All Dollar coins issued for circulation from 1971 to date contain no silver All Dollar coins issued from 1794- 1935 are 90% silver. In the years of 1936-1970 no one dollar coins were struck.
90% silver quarters were issued from 1794 to 1964. In 1975 & 1976 collectors coins were struck in 40% silver. Starting in 1992 90% silver quarters are in silver Proof sets.
1794-1804/1836-1904/1921-1928/1934-1935 no more dollar coins struck for circulation after 1935 contain silver.
Some Eisenhower Dollars were struck in 40% silver to be sold to collectors. All of these coins were minted at the San Francisco Mint, with dates 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1976. These coins were either uncirculated or proof. Uncirculated coins came in cellophane with a blue plastic token in a blue envelope. Proof issues came in a proof set-like plastic case, contained in a brown "wood grain finish" box with a gold seal on the back. The uncirculated coins are referred to as 'Blue Ike's' and the proofs as 'Brown Ike's. From 1973 to 1977 are the only years that the coins were included in the standard proof and uncirculated coin sets sold from the Mint, but these coins are NOT 40% silver. Special Bicentennial coin sets did have 40% silver coins.
Silver and gold were the materials of the first coins produced - they have been used as such for several thousand years.
There were proof sets made in 1974 and 1975 where all 8 of the coins were silver, and proof sets made during those years when none of them were silver. Assuming that your coins are in a set, check the 1 Cent coin - if it looks silver, then all the coins in the set are silver; if it looks bronze, then none of the coins in the set are silver.
They don't exist, no US dollar coins were struck in those years.
Eisenhower Dollars were minted by the US Treasury from 1971 through 1978. However circulation coins were made of copper-nickel, not silver. Special collectors' coins were struck in 40% silver and sold in special packages. "Ikes" were subsequently followed by the Susan B. Anthony Dollar.
because it was struck in philly. if it has a P or no mint mark it was struck in Philly, That goes for all us coins. Its been that way for 60 + years. hope that helps
The only years US nickels were struck in silver was 1942-1945. 1914 is a Buffalo nickel. Coins in average circulated condition are valued at $15.00-$30.00 depending on grade.
The 1972-S Eisenhower dollars are all 40% silver clad coins, struck as proof and uncirculated. Both coins were sold separately from the Mint and not included in the 1972 Proof or Uncirculated Mint Sets. With silver at $31.98 per ounce as of today 10-11-11 the coin is worth about $10.00.
1794 - 1935.