The Ike Silver Clad Dollar weighs 24.59 grams and is 60% copper and 40% silver.  The core is 21% silver and 69% copper the clad is 20% copper and 80% silver.  All of these were struck in with the mint mark “S” in San Francisco for collectors and Proof and [...]

The Wartime Silver Nickels were coined from mid-1942 thru 1945.  These silver coins are 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese.  They replaced the regular nickel nickels because nickel was a crucial metal for making armor for World War II vehicles.  The numbers struck for each year and each mint [...]

The Draped Bust Silver Dollar is the United States second silver dollar designed and minted from 1795 thru 1803.  These 39-40mm silver dollars are 90% silver and 10% copper weighing 27g.  During the 8 years of this series 35 varieties are generally recognized although none of them are considered very [...]

The Flowing Hair Silver Dollar is the United States first silver dollar in 1794 of which there were 1,758 struck and only as many as 130 to 150 are thought to have survived.  The 1794 Good condition silver coins go for well over $50,000.  These were also coined in 1795 [...]

The Flowing Hair Silver Half Dollar was struck in 1794 and 1795.  They are 32.5mm in diameter weighing 13.5g of 89.24% silver and 10.76% copper.  These were well circulated coins, as a matter of fact, half dollars were one of the most consistently minted and used coins in the US [...]

The Draped Bust Silver Half Dollar was 89.24% silver and 10.76% copper, weigh 13.5 g, and 32.5 mm in diameter.  There were only 3,918 produced in 1796 and 1797 with the ‘small eagle reverse’. Then production resumed in 1801 through 1807 with the ‘heraldic eagle reverse’ which had 1,600,787 struck.  [...]

The Capped Bust Silver Half Dollar series started as 89.24% silver and 10.76% copper weighing 13.48g in 1804 and in the middle of the 1836 changed design to accommodate the new ‘closed collar’ pressed and the US Congress changed the content to 90% silver and 10% copper with a new [...]

The Capped Bust Silver Quarter struck in 1815 to 1838 started off being 29mm and 6.74g of 89.24% silver and 10.76% copper.  When the “closed collar” coin press was adapted for the quarter in 1831 they were reduced to 27mm.  Then in 1836 the silver composition was changed to 90% [...]

The Draped Bust Silver Quarter is the first quarter struck by the United States Mint.  There are two types: the Small Eagle reverse struck in 1796 and the Herald Eagle Reverse coined in 1804 to 1807.  These silver coins are 27.5 mm across weighing 6.74 g and composed of 89.24% [...]

The Capped Bust Silver Dime was minted irregularly from 1809 to 1837.  These silver coins are 18.9 mm in diameter, 2.7 g of 89.24% silver and 10.76% copper.  They are the first United States Dime with the denomination on it (“10 C.).  The key date is 1822.  These is also [...]

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