How much silver is in a quarter?

Answer 1

It depends on what its date is and what country issued it. The two largest users of the 25¢ denomination are the US and Canada:

US1965 and later : none; the coins are made of copper-nickel

1873-1964 : 5.625 gm

Canadamid 1968 and later : none; the coins are either nickel or nickel-plated steel

mid 1967-mid 1968: 2.525 gm

1920-mid 1967 : 4.664 gm

1908-1919 : 5.384 gm

Answer 2

A 90% US silver quarter contains .18084oz of pure silver, or 5.12672 grams. All quaters before 1965 had this 90% composition.