How it works
Three steps. Nothing else to learn.
Photograph it, then tell us what it is
Front and back photos are kept in this session for your records. Identification is guided — denomination, design, year, mint mark, confirmed by you against a 131-coin catalogue — the US, Canadian and world-bullion series that actually fill inherited jars. That human confirmation is exactly how the “wrong year, wrong price” errors of photo apps get avoided.
Confirm what’s stamped on it
Year, mint mark, condition — already filled in, one tap to correct. This single step is what kills the “wrong year, wrong price” errors other apps make.
Read the verdict, keep the sheet
Every coin lands in one of three piles with three sourced numbers. When the jar is done, take the one-page dealer sheet to two dealers and compare.
No black box
How each number is derived
Every verdict shows the same three labelled figures, computed the same way for every user.
Pure arithmetic: the coin’s catalogue metal content × today’s spot price. A 1964 quarter holds 0.1808 ozt of silver, so its floor moves only when silver moves. After silver’s ~148% rise in 2025 (Perth Mint), this floor alone re-priced every pre-1965 US silver coin — and every inherited jar.
What comparable coins in the confirmed condition were asked for in Oct 2026 — dealer asking prices, published price guides and observed sales, checked Oct 24, 2026 and shown as a range with its source. Stored once per coin type and condition, never generated fresh per scan, which is why re-scans can’t drift from $1 to $80. Where no verified range exists, the figure is labelled an estimate in place.
No major dealer publishes a standing buy list — sell-to-us prices are quoted by phone — so every dealer figure here is an estimate, shown as “dealer might pay ~$X–$Y”, never a firm bid. The method is stated per coin: common US silver is inferred at 75–90% of melt from an observed dealer buy/sell pair; collectible coins are derived at 60–70% of the retail range per published dealer-margin rules; Canadian silver comes from published per-$1-face buy sheets. Knowing that band before you walk in is the difference between accepting a lowball and recognising one.
Try it on a real coin: sort your first coin — free.