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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 412592, member: 5233&quot;]The first quarter, is from an uncirculated mint set and is definitely 40% silver since it was from San Francisco.&nbsp; All 1976 non-proof quarters with an S mint mark are 40% silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second quarter is a proof.&nbsp; They made both silver and clad proof examples of the proof quarter that year.&nbsp; It&#039;s hard to tell from the pics with it is.&nbsp; If it doesn&#039;t have copper in the rim, it&#039;s <b>probably</b> silver.&nbsp; What I would do, is grab a new quarter from circulation and the quarter from the first pic (which we now know is silver).&nbsp; You will see an obvious color difference between the circulation clad quarter and the silver quarter (silver has a more gray color than the clad coins).&nbsp; Then, compare the color of the proof to those coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a scale handy, you could weigh the proof coin.&nbsp; That&#039;s the way to be most sure.&nbsp; The weight of a 40% silver quarter would be 5.75g while a clad quarter is 5.67 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the finger prints...you could probably get rid of them by dipping the coin in acetone.&nbsp; But, being that you are new I wouldn&#039;t advise it.&nbsp; There are tricks to doing it and it takes experience.&nbsp; You could easily ruin the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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