Do Any Of You Remember The 1965 Clad Changeover?

I remember it very vividly. I especially remember seeing the bright copper in the middle and being mesmerized by that. These were being called sandwich coins on the news. Although I could care less why this was happening and what the changeover had to do with silver, I do remember it happening and I would say I am sure it was my first true examination of the edge of a coin and I do remember it being my noticing the difference in color of the surface of the coins too.
I was about 7 or 8 when I saw them the first time. I think it was during spring cleaning or early summer, because my weekly allowance came on Saturday afternoon ( AFTER the chores were done! ) and I only got thirty five or fifty cents a week! I think quarters were first on the scene.

This topic has brought back some memories of Dad. It could easily be the same "payday" I remember cleaning the half dirt floor basement by carrying out stuff into the yard and then having to carry it back down after Dad hosed down the things that needed washed off and hosing down the basement walls and concrete floors and near empty coal bin. I still remember the smell of a wet dirt basement.

Without cheating with Google, I even think I recall "My baby does the Hanky Panky" and/or "House of the rising sun" and/or "Wipe Out" was playing on the local radio station. We used to be able to listen to the radio when we worked Saturday mornings.

The coins were also mentioned in school around the same time.
Whether this was a factor in why I collect coins or not I don't know but now that is a few times I recall remembering coin design and now composition well before I turned 10.

OK now that is enough trying to make me feel like a mummy. Those songs were being played when I was aleady in college.
Ever hear of Frankie Lane? Now his songs were popular when I was a kid.

I do remember my Dad pulling silver dimes and quarters from circulation on a regular basis! This was the early 1970's and a lot of pre-'65 silver coinage was still floating around.

I thought it interesting that the year I was born (1964) was the last year the U.S. produced silver coinage for circulation and then the year I graduated from high school (1982) was the last year bronze U.S. cents were coined. I this a bad omen?

When was the cutoff for exchange of silver certs?

That's my birthday! (Well, not really, the year's off)
bherring1964, what could this mean?

It means switch to gold! Silver and bronze don't mix with my sign!

I remember. There were articles in the paper, and in school we studied the differences between the old planchets and new, although they were called slugs.

I remember my Dad explaining it like this, "It means money can go down in value, now."

And some business' started hyping the silver money as 'tomorrow's collectibles'.

/bump for a good topic and some great stories!

I wasn't around for the change, but back when I started collecting coins as a kid in the mid 80's I do remember silver coins being at least present in common change. I saved a few of them, but now I wish I was into coin roll hunting back then and pulled more out of circulation! I can't find any these days. I'm getting tempted to start buying silver coins for 10x face just to search them for my albums.