What Year Coins are 40% Silver?

[catherine1]

I know someone already asked this but what are they again?

 

[Codes]

1965-1969

 

[minkybodl]

1970 and some 1976S, some 76S are not silver.

 

[Eminem]

1965-1969

Don't forget the 1970 franklin 40 percenta. There's only 69 made.

 

[catherine1]

Thanks guys. A lady paid me with quarters today. She gave me 3-1966. Guess I will keep everything from the sixties. I told her if she was going to pay me in quarters it had to be silver. She is a frugal lady. So she rolled her eyes. Thanks again!!

 

[jamesandsons]

Only half dollars are 40% from 1965-1970. Quarters and dimes have no silver after 1964 (except for some proofs). You can always tell by looking at the edge - your 1966 quarters will have the "sandwich" look of clad coins - a layer of copper in the middle.

 

[Tomfromnj]

Wannabe

 

[catherine1]

Thanks James. Guess I will be checking the half dollars and spending those quarters I saved.

 

[ivan salis]

half dollars 1965 thru 1970 are 40% -- they will have a copper core still (and some later dated S mint proof set coins -* taken out of "proof sets" )--dimes and quarters and halves 1964 and earlier are 90% silver content and will not have a copper core line--good luck

 

[tokameel]

FYI - Some of the Kennedy Halves 1966-1970 may show "a layer of copper in the middle" to varying degrees but they are still 40% silver.

 

[Joe777Cool]

Wannabe

still mad about the 1970 Franklin post?

 

[usandthem]

The 40%ers are 80% silver on the outside and 20% on the inside. Just sayin'.