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Message:: [QUOTE="bugo, post: 2342313, member: 53226"]Yes, there is still silver out there. There are few silver quarters left, but there are lots of silver dimes. I worked at the gas station for about a year and a half, I found close to 40 silver dimes (all Roosevelts) but only found about 5 silver quarters, including a NIFC silver 1976 bicentennial quarter (the only 40% silver quarter that the US has ever minted and one of my favorite finds). I pulled some of the dimes out of rolls, some out of the register, and customers spent some of them. I found most of the dimes in the span of a month or two. I've also gotten silver half dollars (mostly 40% Kennedys but customers spent 3 Franklins when I was working there, two at one time) and a 1884-O Morgan that somebody spent at a convenience store where I knew the owner and asked him to stick back "big coins" (half dollars and larger coins). I had gotten a 1968 half from this same store, but getting the Morgan was a shock. I've also found a few silver nickels. The local Coinstar machine has been awfully good to me as far as silver goes. I have found a 1905-O dime, several Roosevelt dimes, a 1936 quarter, a 1966 Canadian quarter (silver), and a 1917 French 50 centimes silver coin. You have to go through a lot of change, but if you look long enough and you're lucky, you might just find some silver.[/QUOTE]