No, nor is there a NICKEL the size of a silver dollar.
You have either a fantasy piece, a novelty item, or possibly a bullion piece. The first two are worth a buck or so, but if your "coin" has something like "1 oz fine silver" on the back it's a precious metal piece worth about $17 at June 2008 prices.
...If it is nickel silver it contains no silver. It is rather an alloy of nickel and copper to create the look of silver.
The 1972 Eisenhower Dollar is 38.1 mm in diameter and weighs 24.59 grams.
It's worth about a dollar, just for the silver.
The old silver dollar first went into circulation in 1935. Then in 1968, the size was reduced and the composition changed from silver to pure nickel. In 1987, it was changed again to the smaller golden dollar still in use today.
It's made of nickel, not silver, and realistically is still worth one dollar.
Not silver - copper-nickel. Face value only.
No silver. They are copper-nickel
It's worth about a dollar just for the silver.
It's worth about a dollar just for the silver in it.
The coin is pure nickel with absolutely no silver, and is still worth one Canadian dollar.
The 1968 dollar is 100% nickel. 1967 was the last year that the canada used silver for their coins.
Starting in 1968, Canadian dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars were all made of nickel, not silver. It's worth one dollar in Canada.