Pre-1965 dimes, quarters, halves are 90% silver — "junk silver" means common-date circulated, not worthless. Buy at a small discount to melt, sell at or slightly above; margins are single-digit percentages; the business is volume. Melt-plus zone (better dates, modest premium) is the weekend dealer's sweet spot.
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