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81 and earlier pennies are mostly copper, and worth 96% of their copper metal value.
1942-45 nickles are silver and worth .81 cents metal value.

1916-45 mercury dime is silver and worth $1.04 metal value

1946-64 Roosevelt dime is silver and worth $1.04 metal value

1932-64 quarter is silver and worth $2.62 metal value

1916-47 half dollar is silver and worth $5.25 metal value

1948-63 half dollar is silver and worth $5.25 metal value

1964 kennedy half dollar is silver and worth $5.25 metal value

1965-70 half dollar is 40% silver and worth $2.14 metal value

1878-1921 Morgan dollar is silver and worth $11.22 metal value

1921-35 peace dollar is silver and worth $11.22 metal value

1971-1976 Eisenhower Dollar 40% silver and worth $4.59 mwtal value

Wow, great info. Do you have a link to a spreadsheet with the denonimation, its year, its precious metal weight(s), and current value? This would be a handy log for coins.

It's time to keep the change around. I always pull out older change even if it's beat up since there's more valuable metal content. You can expect to see more older coins during hard times. I saw an elderly lady spending a $5 gold receipt bill at a Kroger in Texas about 1986-87.

Planning ahead already saved me $100K in my IRA by bailing from the market before it tanked.