A pound of silver coins is about $500.00
Chat with our AI personalities
So many were made that even uncirculated coins are only valued for the silver, about $5.00
Mintage data for U.S. silver quarters produced from 1796 to 1963 shows a mintage of 3,138,259,970 coins. The mintage data for 1964 is 1,264,526,113 coins this would bring the total to 4,402,786,083 silver U.S. quarters.
Not including Proof's and 40% silver coins:1976P 117,337,0001976D 103,228,274
So many 1964 Kennedy half dollars were made and saved the value is just for the silver, about $5.00
While the price of silver is volatile, lately silver dimes have been going for about $2, quarters for $5 and half-dollars for $10. This is just for silver content though, the numismatic value of some coins are many times greater than their silver bullion content.