Canadian Coin Melt Value & Precious Metal Calculator

Select a coin to calculate value.

How the Canadian Coin Melt Value Calculator Works

This calculator estimates the melt value of Canadian coins, which is the value of the metal they contain. Choose a denomination and a year series, then enter a quantity. CoinData shows the metal content for that series and applies the metal prices loaded by the calculator to estimate the bullion value of your coins.

Canadian coinage has been struck in several metals. Earlier dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars were struck in silver, with reduced-silver issues in 1967 and 1968, and base-metal coins followed. The 1858 twenty-cent coin is included alongside the other denominations. Because the metal content changes by year, the calculator asks for the year series before it calculates anything.

Melt value is only the starting point. Metal prices rise and fall, so the estimate changes with them, and a coin's collector value can be far higher than its metal value because of its date, variety, rarity and grade. To research what a coin may be worth to collectors, use the Canadian coin value database for verified realized sale prices, check the Canadian coin rarity database for key dates and mintages, or search Canadian coin varieties and errors by keyword.