[DOC] [TLE] You May Have These Rare Coins in Your Pocket! - Bottom Line Inc. [PAR] For instance, pre-1965 one-dollar coins are worth at least $19 and quarters ... 
That year, the US Mint switched to making pennies from zinc-coated steel instead 
of 95% copper/5% zinc and tin, but by mistake some copper pennies still were 
made, .... layers of metal from the coin, dull its luster and dramatically lower its 
value. [DOC] [TLE] Rare U.S. Coins: Which Nickels, Pennies, Dimes & Quarters To Keep [PAR] I don't know if 1974 nickels are especially valuable in terms of rare coins or not, ... 
made steel pennies this year, making the standard copper penny rare for the year 
.... A 1964 Lincoln penny is actually still worth just one cent if you found it in ... 
The theory is that a few silver dimes were struck with the 1965 date by accident. [DOC] [TLE] 'Coveted' 1965 Washington quarter error sells | Coin World [PAR] Nov 12, 2014 ... A few 1965 coins struck on planchets intended for the pre-1965 90 percent silver 
issues are ... 1965 Washington quarter wrong-metal error ... and the half dollar to 
a silver-copper clad composition (40 percent silver). ... alloy planchets rather than 
the zinc-plated steel planchets that were used that year. [DOC] [TLE] Washington quarter - Wikipedia [PAR] The Washington quarter is the present quarter dollar or 25-cent piece issued by 
the United States Mint. The coin was first struck in 1932; the original version was 
designed by ... Most commemorative coins at the time were struck in a quantity of 
a few .... The new clad quarters were struck without mint mark in 19651967,... [DOC] [TLE] US Coins - Jack and Ike: The 40 Percent Club Short Set - CoinWeek [PAR] May 25, 2016 ... It was the year we made the switch from silver alloy to clad, and for many it marks 
... And in 1965, not all circulating coins were clad, either. ... denomination coin in 
circulation, still retained some silver and did so through 1970. ... The story of the 
Eisenhower silver dollar begins in 1969 with Mint Director Mary... [DOC] [TLE] five historic dimes 1792 1796 1838 o 1916 1965 - US Rare Coin ... [PAR] It's been more than 200 years since the U.S. Mint struck a small run of ... It also 
provided for a range of copper, silver and gold coins, including silver ... Today 
only a few silver 1792 dismes and slightly more than a dozen struck in ... 
Measuring 19mm in diameter, the first dimes were larger than today's dime, but 
thinner. [DOC] [TLE] Rare Coins in Your Pocket -- Can You Still Hope for That Surprise ... [PAR] Sep 1, 1994 ... Up to then, silver coins dating back 30 years or more were ... sabotaged by a 
devil's advocate: The words WE TRUST were covered by a blob of metal. ... piece
, it's worth a few dollars--and it's findable in ordinary pocket change. ... the mint 
mark was omitted from a small number of dimes made at that mint. [DOC] [TLE] Common Coin Questions - Heritage Auctions [PAR] These coins are very common, available everywhere D-mint quarters circulate, 
and worth only their .... The Eisenhower Dollar is made from Copper Nickel clad. [DOC] [TLE] Forgotten Silver Kennedy Half Dollars - Coin Values Discovery [PAR] Silver Kennedy half dollars represent the end of circulating Silver US coins. ... 
And importantly, quantities are still with us today as most were saved in ... 1971 is 
the pivotal year when the metal alloy composition was changed to the modern 
Clad ... If your 1964 half is without a mintmark it was minted at the Philadelphia 
mint. [DOC] [TLE] Roosevelt Dime Error List | HobbyLark [PAR] Feb 27, 2015 ... Of all the modern coins in circulation, the Roosevelt Dime stands as ... the years, 
the Roosevelt Dime design has not changed since 1946. ... Besides the silver 
value of the pre-1965 mintages, it's unfortunate to ... 1975S - Keeping with the 
trend, some of the 1975 Proof Dimes were also missing a mint

Question: A few rare 1965 quarters were still made of this metal; the Mint switched to a clad coin that year
Answer: silver