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[The Unrest Cure]

Coins minted after 1964 - 10 cents and up (dimes, quarters, half-dollars, dollars) - were cupro-nickel and have copper-colored edges wrapped. Those coins with silver (there were a few minted as collectibles in 1976, I think) have all silver edges. That is why they are easy to pick out in rolls.

Useless trivia: it is perfectly legal to melt silver coins minted by the US. But it is illegal to melt non-silver coins. Not that they are worth it, at least outside of the penny.

 

[mrbeebe228]

I have a lot of 64's. How can you tell which is silver?

All dimes, quarters and halves 1964 and prior are 90 percent silver

halves from 1965 to 1970 are 40 percent silver

nickles made during ww2 with the big mint mark on the reverse are 35 percent silver

when you open a roll, look at the edges. all the clad coins will have this goldish-brown color while the very occasional coin will be bright shiny silver. Take a deep breath, pull it out and hope it's not a canadian dime.. if it's a pre64 dime, congrats!