!! ALERT !! The problem with stacking Constitutional Silver 

The only problem I'm having stacking Constitutional Silver is I can't get enough of it. Huge fan of the Merc dimes and non kennedy halfs.

Shops I have bought from will allow me to pick the coins I want and thus I can avoid the worn out ones.

EVERYTHING IS DATED THEY DON'T MAKE ANYMORE 1964 DIMES AND MOST USEFUL FOR BARTER AND THAT DAY IS COMING.

Silver is Silver. Stack what you can.

90% is my favorite metal to stack

Love the Franklins. Hands down my favorite 90% constitutional. Recognizable and 1 of 2 people on Constitutional that was not a president! Hamilton the other!

I'll take those problems you mentioned any time. And when the crap hits the fan, no one is going to give a crap about whether a coin is graded or not. They just want the silver weight.

90% silver coin roll hunting. It is like finding buried treasure.

Tip for new stackers who may be struggling to afford gold and silver: work a side gig (I bought a skid steer and earn extra money using it) or a part-time second job and put 100% of the proceeds into precious metals. When you work on a day off and can buy Constitutional silver or fractional gold that same afternoon, the additional work is a no brainer.

What I think it is, is the best way to stack “fractional” silver - if people want to do that. Paying the premiums on fractional bullion just doesn’t make since. Also if you have a LCS, (like mine), you can sift through the bin for the 1960-1964 stuff (but I have also found very little wear on many coins from the 1950s. Once you dip into the coins 1940s and earlier I have seen crazy wear.

Very informative video, especially for new stackers. Your showing the silver loss of older issues vs. newer by stack height levels is a perfect example of a picture being worth a thousand words! Like you, I love constitutional silver, especially Mercs and Walkers. Keep up the good work, my friend!

Love the video stateside. I'm a big constitutional stacker as well. Love the videos. Keep it up brother.

When I first started stacking 90%, my LCS asked me which halves I preferred. I said walkers just because in my mind I thought they were cooler because they were older. Just recently, I was going through my stack and was miffed because my stack of walkers looked like it was missing a few coins compared to my Kennedys and Franklins. I quickly realized it's because they are older and more worn. Great video as always, my brother!

I stack all types of silver depending on the cost since I'm looking for the most at the cheapest price. I have quite a bit of 90% in my stack and buy it frequently. I live in the Chicago area and visit several LCS and shows regularly. All sell by face value near me. I actually prefer that for the reason you mentioned. If you have a lot of the older silver that is worn quite a bit, it better to sell it by face value rather than by the weight. Also, while I like the Franklins and Mercuries, if I find the Kennedys and Roosevelts at the same price, I buy them since they usually have a little more silver to them since they are usually not as worn.

i work in a coin store. no one that i know of sells junk silver by weight. everyone sells by dollar face. it is your responsibility to pick the best from the pile. the best coins are sold in the collectibles. i myself only buy franklin halves and mercury dimes.

I concur. I have a few pre-65 coins. The majority are from my Father's secret stash, and from the tellers at my small-town bank from about 1970 until they rarely were in the teller's coin racks. I am old enough to remember getting dime and quarters in my change. Over time, those situations became rarer. As usual, your topics are chock full of excellent opinions and logic.

I like having a tube of each of the main types.. But %99 of the time I buy AU or xf and it's one of 4 coins ( Morgan Dollar, peace dollar, Walking Half, Mercury dime)... Or I'll buy a BU if I can find them for an okay price.... I stick them into caps and I put it into my stack... I think I have four tubes of Dimes and then two of any of the other type which is my SHTF tubes of bartering money,... but most of the time I rather just get something that is of somewhat quality and save them to pass down to the kids or whatever... silver price is going up you're going to make much more money on them... there's only three things that have held its own against inflation over the last three 400 years which is gold and silver, fine art, and real estate /land.... and when you have things that hold history and are kind of like Fine Art / collectible that are gold / silver... you're hitting two of those three legs at the same time.... anyways that's how it was taught to me by my grandfather years ago, just made sense..... Anyways, thought I'd share my two cents for what it's worth lol... Take care boss 😎✌️

Good video! New sub. Stay safe out there young man! 😠👍

I did a Guardhouse box of Mercury Dimes ($250 face/50 Rolls) I removed most of the slicks, I will say weight is much more important then height of rolls. The rim edge wares first and makes some stacks look lighter then they are, they flatten out. When the image is worn thats when loss mostly happens. A dollar (10) silver dimes is minted with 0.723 troy ounces of silver. The industry uses 0.715 to account for normal ware. i made sure all my rolls were 3.93 troy ounces or more (3.57 silver times 1.1 for 10% copper). So a good scale ($40) is a must IMO

I have avoided the ware by purchasing only mercury dimes and standing liberty halves that are in really good shape. I believe people will sometimes prefer older coins as they are slightly more collectable. Besides,it only becomes an issue if the coins are going to be melted. I intend on spending them or using them to barter,so I prefer older coins in good shape.

Great video very informative thanks for sharing. Constitutional silver is a great way to stack for your long term investing. I always recommend stacking all denominations from 1942-45 35% nickels, dimes to silver dollars.

I have a Roosvelt 90%'er that was bent really really bad along the edge. I put it between 2 flat pieces of steel and stuck it in my vice. Had to pinch a few times, but you can't even tell the edge had a literal "V" bend in it anymore. It is surprising how soft 90% silver still is!

I hold constitutional silver for SHTF. I don’t think the difference in weight will matter at all in SHTF environment. I recommend .999 Troy OZ rounds and bars for maintaining purchasing power and stock and large bars for investing. Keep stacking.

ATTENTION 🚨🚨 when I say buying at FaceValue I’m not saying I’m buying a merc at 10 cent I’m talking about the general 22xFV. Let’s use some common sense people

When the silver value goes above the collecting value of the coins you can pick up some nice coins in AU and BU sometimes.

It's getting harder to find. I go to bi weekly coin shows and it's been nonexistent there for the most part

Anyone looking to buy fractional silver should really look into buying US silver constitutional dimes,quarters and halves. Raw bullion tends to be much more expensive in small fractional increments.

I have several rolls of Barber dimes. Their average weight is 2.27 g. That's almost a 10% loss from wear!

Silver is going to wear off before the copper does, so I buy the "newer stuff" ie rosies, Washington's and Ben's.

LCS's sell Constitutional silver at blank times X but weight it when they buy. So you really get hosed on older date pieces. So I pick through if and when I buy.

So I coin roll hunt ( just Finished a two box hunt, found five 90% ‘ers ) I’m also a bee keeper and convert my profits to Silver, Keep Stackin Bro

thank you stateside for introducing me to American constitutional silver. another fun and interesting video bro my GF and i enjoy watching together. she doesn't think i am such a nerd now that she sees there are others into stacking precious metals out there. lol. i think shes catching the bug herself.

Buy as little or as much as you can…just buy. One coin at a time if you have to but soon you will have a roll. It’s a fantastic savings plan. In a bad spot? Your stack can help you out if needed. Doing super good making huge loads of money? Stack away for that rainy day. Excellent video brother. I love the mercury dimes and Washington quarters myself but all are beautiful

I'm glad to see the constitutional comparison. Showering the wear they get also explains why others call it "Junk Silver". The great thing about it is its recognizable. Since a lot of folks who will take silver do not know the premiums for Art Bars/Rounds or Vintage silver Limited Art print or sets. Even graded like PCGS etc they tend to be attracted to Constitutional silver. Definitely a must have in your stack for sure as a silver collector, investor, hoarder however one chooses to describe their reason for stacking. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

I love Constitutional Silver. I have a few thousand Morgan Dollars; easily the largest percentage of my silver is Constitutional. I just love to think about the history of each coin; marveling about how each coin was held by our ancestry and used as real money.

Very educational. Thank you.

Dimes and quarters for me.

I dumped 90% of my junk silver back in ‘11 when the price was way up there. I just had too much, and with the price up I decided to trade most of it for gold. I’m glad I did in too many ways to count. I’ve bought, and still buy silver bullion since, it’s just in a smaller heap now 😂

My LCS sells all of their 90% @melt. Most are in very nice condition.

Great video sir. I go back and forth from junk silver and rounds depending on premium. I like the junk for the history as you stated yourself but if I were to try to sell some silver to a non-silver stacker I would sell the rounds.I believe it will simplify the transaction and hopefully make it a more comfortable experience for the buyer not feeling they understand the math.

90% will always be apart of my stacks foundation!

When the premiums went up 90% was much more expensive compared to generics. Like anything timing is everything. I sleep well knowing I have it.

Everyone should own some “junk” silver as part of their stack. It’s the SHTF barter currency. I personally own hundreds of dollars “face” of junk.

Getting uncirculated coins is obviously better in terms of weight (and, potentially, numismatic value) but online bullion companies charge a premium that probably offsets the higher silver weight. But this is a great advice if you can pick coins out of a dealer's grab box.

Very interesting.

It is referred to as "junk" for a reason. Someday if and when the price soars or the "shtf" your 90% will take a backseat to .999 as it will need to be refined to .999 and become less desirable and a little harder to sell. One of the reasons you often find mercs or walkers in decent (collectable) condition is most of these are not really desired by collectors any more unless you happen to get extremely lucky and happen across a key date. As a very long time stacker it is a good idea to put away some 90%, but please don't get overly caught up with it. .999 is the way to go!

Tomorrow I'm binge watching your videos. Time to learn about some junk!

Well-presented and very informative 🙏🏾

The 15 oz bar looks awesome definitely on my list

When I can buy it at 20 times face from my LCS I see no issue with constitutional silver lol

Good info. Sometimes I’ll decide which to pick either Constitutional silver or generic rounds to whoever has the better price equaling an ounce of silver. By the way, where did you buy your clear screwtop cap tubes? I have one and I can’t remember where I bought it from.

I have some constitutional silver and I like it. Its good for fractional silver and making change in a barter situation. I do not like the war nickels or halves that are not at least 90% silver. I agree with the weight difference in the older coinage. Even with the higher premiums I think silver eagles are the way to go. I just picked up another tube of the 2024 Eagles. For looks I like the type 1 silver eagle over the type 2 but the type 2 are cheaper right now.

Cool comparison video 😎

I know I’ve mentioned before, but another problem is if you’re outside US, constitutional silver is not widely recognised and therefore not desirable. Me being in Australia when it comes to fractional I just stack 1/10oz and different gram bars, be it 1, 2, 5 etc. But of course the premium Is higher on these. So geography definitely plays a large part as well is what I’m saying. Great video

New subscriber here.

My only question about constitutional silver is why I would choose to stack it over 9.99 silver?

Woah I'm early to this one, glad RU-vid knows what I want to watch! I might do a silver video at some point! Any recommendations of what I should do? I don't make too many vids ahahah

The reason why i stack 90% is because im a numismatist first silver stacker next. So i buy large lots of coins for my collection, to sell and my stack. So when i buy lots or collections I pay 75% of the market value. So i often get lots of junk silver under spot sometimes i pay a little extra for the silver. Like 80%. Thats how i stack ive never bought silver rounds in my life lol but I have like 100lbs of silver coins (exaggerating). The reason i don't sell my silver coins is because the margins are very slim and the price changes constantly. Im in a good position that I can just sell on eBay and don't have to deal with bullion.

What’s sad is likely how much bu coinage was melted in the late 70’s tho 😮😢 all them Carson city coins 😭

Love the constitutional silver. Pure history and beautiful to look at. Awsome video bro.

not a problem if you have a scale, right 🤔

Good vid!

I’d rather have .999 however to each their own.

Appreciate the side by (State)side comparison. I’ve seen other stackers do similar, but not this well. It’s so much better when you see the Ag as it’s weighed; great eye candy. Thanks for the tips!

Good content to start a day off with$$

What's the face value of the 'junk silver' bar in the back? 😅

It's great to stack if you're on a budget. I'd recommend it if you're more of a traditional coin collector such as myself rather than buying rounds and bars with high premiums. Like the saying goes, silver is silver.

Do have any recommendations on a place online for pure silver coins?

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Most Americans own only a little amount of gold and silver, is this wise or foolish? I think God would say foolish.

Isnt that just another name for"Junk" which i cannot stand that name because i think there is no junk even nickels are almost 2 each now 35% silver

I have gone over all of my 90% silver and removed all of the problem coins you refer to in this video. No slicks, bents, worn to the nub rims and all readable dates. All of my stock is AU to mint state quality. I only trade and sell $1.38 face 90% to the ounce of quality silver. In my opinion junk silver that is not AU or better should just be melted and refined into bars. I knew this was going to be the trend. I acted accordingly and prepared ahead of the curve. My LCS bought my junk coins. I stop in and watch as other people buy up my rejected coins.

Really? I simply by them buy the roll (average circulated) and weigh the roll and since i now the percentage of silver and copper, i simply put in the weight of the role into my spreadsheet, which takes care of the calculations. This lets me know how much silver (or gold) i actually have. I buy constitutional silver for SHTF and not investment. The graded ones and the bullion are separate. Most of my stack is bullion, but i have switched over to constitutional now, because those will be the easiest to use and convert in a time of emergency. It's funny, but i actually count the copper weight in my "junk" silver, because it really does add a little value. Did you know that a plain old nickel has about $0.07 of copper (75%) and nickel (25%). The US Mint looses 40% on every nickel that hits the streets! Thanks for the information!

So if constitutional silver is called junk silver because it’s 90%, would gold eagles and silver eagles also be junk silver because of their purity is not close to.9999 Gold. So everything that the us mint produces is junk silver or gold, only the buffalo is not junk!

Got standing lib quarters for 4 a POP last weekend.

Was that washington quarter you picked a 1945?

I was going to do a video about why I don't like constitutional silver but didn't want all the thumbs down lol Great content keep up the hard work

Do love me some Benjamin’s for some reason. All the rest is melt 😂 👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

There is no way your going to get constitutional silver at face value. Dream on !!!

Surprised

I prefer .999 or .9999 silver or gold .

Statesiddeeeeee

Throw down some barbers halves too. Talk about wear.

I know what it is I'm not crying over the bit of loss. The fact that they don't make these anymore gives it value too. I prefer paying face value because you can get these historical coins for the same price as modern coins without the numismatic value being added to it.

Admin, I'm blocked from liking the video. My comment?

My fellow stacker of shiny metal. Don't BS a bullsh*tter. Please link the shop that sells BU Constitutional silver for the same price as crusty junk coins. If it's a LCS let us know, I'm sure they'll ship. 🤷‍♂️ PS, AU and BU aren't the same thing JSYK.

Mostly collect types & commemorative halves.

It doesn't really matter. I think we are in Revelations in the Bible.

I just add 2 or 3 slicks to the container and call it a correct tube. I'm stacking for ugly weight.

You are the best looking stacker I would bet on it. No rainbow I'm just saying

Height is a poor example of determining wear. In the half dollar example there is a loss of 3.2% between the Walkers and the Kennedys. Yet the stack looks much shorter. This is because the greatest wear occurs on the highest points and the rims. This results in less weight loss of material than the bulk of the coin.

There's too much bullshit trying to figure out quarters and dimes to figure out how much silver equals an ounce to myself and other people

Junk🤙🏽

I am not going to knock anyone that wants Constitutional Silver. i do like it, but I don't stack it. It's nice to get some in good shape, not graded but described fairly. Perfect silver is 3 or 4 nines fine.

Fascinating video. As a noob, can you clarify why you are advocating engaging in an unhealthy addiction? Everyone knows all addictions, especially the unhealthy ones, should be avoided. Also, you stated a shocking con is that you are buying less silver, and performed a very excellent demonstration of how you are buying less or "lost" silver. Why would anyone, knowing this shocking con, want to buy lost silver? Everyone agrees that shocking cons should be avoided. Thanks very much for the clarification.

Constitutional silver is "sexy"! Ha

Way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way too long.

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It's called Junk Silver for a reason... silver it's JUNK !

I don't like Junk silver at all.. as much as you think it's recognizable it's actually not. It's recognizable as change not a silver. 1095 percent of Americans out there they don't look at it this as silver. Good luck convincing somebody otherwise because I have tried it.