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Can Claude check the current silver price?

Not from memory. Claude's training data stops at a cutoff, and silver trades every minute, so a price it recalls is out of date. With web search on, Claude.ai can find a quote on a web page, but it may be delayed and the fineness and coin math is left to Claude. Connect the free Silver Price per Gram server and Claude reads the spot price live, then gives price per gram for .999, sterling and coin silver, and the melt value of pre-1965 US coins.

Connect free, no token Silver price per gram MCP server

What Claude does alone, and what needs the server

Claude on its own

  • Explains sterling, coin silver and what junk silver means.
  • Does the arithmetic once it has a price you give it.
  • With web search on, finds a quoted price on a web page.

With the Silver Price per Gram server

  • The silver spot price right now, with a timestamp, in about 160 currencies.
  • Price per gram for .999, .9584, .925, .900 and 800 silver.
  • Melt value of 90% US coins from face value, and the gold to silver ratio.

A real call to the live server

We sent this to the hosted server on 2026-11-03. The answer below is the server's own text, not a mock-up. Live values will differ when you ask.

You ask

I have $5 face value of pre-1965 dimes and quarters. What is the silver worth today, and what would a dealer at 10% under melt pay?

Tool call

calculate_junk_silver_value {"face_value_90":5,"currency":"USD","dealer_spread_percent":10}

Server answer

5 USD face of 90% coin contain 3.617 troy oz of silver, a melt value of 177.85 USD at a spot of 49.17 USD per troy ounce (as of 2026-11-03T08:01:55Z). One dollar face of pre-1965 90% dimes, quarters or halves holds 0.723392 troy oz (22.5 g), worth 35.57 USD now; dealers often quote 0.715 oz per dollar for worn coins. With a 10% dealer spread, a buyer would offer about 160.06 USD. As-minted silver content; worn coins hold slightly less.

Connect it in 1 minute

One URL, no token, no account. In Claude.ai or Claude Desktop open Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Connector URL

https://silver-price-per-gram-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http silver-price-per-gram https://silver-price-per-gram-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "silver-price-per-gram": {
      "url": "https://silver-price-per-gram-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "silver-price-per-gram": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://silver-price-per-gram-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Questions

Can Claude check the current silver price?
Not from memory. Claude's training data stops at a cutoff, and silver trades every minute, so a price it recalls is out of date. With web search on, Claude.ai can find a quote on a web page, but it may be delayed and the fineness and coin math is left to Claude. Connect the free Silver Price per Gram server and Claude reads the spot price live, then gives price per gram for .999, sterling and coin silver, and the melt value of pre-1965 US coins.
Where does the price come from?
The gold-api.com silver spot feed, read when the tool runs, with central-bank FX rates from Frankfurter for other currencies.
Is melt value what a coin is worth?
Not always. Dealers buy below melt and sell above it, and rare or collectible coins can be worth far more than their silver.
Is the server free?
Yes. The Silver Price per Gram server is free at its hosted URL with no token, key or account. The source is open on GitHub.

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