Is Your Eisenhower Dollar Silver? The S Mint Mark Trap

1. An Eisenhower dollar can be big, bright, and still contain no silver.
2. Ordinary circulation issues are copper-nickel clad.
3. Selected collector issues dated nineteen seventy-one through seventy-four, with an S mint mark, contain forty percent silver.
4. Selected silver Bicentennial issues, dated seventeen seventy-six to nineteen seventy-six, do too.
5. But here's the catch: some S proofs are clad. Proof tells you how a coin was made, not its silver content.
6. Check the date, mint mark, and exact variety before using a silver calculator.
7. Get the complete Eisenhower guide at NumisTrends dot net.

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