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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 14590, member: 669&quot;]Weight is the most accurate method.&nbsp; The .900 silver quarters minted from 1932-64 weighed 6.25g.&nbsp; The standard clad quarters from 1965-present weigh 5.67g.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never heard of any 1965 silver quarters being found.&nbsp; However in 1975-76 the bicentennial quarters with the dual dates 1776-1976 came in a standard clad composition, and in a silver clad version weighing 5.75g.&nbsp; Also, since 1992 there have been silver proof quarters minted (at San Francisco only) with the pre-1965 weight of 6.25g.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also definite differences in the &quot;ring&quot; sound of silver, clad, and silver clad coins when dropped on a hard surface, but you have to listen to a lot of known coins being dropped <b>and</b> have pretty good ears to base decisions on the sound.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver tranishes differently than copper-nickle, so the so-called &quot;toning&quot; of silver and clad coins is also different, but in these days of deliberate tarnishing - oooops &quot;toning&quot; - that too is a difficult read.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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