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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 357146, member: 4626&quot;]90% silver: 1964, also from 1992 to present San Francisco minted some proofs in 90% silver for the sake of the silver proof sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>40% silver: 1965-1970, also in 1975-1976 San Francsico minted both business strikes and proofs in 40% silver for the sake of the 3 piece Bicentennial uncirculated/proof sets (the standard 6 piece proof sets for 1975 and 1976 contain clad proofs).</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper-nickel clad: anything else.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the edge is the easiest way to tell.&nbsp; The 90% silver will have a solid silver edge; the 40% silver will have a dark stripe&nbsp; in the middle of the edge (usually looks a dark grey; the core is only 20% silver compared to the 80% silver outer layers, the extra copper makes it appear dark grey or blackish).&nbsp; The copper-nickel clad will have a copper colored stripe in the middle of the edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eisenhower dollars were never 90% silver (some are 40% silver though... as above it&#039;s easy to tell by looking at the edge.).&nbsp; Well technically there is one... in 1990 a silver dollar was minted commemorating the 100th anniversary of Eisenhower&#039;s birth.&nbsp; Not usually what one means by an Eisenhower silver dollar lol... but it does have Eisenhower on it, is made of silver, and has a face value of one dollar, so technically, it is an &quot;Eisenhower silver dollar&quot; lol...</p><p><br /></p><p>For that matter there will be another new Eisenhower dollar eventually (not silver though)... when the presidential dollar series gets to him, some time in 2015.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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