If it has a picture of President Eisenhower on it, take a look at the coin's edge. You'll see a dark copper stripe indicating that the coin is made out of cupronickel and not silver. In fact, by 1971 silver had not been used in most coins for 7 years.
Bottom line is that unless it's a proof coin in its original package, it's only worth face value. However there aren't many stores or banks that are equipped to take large-size dollars these days so you might simply want to hang onto it as a curiosity.
Do you mean the circulating dollar coin minted from 1971 to 1978, or the commemorative coin issued in 1990? The circulating coins are worth only a dollar each. The commemoratives are worth about $15.
Eisenhower silver dollars were not well-circulated. Uncirculated coins from 1971 are worth a few times their original value whereas worn, circulated coins are worth only a few cents more than their original value.
Not silver. All circulating half dollars struck since 1971 are made of copper-nickel and are only worth 50 cents.
Since 1971 all circulating half dollars have been made of copper-nickel, not silver. Your coin is only worth face value unless it's in uncirculated condition.
Please turn your coin over and look at the denomination on the back. JFK is on the half dollar, not the dollar or quarter.Plus, all circulating half dollars dated 1971 and later were struck in cupronickel, not silver, and are generally only worth face value. If you look at the edge you can see the copper core quite clearly.
It's worth one dollar.
There are no 1971 peace silver dollars. A circulated 1971 Eisenhower dollar is worth about $2. An uncirculated one is worth about $5. A silver collectors edition (with an "S" mintmark above the date) is worth about $10.
One Dollar and it's an Eisenhower dollar not a liberty dollar. Only proof and collector's coins are worth more.
A 1971 Eisenhower Dollar in MS60 condition is worth: $10.00 However it's made of copper-nickel, not silver!
If it's from Philadelphia or Denver, a 1971 one dollar coin is mostly copper and worth one dollar. If it's from San Francisco, it's 40% silver and currently (January 2016) worth around $4.50.
50 cents. They are commonly found in circulation and contain no silver.
They are not silver. Kennedy half dollars stopped being silver in 1970, all 1971 dated coins are copper-nickel and only worth 50 cents. There wasn't even a 1971 half dollar in silver for collectors. All 1971 half dollars are worth only 50 cents unless in a mint set.
For 1971 & 1972 only proof versions of this coin were struck in 40% silver and have values of about $6.00.
No such coin (that is intended for circulation) exists. The last silver dollar coin was minted in 1935. The only other coin since then to use the silver dollar size was the Eisenhower dollar first minted in 1971.
only the ones that are 40%silver!
They're still worth one dollar each.
They're generally still only worth one dollar.