90 Percent Silver Coins
The United States Mint has produced many 90 percent silver coins over the years. A coin composed of the metal used to be a standard minting process until new laws were passed and it become too costly for use in standard circulating coins. Today, a 90 percent silver composition is only used in commemorative coins or silver proof sets intended for coin collectors. This section of CoinNews focuses on the older coins minted for circulation with dates between 1878 and 1965. Collectors like the better condition examples while investors like to own bags and rolls of them that contain poorer grades and are valuable mostly for their silver content.
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The Morgan Silver Dollar was struck by the United States Mint between 1878-1904 and then again in 1921. A total of .77344 ounces of the precious metal are within each silver dollar. Learn More » |
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The Peace Silver Dollar was produced by the United States Mint from 1921-1935 from a composition of 90 percent silver which comes to a total of .77344 ounces per coin. Learn More » |
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Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar The Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar was struck by the United States Mint between 1916-1947. The coin contains .36169 ounces. Learn More » |
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The Franklin Silver Half Dollar was produced between 1948-1963 and has .36169 ounces of the metal. Learn More » |
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The Kennedy Silver Half Dollar refers to half dollar coins struck by the United States Mint from 1964-1970. However, only the 1964-minted coins were in 90 percent silver. Learn More » |
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The Washington Silver Quarter was struck by the United States Mint from 1932-1964 from a composition of 90 percent silver for a total of .18084 ounces of silver. Learn More » |
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The Mercury Silver Dime, also known as the Winged Liberty Head Dime, was struck from 1916-1945. Each contains .07234 ounces. Learn More » |
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The Roosevelt Silver Dime was struck between 1946-1964 from a composition of 90% silver that totals .07234 ounces per dime. Learn More » |
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The Jefferson Silver Nickel, also known as the Wartime Nickel, was struck by the United States Mint from 1942-1945 from a composition of 35% silver. As struck, each coin contained .05626 ounces of the precious metal. Learn More » |
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Junk Silver Coins are typically struck from 90% silver and have little or no numismatic value. Their value comes from the amount of the precious metal in each coin. Such coins are often sold in large quantities as a type of investment. Learn More » |
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