Silver is a precious metal, and just like gold, it's going to be expensive so they stoped using it because they realized that people could melt the coins down and have a ton of money in silver.
By the mint mark on the reverse of the coin, but silver dollar coins with no mint mark are made in Philadelphia
None of the Eisenhower dollars (1971-1978) that were released into circulation had any silver! Only special collectors coins sold directly from the US Mint were made from 40% silver and all of them have S mintmarks. None of the Philadelphia or Denver minted coins contain silver. The 40% silver coins were struck only from 1971 to 1976.
Sorry! The US mint never made solid silver coins.
Retail price is $1.50-$2.00 for average coins and Mint state coins are $9.00
Current retail values are $15.00-$24.00 for circulated coins. Mint state coins start at $28.00
All coins come from a mint. Casino coins are sometimes solid silver.
Perhaps by a private mint but not by a government mint.
Yes, you can buy current silver proof sets & bullion coins from the U.S. Mint.
No, the Denver mint made these coins on purpose.
Yes, but none of the coins were made for general circulation. Silver Proof quarters sets and Silver Proof 10-piece sets were sold by the Mint, also the American Silver Eagle bullion coins were minted in 2006.
As with all Franklin Mint and other private mint "coins" they have little to no collector value and any value comes from the precious metals used to make the coins. To find out the value one must know the amount of precious metals in the coin (such as silver) then multiply that value in troy ounces by the silver price.
Yes, unless the coin is a very rare year or mint.
The 1999 Uncirculated Mint set has 18 coins in it but no silver coins. Retail value $14.00 The 1999s Silver Proof set has 9 coins in it. The half, quarters and dime are 90% silver. retail value $288.00
The U.S. Mint did not issue a 1979 Silver Proof set. None of the coins contain any silver.
For 1971 & 1972 only, all S mint marked coins are 40% silver. From 1973 to 1976 the S mint marked coins in the standard proof sets are clad coins, the 40% silver Ike's were sold separately but they were included in the bicentennial 3-piece silver sets. No silver Ike's were struck in 1977 or 1978.
By the mint mark on the reverse of the coin, but silver dollar coins with no mint mark are made in Philadelphia
Yes they are, all "S" Mint 1971 & 1972 Eisenhower dollars are 40% silver, but ONLY for those two years. In 1973 the Mint added copper-nickel clad "S" Mint coins along with the 40% "S" Mint silver coins