Any silver coin having its value primarily from the silver it contains is considered to be a bullion coin and as such many of them have "silver bullion" on them.
Always buy coins, well known and collected coins such as the American Silver Eagle or the Canadian Maple leaf. They sell for a small premium above spot silver price, but are much easier to liquidate...
Until the end of WW1, many countries minted silver coins with a high silver content, usually 90% or more.
In 1919/20, there was a sharp increase in the price of silver and many countries reduced the...
Dimes, Quarters, Halves and Dollar Coins minted before 1965 are 90% silver. To find the value, Take the current silver spot price and multiply by .715. That is what $1.00 face value is worth in...
Strictly speaking U.S. coin silver is 900 fine (90%), so 800 fine doesn't fit the category. However other countries have made coins from 800 fine silver so in a more general sense it is coinage...
Because silver is far too expensive. Coins used to contain silver until about 1920 in the UK, 1965 in the U.S., and 1968 in Canada. Since then they are made from a mixture of copper and nickel, so...