What year did they stop using silver?

[Stormin Norman]

yeah, i know it's in the sixties but what year exactly did they stop putting silver in coins? I found some quarters today dating 1964, 1965, 1967, and 1968. how many contain silver?

 

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[Stormin Norman]

wait, does that mean 1965 quarters contain silver or not?

 

[hollowpointred]

`65 is a clad, `64 is a silver.

 

[Stormin Norman]

k, thnx

 

[hollowpointred]

congrats on the silver i should say!

 

[fiatboy]

Be careful. The term "clad" is often used by older coin collectors to refer to 40% silver, not just cupro-nickel.