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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;steve63, post: 2479495, member: 76463&quot;]I think another reason why there are far less silver quarters in circulation than dimes is the quarter&#039;s larger surface area.&nbsp; Because the date is so much larger on the quarter, the average person (ie. a non coin collector) is far more likely to inadvertently notice the old date and hold onto it.&nbsp; On the other hand, the date on the dime is so small nobody is going to notice an older date unless they inspect it.&nbsp; Heck, I <i>am</i> a coin collector and I once got a silver dime in change and didn&#039;t notice it.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t realize it until I went to roll the dimes in my change drawer years later.&nbsp; So I think silver dimes that do get reintroduced to circulation are far more likely to circulate for a while before someone notices they are silver and pulls them out of circulation again.&nbsp; But any silver quarter that gets reintroduced into circulation probably gets pulled out very quickly because it won&#039;t take long for even a non-collector to notice it&#039;s older date.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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