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**parrothead** · 03-19-2012, 05:49 AM

The halves stopped being 40% silver in 1970.

**hobo finds** · 03-19-2012, 11:30 AM

Another good site here... http://currencydebasement.com/

Gives info for US and other world coins on melt value for gold, silver, copper and nickel coins as well as exchange rate for current coins

**ParkerFlyer4** · 03-19-2012, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by parrothead

The halves stopped being 40% silver in 1970.

your right with the Kennedy half dollars. They made Eisenhower silver dollars from 1971 - 1976 with 40% silver 60% copper
ill edit it.

**rebar17** · 03-19-2012, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by ParkerFlyer4

your right with the Kennedy half dollars. They made Eisenhower silver dollars from 1971 - 1976 with 40% silver 60% copper
ill edit it.

The Eisenhower silver dollars were not really in circulation, doesn't mean that they could not be, but finding a silver one in circulation would be a rarity.