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Message:: [QUOTE="adric22, post: 1541031, member: 38146"]I'm coming into this thread a little late.  I had to read all 9 pages. Actually, when you think about it, this makes perfect sense that such a find is possible for a few reasons. As already discussed, they were will making silver quarters in 1965 and into 1966 but they were stamping them all as 1964.  So is is certainly possible for a few screw-ups that would get a silver one stamped 1965. The fact that it says 1965 on the coin would mean most people searching through their loose change would probably miss it because they would see 1965 and assume it was not silver.  That is, until it lands in the hands of somebody who can tell the difference. So yeah, I'm hopeful the original poster has what he thinks he has.  If I found it, I'd personally sell it.  I only collect silver coins for bullion value so I'd go ahead and sell it and use that money to buy more bullion coins. On a second note.  Being all the discussions of magnetic testing, I'm surprised nobody produces a machine for electronically testing silver coins.  It would work similar to a metal-detector as far as generating a magnetic field but it should be able to tell the difference between silver and other metals and just have an LED that lights up for silver and one for not silver.  Seems like that would be easier than the acid tests, and also allow you to test proof coins without having to "slide" them down magnets.[/QUOTE]