My thoughts on Precious Metals

[Montana Rancher]

Thank you very much! I do have responses to your points. So much of this subject is only going to be determined when something actually happens and people start using PMs (or refuse to use them).

Ok, just to be totally blunt

ONLY the 1974 Kennedy half dollars are 40% silver.

Any mention that anything above 1965 coins over 90% silver is based upon a very limited run of "mint" half dollars which are very rare.

If you have any half dollars that are 1965+ they are junk metal, unless they have 1974 Kennedy half dollars and they are 40% silver.

[Jerry D Young]

Ok, just to be totally blunt

ONLY the 1974 Kennedy half dollars are 40% silver.

Any mention that anything above 1965 coins over 90% silver is based upon a very limited run of "mint" half dollars which are very rare.

If you have any half dollars that are 1965+ they are junk metal, unless they have 1974 Kennedy half dollars and they are 40% silver.

I am sorry, but I believe you are mistaken. There are no 1974 silver content US half dollars at all. There were 1970 and 1976 40% silver composition proof and/or mint sets, but no silver content general issue in those years. There were, however, 40% total silver content general circulation coins that used a layered composition of 80% silver/20% copper in the outer layers and 20.9% silver/79.1% copper in the outer layers, producing the 40% total silver composition from 1965 through 1969. Please check some additional resources.

Just my opinion.

[Montana Rancher]

Thank you very much! I do have responses to your points. So much of this subject is only going to be determined when something actually happens and people start using PMs (or refuse to use them).

Try using that to pay your back property taxes - You will find that silver and gold have more value.

I am sorry, but I believe you are mistaken. There are no 1974 silver content US half dollars at all. There were 1970 and 1976 40% silver composition proof and/or mint sets, but no silver content general issue in those years. There were, however, 40% total silver content general circulation coins that used a layered composition of 80% silver/20% copper in the outer layers and 20.9% silver/79.1% copper in the outer layers, producing the 40% total silver composition from 1965 through 1969. Please check some additional resources.

Just my opinion.

Thank you for your update, you are correct, I usually use my memory for quoting facts but it fails me from time to time

http://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html

Here is the best source I have.

[Montana Rancher]

I am sorry, but I believe you are mistaken. There are no 1974 silver content US half dollars at all. There were 1970 and 1976 40% silver composition proof and/or mint sets, but no silver content general issue in those years. There were, however, 40% total silver content general circulation coins that used a layered composition of 80% silver/20% copper in the outer layers and 20.9% silver/79.1% copper in the outer layers, producing the 40% total silver composition from 1965 through 1969. Please check some additional resources.

Just my opinion.

BTW Robert Heinlien is my hero