They stopped making silver coins after 1964 because it was tying the dollar to a precious-metal standard.
Many who did not trust fiat were exchanging their paper dollars for silver quarters, dimes and half-dollars at the bank.
A silver dime was worth a dime in 64, today that same silver dime is worth 1.40 it buys pretty much the exact same amount of goods today as it did in 64. A Large Coke at a fountain was a dime.. today closer to 1.50
Silver and gold are real money... can’t have real money since the fed can’t play with it easily and they sure as $hit can’t print it :-)
A 2016 Silver Eagle coin will cost you about 20 dollars today. They are real legal tender with a marked value of one dollar. They have exactly one ounce of .999 silver in them and a teeny bit of copper. They are at a slight premium compared to old 90% silver coins which go for about 14 times face value.
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What’s that saying? Regardless of the era, a gold ounce will buy you a very nice suit. By the way, every once in a while I still find a silver coin in a roll, nice when I find a couple. Nicest is finding a silver nickel in a roll (they made them in WWII).