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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lawdogct, post: 43049, member: 1476&quot;]Well...by the dates minted on the coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>90% silver 10% copper (refered to as coin silver)</p><p>Washington 1932 - 1964</p><p>Roosevelt 1946 - 1964</p><p>Kennedy - 1964 only</p><p><br /></p><p>40% silver</p><p>Kennedy 1965 - 1970, 1976 (special commem&#039; sets with S mint)</p><p><br /></p><p>Lincolns:</p><p>95% copper - 5% tin and zinc</p><p>1909-1942, 1946 - 1982</p><p>*1943 - Steel</p><p>*1944 - 1945 - (Bronze 95% copper 5% Zinc)</p><p>*1982 - present&nbsp; - Pure copper over 99.2% zinc .8% copper</p><p><br /></p><p>Note 1982 both copper and copper/zinc types minted</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helped.&nbsp; Pulled the info from coinfacts.com[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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