<P> The Coinage Act of 1965 , Pub. L. 89 -- 81 , 79 Stat. 254 , enacted July 23 , 1965 , eliminated silver from the circulating United States dime ( ten - cent piece ) and quarter dollar coins . It also reduced the silver content of the half dollar from 90 percent to 40 percent ; silver in the half dollar was subsequently eliminated by a 1970 law . </P>
<P> The Coinage Act of 1965 , Pub. L. 89 -- 81 , 79 Stat. 254 , enacted July 23 , 1965 , eliminated silver from the circulating United States dime ( ten - cent piece ) and quarter dollar coins . It also reduced the silver content of the half dollar from 90 percent to 40 percent ; silver in the half dollar was subsequently eliminated by a 1970 law . </P>
when did they take silver out of quarters
when did they take silver out of quarters
1965
1965