elemetary silver coin question

[bell47]

What coins are silver? What coins are "clad"? It's my understanding that some quarters are silver? What about nickles and dimes? I'm still new at this stuff, and haven't gotten a good coin book yet. The local book store didn't have the "red book", so I think i'm going to get them to order me one. Is this the best choice? Thanks, bell47

 

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[dkw]

A little browsing through this site should answer your question about coin composition.

http://www.coinflation.com/

I can't give you any advice on a book.

 

[bell47]

Thanks for the link....that's just what I needed.

 

[bradyboy]

often, all it takes is checking out the edge of the coin, you can so the material chenges when clad

 

[idighistory]

Dime,Quarters 1964 and under are silver, Halves under 1970, Jefferson nickels 1942-45, You can tell by the large mint mark over the Montecello.

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

And one other that most folks do not think about is that some bicentennial quarters were also make in 40% silver for mint and proof sets. Extremely hard to find them in circulation, but they have been found.

 

[blurr]

And one other that most folks do not think about is that some bicentennial quarters were also make in 40% silver for mint and proof sets. Extremely hard to find them in circulation, but they have been found.

They also make 90% silver proof sets right now! Would be nice to find a few of them wouldn't it?

John