Nashville Coin & Currency News

  Pre-1965 US 90% Silver Dimes, Quarters & Halves Often referred to as "Junk Silver", these are United States silver dimes, quarters and half dollars that were in circulation as pocket change back the 1960's and before.  These coins are all dated 1964 & before and were made of 90% Silver with 10% Copper added for durability in circulation.  Since they were made by the US Mint, their silver quality is always totally consistent and recognized worldwide.  These coins are sold by the Dollar Face Value (One Dollar face value is either 10-dimes, or 4-quarters or 2-half dollars), and each Dollar face value contains about 3/4 of an ounce of Silver.  The US 90% Junk Silver Coins are very recognizable and popular due to their small individual size.  "Preppers" often buy these for potential bartering because you can just count out whatever quantity of the small pieces you need for the barter transaction. Their Premium above their base silver value is usually r...

One of the more common questions we receive is about the value of World War 2 era foreign paper currency that our customers have run across as they go through the belongings of an older family member.  Usually, these notes were brought back to the States by soldiers returning from the war. As the soldiers were clearing out buildings and towns in WW2, they often came across paper currency like French Francs, German Marks, Italian Lire, etc. By the time the war started, many of those bills were already obsolete and no longer legal tender to spend due to monetary changes or changes of governments. The original owners had kept them hoping they would one day have value again, much like people kept Confederate currency after the Civil War ended on the hopes that the South would rise again and the notes would once again have value. Some, like the Philippines and nearby Pacific Islands, were issued by the Japanese because they thought they would control those islands forever. When t...

  Here's an overview of our best selling gold bullion items. Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Issued since 1979, this coin is 24k pure gold to a fineness of .9999  It's available in five sizes: 1oz, 1/2oz, 1/4oz, 1/10oz and 1/20oz. The Gold Maple Leaf is exceptionally popular and is traded all throughout the world.  Americans like them because Canada is a trusted neighbor and the coins are denominated in Dollars.  Being 24k pure gold, these coins are especially popular in the Orient as the Asians typically don't buy bullion coins that contain any alloy.   Starting in 2015, the Royal Canadian Mint implemented several anti-counterfeiting features in the Gold Maples.  The radial lines running throughout the background is notable, but also note the micro-printing of the issue year inside of the miniature maple leaf next to the large maple leaf.  Because the Maples are pure 24k gold, they are soft and should be kept in their protective sleeves to prevent scrat...

Nashville Coin & Currency's President, Mike Mouret, will appear on Nashville's WSMV NBC Television Station show, "More at Midday", on Tuesday April 17. Tune in to check it out! If you have questions about rare coins, currency or precious metals, use our website's contact us/feedback link at: www.NashvilleCoin.com .

Gold hits $1400 per ounce. Less than a dozen years ago, gold was trading at a multi-decade low of $260 per troy ounce. The events of September 11, 2001 set into motion a series of events that can be traced as the origin of today’s world record price of $1,400.00 per ounce. Up over $300 per ounce in the past year alone, and with recent actions and announcements by the US Federal Reserve, it seems that gold wants to test even higher levels. $2,000 gold anyone? Gold was up over 25% in the last year. Is this normal? Will it continue? We get questions like these every day, but polish our crystal ball as we may, no magic answers appear! But what we do know is that like any other commodity, the price of precious metals is cyclical and runs in phases. For many of the years between 1982 and 2002, the price of gold hovered consistently in the $400 range. Boring and almost lifeless, often called “a relic of the past”, gold was looked down upon by the mainstream investing media. But...

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