silver amount in current coins

[goldleaf]

I always empty my pockets in a change can and cash it in when it gets full.
With the current prices in metals I think I'll just start another can when one gets
full.
There is some silver in quarters and dimes, isn't there? If these spot prices continue
up it has to be better than paper, right?

[mamboni]

There is no silver in any modern US circulating coinage to my knowledge. But you would do well to horde copper pennies and nickels.

[sirgonzo420]

There is no silver in any modern US circulating coinage to my knowledge. But you would do well to horde copper pennies and nickels.


Pre 1965 dollars, halfs, quarters, and dimes are 90% silver.

99% of the coinage you'll run across in day to day transactions have ZERO % silver.

[SLV^GLD]

www.coinflation.com is an excellent, quick resource on this topic.

[Ponce]

One more time........in what is to come any current coin will be more valuable than paper and will circulate more frelly than paper money, the best thing that the current metal have over paper is that "it is metal" and with metal you can do a lot more things that you cannot do with paper.

Again......hold a brick of nickels in your right hand (if you can) and a $100.00 bill in your left hand........ which one feels more valuable?.........if you cannot affort silver or gold then buy bricks of nickels, you will see the price of the same go sky high.

[madfranks]

I always empty my pockets in a change can and cash it in when it gets full.
With the current prices in metals I think I'll just start another can when one gets
full.
There is some silver in quarters and dimes, isn't there? If these spot prices continue
up it has to be better than paper, right?


There is no silver in modern US coinage. The cent is copper flash-plated zinc, the nickel is a copper/nickel alloy, and dimes, quarters and halves are nickel plated copper core disks. The dollar coin is an amalgam of copper, zinc, manganese and nickel. I repeat: no silver in modern circulating US coins.

But many people do think that our coins are real silver and gold. My grandma thinks that the modern "golden" dollars are real gold, and since all the clad coins look silver, they must be silver!

[Celtic Rogue]

Nickels and pre 82 Cents!
http://www.coinflation.com/

Description Denomination Metal Value Metal % of Denomination
1909-1982 Cent (95% copper) * $0.01 $0.0263711 263.71%
1946-2010 Nickel $0.05 $0.0624827 124.96%

1982-2010 Cent (97.5% zinc) * $0.01 $0.0059353 59.35%
1965-2010 Dime $0.10 $0.0227648 22.76%
1965-2010 Quarter $0.25 $0.0569147 22.76%
1971-2010 Half Dollar $0.50 $0.1138305 22.76%
1971-1978 Eisenhower Dollar $1.00 $0.2276619 22.76%
1979-1981, 1999 SBA Dollar $1.00 $0.0813066 8.13%
2000-2010 Sacagawea Dollar $1.00 $0.0689901 6.89%
2007-2010 Presidential Dollar $1.00 $0.0689901 6.89%

[FunnyMoney]

There's a lot of comments about how if/when the SHTF you will need some modern day money prior to real gold and real silver going mainstream. Many say that you should have some cash on hand for that period since ATMs and CCs won't likely work.

I'm not sure if I agree, but if you are inclined to have a few hundred dollars stashed in that case, it would be a very good idea to have most of it in nickels.

The nickel is likely to survive any dollar devaluation and retain or increase in purchasing power during such a period, if one were to come.

As far as other coins are concerned, you would be very wise to select between SAEs, Silver Canadian Maple Leafs, or Mexican Silver Libertads. Or for those in Europe or Asia, the Silver Philharmonic.

[steyr_m]

I always empty my pockets in a change can and cash it in when it gets full.
With the current prices in metals I think I'll just start another can when one gets
full.
There is some silver in quarters and dimes, isn't there? If these spot prices continue
up it has to be better than paper, right?


Dude, it's been a long time since I found actual silver in my pocket change.