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Do Silver quarters dimes and half dollars have any value other than the silver in them?
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∙ 15y ago
Yes. Historic value and collecting value come immediately to mind. To know the actual value you need to know the coins' dates, their mint marks, and how worn they are. All three factors can affect their interest to collectors and hence, their values.
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How much are silver quarters and dimes worth in Canadian money?
Silver dimes are worth about $2.50 in US dollars. This is about. 2.49 Canadian dollars. Silver quarters are worth about $5. This is about $4.98 Canadian dollars.
Are all 1964 quarters and older silver?
Yes, all dimes, quarters, half dollars, and silver dollars 1964 and older are 90% silver.
How much silver in old quarters and dimes?
U.S. dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars dated before 1965 contain 90% silver with 10% copper.
When were pure silver quarters minted?
US quarters (and dimes, half dollars and silver dollars) were never made of pure silver. Up till 1964, they were struck in an alloy of 90% silver and 10% copper.
What years were half dollars all silver?
They were never pure silver, but all half dollars (as well as dimes and quarters) 1964 and earlier are 90% silver.
What year did they stop making silver coins?
The last year for silver dimes and quarters, as well as 90% half dollars was 1964. Halves 1965-70 were then 40% silver. All dimes and quarters 1965-present and half dollars 1971-present are copper and nickel.
What was the last year that real silver was used in US coins?
1964 for dimes, quarters, and 90% silver half dollars, and 1970 for 40% silver half dollars.
When were quarters made of 100 percent silver?
Never. However, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars minted before 1965 were made of 90% silver with 10% copper.
How do you get silver coins from us banks for free?
There's no guarantee for it, but the idea is that you can hope to find silver dimes, quarters, or half-dollars in bank rolls. Half-dollars are supposedly the preferred coin, because while silver dimes and quarters were discontinued after 1964, halves still had silver until 1970.
Did quarters nickels and dimes contain silver in 1964?
Dimes and quarters, yes. Nickels, no. 1964 was the last year for silver dimes and quarters, and nickels only contained silver during WWII.
Are dimes made of silver?
1964 and before, dimes were made out of 90 percent silver. The same went for quarters and half dollars. And then the us mint made half dollars from 1965-1969 40 percent silver.
Do US quarters and dimes have no silver content?
All pre-1965 US quarters and dimes are 90% silver.
