When did the US stop minting silver coins?

The U.S. has been minting silver coins since 1794, but you will find that virtually all coin denominations stopped using silver after 1964. The half dollar and dollar coins were reduced from 90% silver to a 40% silver composition for a brief time until the U.S. Mint switched to using cheaper metals in the 1970s.

Are silver dollar coins rare?

The Mint also struck 40% silver Eisenhower dollars for coin collectors. Along with Lincoln cents and Washington quarters, silver dollars are one of the most popular types of collectible coins — and many are quite rare and valuable! See what dollar coins are made of — and how the metal composition of U.S. dollar coins has changed through the years.

When was the first Silver Dollar made?

The largest of the circulating U.S. coinage in terms of physical diameter, the silver dollar was made from 1794 through 1935. After a hiatus of 36 years, the United States Mint resumed production of the one-dollar coin by striking the copper-nickel clad Eisenhower dollar in 1971.