Also, look for Half dollars quarters and dimes dated *1964* and prior for 90% silver. half dollars 1965-1969 are 40% silver. for nickels, look for 1942-1945 for 35% silver
For nickels look for a mint mark above the dome of Monichello . If there is one it’s silver if not it is not
oh that's right, 1970 is as well, but those were only released in mint sets and are rather tough to find in circulation. I mean, any silver half is tough to find in circulation but those are even tougher
There's also the 1976-S Bi-centennial quarters at 40% silver, but probably not too many to be found. 1.6 Billion D's and P's were produced over '75-'76, but only 15M S's, and a lot of those got melted down.
I bet it’s going to be very tough to find any silver bicentennials in circulation, even tougher than the 90% silver ones
That may be so, but at least I actually get quarters as change virtually everywhere; good luck getting ANY 50 cent piece randomly.