You can still find about 40% silver-clad half dollars
It is said that only coin collectors know about this fact. You can still find about 40% silver-clad half dollars. You can ask me how? This is the answer.
If you go to savings companies and banks, you should buy rolls of halves. The price of each 10.00$. In case you can afford to buy a lot, do it. In case it is beyond your means, try to buy as many as possible. The main idea is - the more you buy the more you will find. After that take them home and check carefully. After checking, keep all the halves made before 1971.
And here is the result!!! Almost all the U.S. silver halves minted in 1964 or earlier are 90% silver. By the way, U.S. silver dimes, quarters and dollars are also consist of silver for 90%. Then Kennedy half dollars of 1965 through 1970 have about 40% silver. During 1870 silver dollar was not released for public circulation. That’s why you can find them just in the private coin-collections. Or possible because they had accidentally been placed in public circulation. Sometimes coin-collections are stolen, that is another way of finding this kind of silver coins in the pockets of ordinary citizens. That’s how these numismatic valuable coins are used as ordinary coins. Sometimes teenagers snitch these coins and go to the shop or a local drug store to buy something. Surely, they don’t know the numismatic value. So, always watch your coins.
After 1970 half dollars with the exception of the silver proof and mint sets were not put into circulation, they were for collectors only. The reason is that there no silver in ordinary half dollars coins any more.
Some people (not only coin-collectors) have made a habit to stop at small town banks, savings and loan companies, and especially country stores if they have some half dollars for sale. Usually they sale them without any questions and problems.
When you have sort all the coins you took home, roll up all the halves without silver. You can return them into the bank or loan company. If you want you can trade them for more rolls. Or there are some opportunities to cash them or to buy whatever you want at the local store. It depends on your wish.
Now you know a little secret about silver coins. But keep this secret, because no silver half dollars will leave. Good luck in making your own coin-collection.
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