If you are interested in silver as an inflation hedge, for barter or sale then check out:
Coinflation.com has great info based on recent silver prices to figure silver coin values. If you are new to silver then remember this. CHINA CURRENTLY MAKES COUNTERFEIT MORGAN SILVER DOLLARS THAT ARE WORTHLESS. They have fooled lots of people and a personal friend of mine lost hundreds of dollars buying the coins and then paying for appraisal. Money Wasted. I’ve seen these fakes for sale as genuine in North Carolina Pawn shops. Ebay used to allow the sale of these if they were sold as replicas. Don’t get burned. If you are a rookie then buy only from trusted sources. Some auction companies will bring a supply of coins to local estate auctions giving the impression that the coins belonged to the estate.
I have heard JWR talk about storing rolls of nickels as the metal value is more than $0.05 currently. He advises to expect a reformulated nickel soon.