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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 12289, member: 57463&quot;]... and not to forget the 40% silver of the clad Kennedy Half Dollars of 1965-1970...&nbsp; or the many silver Proof issues since 1964, such as the Eisenhower Dollar and nominally circulating silver clad Ikes of the Bicentennial 1976.</p><p><br /></p><p>... and the assumption, is that the topic is US Coins.&nbsp; Canada continued silver coinage in .800 fine to 1966 and then dropped it to .500 fine for several years before abandoning silver entirely.&nbsp; Switzerland likewise continued its .800(?) fine silver coins until 1968, I believe... and so on...</p><p><br /></p><p>You can find silver coins from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, and many other nations for prices competitive with US silver from pre-1964.&nbsp; Note that many of these issues are less than .900 fine.&nbsp; The Latin Monetary Union included over 20 nations. Centered on France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Italy, it included Romania and Columbia eventually.&nbsp; LMU coinage was only .800 fine.&nbsp; On the other hand, British silver was sterling until after World War I when it dropped to .500 fine before being discontinued for base metals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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