1794 was the first Federal issue silver coin, a Dollar.
1794 was the first Federal issue silver coin, a Dollar.
Coins struck for circulation in the US today have no silver in them.
Inflation caused the silver content of coins to be worth more than their face value so the US mint stopped making silver coins for circulation.
1837 was the year US silver coins changed to .900 silver & .100 copper, that caused a slight reduction of silver.
No current circulating US coins contain any silver at all. For information about older coins, please see the Related Question.
The US Mint did not issue any silver coins of any kind in 1980. If you have silver coins dated 1980, they are not US coins.
1794 was first year of issue.
The Balboa is the same as the US dollar. We know that US silver dollars is worth more as the Panama silver Palboa. In Panama the currency is US but there are Balboa dollar coins. Also, the silver coins in Panama are the same size as the US coins and would be worth more as the US silver coins.
It was 1964 when the last coins in the US were made from 90% silver.
The last 90% silver half's made for general circulation were in 1964. 40% silver coins were issued until 1970.
Silver coins can be purchased from a number of places in the US. You can purchase silver coins directly from the United States Mint, and most cities contain many stores for buying and selling silver and gold coins.
The last year for silver silver dollars was 1935. There were no dollar coins minted again until 1971, by which time silver coinage had been replaced with copper and nickel.