1965 quarter question

[Salida]

I know that 1964 quarters are silver, but I also heard that many of
the 1965 quarters were accidently minted with 40% silver and in circulation.
Does anyone kow about this?
Sal;ida

 

[widebody]

[size=large]checked my 2010 edition of u.s. coins and it only mentions that some quarters were minted with silver but were proofs only. no mention of any accidental or any minted for circulation with exception of the Bi-Centennail qtrs. in the bi-centennial they were minted as the following:
1776-1976, copper-nickel clad
1776-1976-d copper-nickel clad
1776-1976-s copper-nickel clad
1776-1976-s silver clad
several million were melted down in 1982. hope this helped.

HH[/size]

 

[Salida]

Thanks Widebody. That does help.
I often wonder where these stories come from
or how they get started.
Salida

 

[widebody]

[size=large]concidering how much lying our gov't does to us i wouldn't want to say these stories are not true. just based on the books i have that's what i go by.

HH[/size]

 

[flyin-lowe]

You might have also been told about the 64 coins that were minted in 65 and 66. I have read somewhere that they still had silver left over after 1964 so they continued to produce quarters in 65 and 66 that were silver, however they still have the 64 date on them.

 

[Salida]

Hummm. Never heard of that. Where can I find out more info about this?
Salida

 

[flyin-lowe]

http://www.usmint.gov/faqs/circulating_coins/


I did a quick google search and found this link. If you go down part way to the section about coin dates it mentions it.

Here is a quote from the insert.

"When the Coinage Act of 1965 was passed, it became mandatory that the Mint continue to use the 1964 date on all 90 percent silver coins (half-dollar coins, quarter-dollar coins, and 10-cent coins). Therefore, all of the 90 percent silver coins that the Mint manufactured in 1964, 1965, and 1966 bears the date 1964. The last of the 90 percent silver quarter-dollar coins was struck in January 1966, the last of these 10-cent coins was struck in February 1966, and the last of these half-dollar coins was struck in April 1966. The Coinage Act of 1965 also made it mandatory that the clad coins be dated not earlier than 1965."

 

[widebody]

[size=large]nothing like fixing the history books.

HH[/size]