[DOC] [TLE] Coinage Act of 1965 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Coinage Act of 1965, Pub.L. 8981, 79 Stat. 254, enacted July 23, 1965, 
eliminated silver from the circulating United States dime (ten-cent ... The fact that 
the dime (ten-cent piece), quarter dollar, and other smaller silver coins .... On 
June 3, 1965, President Johnson sent a special message to Congress, asking it 
to pass... [DOC] [TLE] Lyndon B. Johnson: Remarks at the Signing of the Coinage Act [PAR] Lyndon B. Johnson<br>1965: Book II. Lyndon B. ... The Coinage Act of 1965 
supersedes the act of 1792. And that act ... Actually, no new coins can be minted 
until this bill is signed. So these ... The new dimes and the new quarters will 
contain no silver. They will be ... Some have asked whether our silver coins will 
disappear. [DOC] [TLE] Clad Coins Welcomed Coolly by Collectors - NumisMaster [PAR] Dec 30, 2009 ... Eva Adams, director of the Mint, blamed a coin craze for causing the shortage. 
... On May 15, 1965, President Johnson announced that production of 1964-D 
silver ... Meantime, discussions of new coin metal began in earnest. ... Johnson 
asked Congress to eliminate silver from the dime and quarter and... [DOC] [TLE] President Johnson Took Silver Out of Most US Coinage [PAR] Oct 1, 2013 ... His successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, sowed the seeds of future inflation with ... The 
new dimes and quarters will contain no silver. ... about $1.80, while most U.S. 
dimes minted after 1965 are worth just 10 cents. ... He is also the editor of the 
NLG award winning Michael Fuljenz Metals Market Weekly Report. [DOC] [TLE] 40% Silver Coin History, Designs, and Value - JM Bullion [PAR] Types of Physical Metals >> The History Of 40% Silver Coins ... U.S. mint were 
produced between 1965 and 1970, and they contain 40% silver. ... Quarters and 
dimes would contain no silver while half dollars would be made up of 40% silver. 
... President Johnson announced plans to eliminate silver from U.S. quarters and
... [DOC] [TLE] First Major Change Made in Coin System - CQ Almanac Online Edition [PAR] The Act authorized the Treasury Department to mint new dimes and quarters ... In 
submitting the Administration's draft bill June 3, President Johnson said in an ... 
Eastern Senators sought the elimination of silver in half dollars, arguing that the 
.... Wallace said coin production in the first six months of fiscal 1965 Jumped... [DOC] [TLE] Greater Atlanta Coin Show - 1965 Special Mint Set [PAR] Without mint marks on coins, the 1965 Special Mint Set contained only five ... 
Senator Mike Mansfield pushed for the new silver dollars with President Johnson. 
... the first mint was established in 1792: the virtual elimination of silver in coins. ... 
Congress passed legislation to change the metal content of the dime, quarter and
... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Kennedy Half Dollar [PAR] The Kennedy half dollar, first minted in 1964, is a currently struck fifty cent coin 
issued ... Starting with 1965-dated pieces, the percentage of fine silver was 
reduced from ... December 10, the new President, Lyndon Johnson, endorsed the 
call for a ... Johnson announced plans to eliminate silver from the dime and 
quarter in... [DOC] [TLE] Avoiding a meltdown - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago [PAR] States Mint announced new regulations to limit the ... has its roots,2 the metal 
was silver; the coin was the .... coins were made of silver (the quarter and dime), 
nick- ... President Kennedy stopped the sales. ... of the Treasury studies, 
President Johnson proposed ... voted into law and signed as the Coinage Act of 
1965.5. [DOC] [TLE] hr 5512, the coin modernization and taxpayer savings act of 2008 [PAR] 23 WITNESSES Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Brown, Michael J., Vice President, 
U.S. .... If we continue minting coins with the current metal level, with each new 
penny .... The Department is asking Congress for the same authority for all 
circulating .... And so--but right now, both

Question: In 1965 President Johnson asked that this metal be eliminated in the minting of new dimes & quarters
Answer: silver