See what comparable one's are going for. You can put a few on your watch list on Ebay & see where they close & check BIN prices. That will give you the market & the market is what determines value as well as silver content/percentage.
There was no US silver dollar minted in 1950. If you mean a half dollar, it would be worth at least its value in silver which as of writing is about $7.70 but it would be worth more in better condition. As with all old coins, cleaning harms the value.
You should never polish a silver dollar or any old coin. Any standard silver polish you have at home will damage the coin's surface and reduce its value.
More information is needed, like series date, condition, and is it a Federal Reserve Note, Silver Certificate, Demand Note, or what?
Please don't assume that every old bill is a silver certificate. 1914 $20 bills were issued as Federal Reserve Notes, not silver certificates. There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1914 US 20 dollar bill?".
a silver dollar is 90% pure silver so when you weigh it you simply take of 10% of its weigh and you then calculate that weight but the silver spot price. so if you have a a load of silver dollar coins weighing Or you could go here to a coin melt value calculator and find outhttp://viewnow.at/CoinMeltValueBut...Many (but not all) silver dollars are worth more to a coin dealer or collector than to a "we buy old coins" metal buyer, so it's important to have the coins evaluated before selling them as scrap.
That was written on the old US $1 silver certificate. At they time they were still in use, they could be redeemed for a dollar's worth of silver coins, but this practice was discontinued in the 1960s. The bill is still legal tender at face value today.
Old silver dollars are still legal tender at face value. However, if it's dated 1935 or earlier, then it's worth much more than a dollar for the silver.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was 7 years old in 1897. Please check your coin again.
Consult an expert in collectible banknotes; you'll find them in telephone directories and on the internet.
Please don't assume that because a bill is old it has to be a silver certificate. As the banner across the top and green seal indicate, your bill is a Federal Reserve Note. See the question "What is the value of a 1934 US 100 dollar bill?" for more information.
As the banner across the top indicates, your bill is actually a Federal Reserve Note. Not all old bills are automatically silver certificates. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1934 US 20 dollar bill with HAWAII on it?" for more information.
Please don't assume that every old bill is a silver certificate. As indicated by both its green seal and the banner over Franklin's portrait your bill is a Federal Reserve Note, not a silver certificate. The last $100 silver certificates were dated 1891. See the question "What is the value of a 1934 US 100 dollar bill?" for more information.