If you are interested in buying silver coins, here are four basic types as listed by the United States Gold Bureau (USGB). These are 90% silver coins minted before 1965, as referenced above.

A hoard of 1,000-year-old silver coins unearthed in Cumbria ... “The British Museum states that coins of these types were produced in large quantities during the late 10th Century at a time ...

When this coin was found in 2016 in an old cabinet in the Netherlands, its owner was unsure of its historical significance for it was in a pasteboard box that simply said “Silver token unknown ...

A dig near the hamlet of Hezingen uncovered 190 treasures at the former pagan site dating back to the 8th century, where the ...