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Valued Member
United States
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i know they stopped making silver quarters in 1965 but I have a few from 1965-1969 that feel like theyre silver clad, same with nickels even though there arent any silver nickels.
are these worth taking out when I see any at work?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1965-69 halves are worth keeping as those are 40% silver. 65-69 clad dimes and quarters are common and not worth keeping unless you have BU pieces
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Valued Member
 United States
339 Posts |
thanks for the info, just wanted to make sure
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Valued Member
United States
187 Posts |
Quote: , same with nickels even though there arent any silver nickels.
There are silver nickels,but they are dated 1942P through 1945S,commonly refered to as War Nickels.They have a 35% silver content,and can be told from non silver issue by the location of the mintmark on the reverse above the dome. After the War they go back to original composition,and the mintmark was moved back to the lower right corner of monument.
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Valued Member
 United States
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i just went through my nickels, they arent War Nickels, I used to have some steel pennies but I lost them somehow
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pre-1958 nickels seem to carry a premium in roll quantities. All pre-1982 cents also carry a premium now.
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Valued Member
 United States
339 Posts |
really? whats so special about 1982?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by papatony 08/01/2012 12:19 am
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Valued Member
 United States
339 Posts |
hmm, I wont go that far into looking at my pennies in my registers at work, if I get them as change ill keep them
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agent Mulder, there are some VERY VERY RARE (please imagine that underlined and bolded) silver 1965 quarters--they're errors, however, and you shouldn't expect to ever find one in your drawer. If you do, you can tell them from clad the same way you would tell a 1960 from clad if you didn't know it was silver: the sound, the solid-silver edge, and the weight (clad quarters are lighter).
However, again, the caveat here is: run a register every day for 50 years in the middle of New York City, and you'll still probably never see one. All odds against.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As long as your planning on hoarding some coins by dates, please also include all the 1964 Nickels you can find. You would be doing the rest of the World a favor. 
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Valued Member
 United States
339 Posts |
i think I actually have a 1965 silver quarter, I either let my aunt keep it or I took it, I let my aunt keep that one, but I know for a fact 100% that she has a 1965 silver quarter, how much are they worth?
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Valued Member
 United States
339 Posts |
or could it be possible that the silver clad somehow covered over the sides covering the copper strip
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The easiest way to determine whether a quarter is silver or not is to weigh it. Quarters were never silver clad, they were 90% silver alloy through 1964. The only way a quarter could be silver clad is if quarter blanks were punched from the 40% silver clad metal stock intended for 1965-1970 half dollars. Since half dollar metal stock is thicker than quarter metal stock, the coin would be thicker and heavier than normal.
The outer layers of CuNi clad coinage can sometimes obscure the copper core on the edge, that is the most likely explanation for your 1965 coin absent a weight.
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Valued Member
 United States
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hmm, I have held onto some quarters '65-69 that feel like silver clad, I kept them anyway just in case but I dont have a scale, what kind of scale do you use? just got o Amazon and type in "coin scale"?
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