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Ok so I have seen many people on here talk about how people thought that the US stopped making silver coins in 1964. I am one of those people. I sort dimes. Can anyone educate me on the dates to watch for with American dimes. I'm in Canada and get lots of dimes from the states. Got an entire roll today.
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The regular issue 90% silver dimes ended with 1964. Starting with 1965, they are Cu-Ni clad (pure copper core clad on each side with 25% nickel, 75% copper). Starting in 1992, the mint offered the 90% silver dimes in Silver Proof Sets (will have the S mint mark). These can and do end up in circulation, put there by people who do not know any better. http://www.coincommunity.com/us_dim...oosevelt.asp |
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 Canada
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Ok....Thanks JBUCK. So that means if I'm only interested in silver than I'm looking for 1964 or older and 1992 till now with mint mark S? I understand this correctly?
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United States
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Try (124) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed .com for current up to the minute melt values.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I guess I can't tell you about the site.
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Ok....Thanks JBUCK. So that means if I'm only interested in silver than I'm looking for 1964 or older and 1992 till now with mint mark S? I understand this correctly? That is correct. |
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United States
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Sorry, I was just trying to be helpful. It's not my site or nything like that.
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United States
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Only some of the post-92 S-mint proofs will be silver. They make both clad and silver proofs these days. The easiest way to tell is to look at the edge to see if any copper is visible. Theoretically you could come across plated coins, so if you see a silver edge, you can weigh the coin to be sure.
There are also a few examples of post-64 dimes struck on silver planchets. These are transitional errors and quite rare. Again, you can tell by looking at the edge and verify by weight.
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Sorry, I was just trying to be helpful. It's not my site or nything like that. No problem. My original 'That is correct' comment was to samsnate. You snuck in there with your replies before mine posted (which took a long time). I then lost access to CCF for over an hour, so I just now edited it to include a quote.  |
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Canada
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Thanks 52Raymo for trying to get me the site. I have a few sites that give me melt values but give me nothing for anything silver after 1964. Thank-you everyone for you input. CHEERS!
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