1964 or earlier
You can tell a coin is silver by either looking at the edge and finding it a uniform silver color (with no darker colors) or by finding a dime, quarter, half dollar or dollar with a date from before 1965. They now make silver versions of the dime, quarter and half, but only in proof sets.
Check the date. 1964 was the last year for silver.
1964 is the last year for silver dimes.
The last year the American half dollar, quarter, or dime where made of silver, for general circulation, was 1964.
It's a common date, worth about $2 for its silver content.
Most dimes of this date are valued for the silver only, about $3.00
Because of the silver content in the dime, quarter(s) and half dollar.
The easy way is by the date. U.S. dimes, quarters, and half dollars dated 1964 or before are 90% silver. No U.S. coin made to be used in every day commerce was ever " All silver " or gold.
It is a common date regardless of mintmark. It is worth about $2 or so in silver scrap. It is 90% silver.
Most dimes of this date are valued for the silver only, about $1.00
It's a common date, currently worth about $2 for the silver.
Silver is basically gold well it feels like gold but its silver definitely looks like silver so yeah and the dime is silver along with the quarter.