silver
why silver foils are used for decorting sweets
S is used for sulfur, so it can't be used for silver. And the name silver derives from the word argentum, thus the abbreviation of Ag for silver.
Silver is used in mirrors because it is the most reflective of the elements.
Silver can be tested by the use of the silver acid test if it is pure silver. The chemical analysis test can also be used to test silver.
US cents were never struck in silver. All cents from the 1950s were struck in a bronze alloy. Your coin is almost certainly plated, and has no extra value.
Check that coin again. There were no U.S. silver dollars minted in the 1950s.
Silver certificates were unique to the U.S. They haven't been printed since the 1950s.
In the 1950s, PCP was being investigated as a possible dissociative anesthetic in humans.
stoves or campfires
Of course. And "coin silver" only refers to the US standard of 90% pure silver coins. Most other countries (especially in the British empire) used to use sterling silver. Coins have used many different alloys, for example, post WWI Canadian coins are 80% silver, silver UK coins dated 1920-1946 are 50% silver, some ancient "silver" coins are known as billion coins and they contain very little silver, and Mexico issued a 1 peso coin in the late 1950s and 60s that was only 10% silver!
Not until the 1950s
there were lots of money
Near the 1950s
Pounds, shillings and pennies
Very definitely. When US currency was downsized in 1923, new silver certificates were issued in denominations of $1, $5, and $10. Various series were printed until the 1950s.
228,000 were struck and most all were stored in treasury vaults until the 1950s