And, my grandfather left me a whole box of civil war era half dimes and dimes. Not worth a ton, but most of those are 90% silver as well.
Beautiful coins back then.
Yes, the old designs were beautiful. Most of what silver I have collected over the years (I was only 10 when the coins changed, but I have saved silver from my change since about 1970) is newer coins, Roosevelt dimes, Washington quarters and such. I did get a Mercury dime or two, and one Liberty half dollar.