The 1950 US quarter is 90% silver and 10% copper.
Please check your coin and post a new question. No US silver dollars were minted after 1935. Minting of $1 coins wasn't resumed until 1971, and all circulating versions were made of copper-nickel from that year till 1999. Starting in 2000 the composition was changed to the familiar gold-toned brass used in Sacajawea and Presidential dollars.
All U.S. quarters dated 1964 or earlier contain 90% silver and 10% copper.
No. The US has never and will never make pure silver dollars.
All US silver coins before 1964 were 90% silver. Peace dollars weigh 26.7 gm if not worn, so they contain about 24 gm of pure silver.
A quarter is made of 91.67% copper and 8.33% nickel. However, before 1965 quarters were made of silver.
All silver US coins dated 1964 and before are 90% silver none are pure silver.
The silver value is about $6.00. NOTE: The US has never made a pure silver quarter, they are 90% silver & 10% copper.
The Actual Silver Weight (ASW) is .18084oz of pure silver.
You don't have a pure silver quarter as the US has never minted a pure silver (99.9% pure or higher) silver quarter. Instead what you have is a 90% silver quarter which would be dated 1964 or prior. The value depends on a number of factors including the date, the mintmark and the condition. But a silver quarter is worth $5-6 in scrap silver regardless of type or condition, however some quarters can be worth significantly more.
There are 5.625 grams of pure silver in every US quarter dated 1964 or prior.
The US never used pure silver in circulating coins. It's too soft.
Look at the coin again and post a new question. No US dollar coins are dated 1950. Also no circulating US coin was ever made of pure silver, all were 90% silver and 10% copper.
A 90% US silver quarter contains .18084oz of pure silver, or 5.12672 grams. All quaters before 1965 had this 90% composition.
Silver quarters are NOT pure silver, but rather 90% silver with 10% copper. At current market prices, it's worth around $5.
No circulating US silver coins were made of pure silver. It's too soft. The composition is .900 silver & .100 copper to make the coins hard enough to resist wear. Please see the Related Question for more information.
No circulating US coin was ever made of pure silver. It's too soft. Most were struck in an alloy of 90% silver with 10% copper added for hardness. Please see the Related Question for more information.
US dimes were never made in sterling silver. They were made of a slightly less pure alloy called coin silver.