver coins minted before 1965, as referenced above. “Junk silver” as a category represents coinage from their period which holds “no collectible or numismatic value ...