Posted: 8/28/2011 8:22:46 AM EDT
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so...tell me what to look for so I can sort silver out of my change jar, not obamas change...well actually the rise in silver is directly related to Obamas change...hmm dimes quarters |
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Once you have a circulated silver coin to compare with the rest, you can pick them out by sight. When you get one of silver and one that's clad, drop them and listen to the difference in sound.
Nickel-copper clad rings, and silver clangs. Jeferson nickels 1942-1945 are 35% silver. You can't readily tell these from others by listening to them or looking at them. Usually you have to look at the date. All quarters, dimes, and half-dollars minted in 1964 and earlier are 90% silver. Kennedy halves 1965-1970 are 40% silver. |
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Once you have a circulated silver coin to compare with the rest, you can pick them out by sight. When you get one of silver and one that's clad, drop them and listen to the difference in sound. Nickel-copper clad rings, and silver clangs. Jeferson nickels 1942-1945 are 35% silver. You can't readily tell these from others by listening to them or looking at them. Usually you have to look at the date. All quarters, dimes, and half-dollars minted in 1964 and earlier are 90% silver. Kennedy halves 1965-1970 are 40% silver. This. Certain Eisenhower dollars were also 40% silver. Go to Coininflation.com to learn which. |
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Unless you've been saving for a long time, odds of you finding any are almost zero. Don't be disappointed.
Now, if you're like my Dad and had been saving change for 30+ years, you'll be in for a nice suprise. He kept talking about taking the silver coins to a coin store, so I made an offer. He decided to keep it all. |
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Holy crap. I'm glad I was into collecting those as a kid! |
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so...tell me what to look for so I can sort silver out of my change jar, not obamas change...well actually the rise in silver is directly related to Obamas change...hmm dimes quarters You won't find any. But if you did, A) they sound different, and B) you won't see any copper along the edge. But you won't find any. |
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1964 and below as a rule, but there was a small amount of specil edition coins out there. '65-'70 Kennedy half-dollars are 40% silver And some Eisenhower dollars have some silver, too. http://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html |
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so...tell me what to look for so I can sort silver out of my change jar, not obamas change...well actually the rise in silver is directly related to Obamas change...hmm dimes quarters You won't find any. But if you did, A) they sound different, and B) you won't see any copper along the edge. But you won't find any. i found a silver dime and a '36 indian head nickel fairly recently. shitty economic times is when stuff like that usually surfaces ETA: actually took a pic of the dime so i could post it on my local car board and explain to them why they needed to always check their change 
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