Silver Content And Value Of 1976 Montreal Olympic Coins

We receive many coins and many people interested in selling their coins every week, some people have old Canadian coinage, some people have old US coinage.  One fairly common question we get is: How much  are 1976 Montreal Olympic silver coins worth?

Olympic coins come in one of either two ways, firstly they come in  sealed in plastic cases, secondly they come in loose form with no protection.  There are many  different styles (27 in total), and in the case of the 1976 Montreal Olympics 2 denominations, namely $5 and $10 silver coins.

For the 1976 Montreal Olympics there 14 different styles of $5 Silver coins and 13 different style $10 Silver coins.  The picture below shows 2 of the $5 variety and 2 of the $10 variety:

Top Left: 1976 Montreal $10 'Head Of Zeus | Top Right: 1976 Montreal $10 'Temple Of Zeus' | Bottom Left: 1976 Montreal $5 'Athlete With Torch' | Bottom Right: 1976 Montreal $5 'Olympic Rings'

Prices Paid For $5 And $10 Montreal Olympic Silver Coins

The silver content and value of 1976 Montreal Olympic coins are determined by their weight and make up, the $5 coins weigh 24.3 grams each and the $10 coins weigh 48.6 grams each. Many people think these coins hold great value but unfortunately many of them were produced and many sets still exist so we purchase them for their value as far as sterling silver goes, this may change in the future as these coins become more rare, they will also increase in value as the price of silver continues to rise.

For the $5 coins at the time of this writing we were paying 71 cents per gram for sterling silver so the $5 coin fetched the price of $17.25 for each coin and the $10 coin fetched $34.50 per coin.  The price of 1976 Olympic coins depends on their size and weight.

Types Of 1976 Montreal Olympic Silver Coins:

The table below lists the different types of sterling silver coins produced for the 1976 Olympics and their weights and their composition: