There isn't a forum member alive who remembers circulating silver coins.

kiyote

It boggles the mind when you think about it! Time marches on and all of that.

llafoe

Huh? They were still circulating when I was a child.

wayneme

Your Kids will say the same thing about copper coins
and yes i do

Dentuck

Anyone in their mid- to late 50s should remember them.

DorkGirl

Wrong bucko!

Midus1

I remember them. 5 pop bottles would give me a nice silver dime.

SportsModerator

I'm old, but not that ancient!!!!

BobSav

All my folding blue coin albums were filled with pocket change.

Bob

SanctionII

I am 54 and remember silver circulating when I was a kid. Even into the 1970's you would occassionally still find silver in your pocket change.

A few years ago I received a Franklin half dollar in change at a pizza parlor.

My father in law, 91 years of age, remembers gold coins circulating.

JupitarCoins

Mostly all my change when I was a kid was silver coins.
What are you talking about!!!

DennisH

I remember them quite clearly, and I'm only 55.

Batman23

Shoot, I found over a dollars worth (face value) of circulating silver just this last year

garrynot

I recall very well circulating silver and war nickels. I am 56. I have a whole roll of war nickels I collected from change. Even one 1943/2. Like Bob Sav said, alot of it is in the folding blue coin albums. I can recall spending a dateless standing liberty quarter for a hamburger at Tastee Freeze in 1964. I was collecting coins by then and the thing was worn almost smooth and i didnt think it was worth keeping. I can recall spending dateless buffalo nickels and silver Roosies for a 5 cent Wahoo bar from the Good Humor truck at school. I can recall getting yelled at by my dad at a grocery store because we got an old worn out walking liberty half in change and I made a little scene wanting to keep it. I recall pilfering silver and war nickels and wheat cents from my dad's change dish, too. Fond memories It wasn't that long ago, my friend.

Wow, this is my 500th post too. A nice topic to record my 500th post.

PerryHall

I remember getting Buffalo Nickels, Mercury Dimes, Standing Liberty Quarters, Walking Liberty Halves, Morgan and Peace Dollars in change for face value and I'm only 63. Silver coins were still in circulation when I was in college.

Walkerguy21D

The 40% halves were still readily circulating well into the 1970's (I just turned 50). And yes I know people still snag these and some 90% silver even today, but I'm talking about circulating, not oops someone cashed in some at a bank where they were quickly scooped up.
I was visiting an old collector/dealer last week who told me about seeing Barber halves in circulation in the 50's. I guess that explains why most of these are so worn out

derryb

I remember a 16 oz. bottled RC cola for one silver dime and two copper pennys. About one in three sodas had the RC logo underneath the cork liner of the bottle cap that was good for a free soda. I also remember a McDonalds hamburger for 19 cents when they first opened. There was big fanfare when they put up there first "over 1 million sold" sign. Oh, and they were real beef burgers back then!

OnTheHunt

When we wanted to know if anyone had any change larger than a nickel we asked if anyone had any silver.

Steve

morgandollar1878

That is a proposterous statement to make.

clw54

<< <i>It boggles the mind when you think about it! Time marches on and all of that. >>


I remember them. I also remember being very young and having a penny, and noticing it was different from pennies I had seen before. It had a building on the back.

2ndCharter

It boggles the mind when you think about it! Time marches on and all of that.

Sounds like another wonderful graduate of our modern public school system.

By the way, I distinctly remember spending silver coins at the 1964 New York Worlds Fair. (I was all of 14). That was the same year I went to my local bank to get some of the new 1964 Kennedy Half Dollars - as I recall, they were silver, also.

Outhaul

Wrong, oh Don Kiyote...I spent plenty of silver;Mercs, Barbers, walkers, Frankies, SLQs...etc. They were all still circulating when I was a kid.

Cheers,

Bob

Cameonut

I am 56 and remember how funny the new clad coinage sounded when you dropped one on a hard surface.

Now it is the other way around. When you drop a silver coin on a hard surface, it sings instead of thuds.

messydesk

Wait a minute. Apropos the OP's assertion, how do we know all you respondents are actually alive.

mrearlygold

<< <i>It boggles the mind when you think about it! Time marches on and all of that. >>



Nonsense. I remember spending 90% when I was a kid. Heck I remember using large cents at the penny arcade!

llafoe

<< <i>Wait a minute. Apropos the OP's assertion, how do we know all you respondents are actually alive. >>



THANKS! Now I have 12 bruises on my arms from pinching myself to make sure I was still alive!

Prethen

Why the heck would you say that?!?!

TennesseeDave

I was born in 1964.I remember getting lots of silver from pocket change in the early 70's.

llafoe

<< <i>I am 56 and remember how funny the new clad coinage sounded when you dropped one on a hard surface.

Now it is the other way around. When you drop a silver coin on a hard surface, it sings instead of thuds. >>



I remember dropping coins on the kitchen table to see if I had any silver... I haven't done that in 35-40 years! What a shame!

jmski52

Reports of my demise have been grossly exaggerated.

llafoe

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<< <i>It boggles the mind when you think about it! Time marches on and all of that. >>



Nonsense. I remember spending 90% when I was a kid. Heck I remember using large cents at the penny arcade! >>



Okay, New Year's Eve is over... step away from the bottle! Those weren't large cents, they were game tokens!

drwstr123

<< <i>Why the heck would you say that?!?! >>


Just making snowballs for others to throw.

MrLee

I too remember silver in circulation.

Got a silver quarter in change just last month.

A proof no less.

tahoe98

...WOW!!! what a way to attract posts!!!!

yellowkid

I was in the service when they stopped minting silver coins, and I hope I have a few years left!

jesbroken

WHAAAT!!! You must be of the Logan's Run group. I would almost bet more coin collectors remember circulating silver coins than don't(like I said almost). Another 30 or so years and you could be right.
Jim

kiyote

<< <i>Why the heck would you say that?!?! >>



Eh, mostly to get a discussion started, but I'm also curious what it was like back then!

llafoe

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<< <i>Why the heck would you say that?!?! >>



Eh, mostly to get a discussion started, but I'm also curious what it was like back then! >>



It was like today, but it was then.

robec

My first 17 years of life that's all we had. You might have been closer to being right if you'd said that no one remembers circulating silver dollars.

pitboss

I remember waiting at the gate in the rain for the 1964 worlds fair to open.

jmski52

I was highly alarmed when comic books went from 10 cents up to 12 cents. That's how it was then.

fastrudy

Not only silver, but SLQ, Mercs, Walkers, silver dollars, Buff nickels and an occasional Barber piece! We only took out the silver we needed to fill the holes in our Whitman™ folders. We should have kept more silver, but hindsight is always 20/20.

golfer72

Totally untrue! Do the math.

fiveNdime

i wasnt alive when they stopped minting circulating silver coins, but many stopped circulating (in the mid 70's) when i came across them.

Russ

<< <i>I was highly alarmed when comic books went from 10 cents up to 12 cents. That's how it was then. >>



The cost of a Twinkie two pack was 12¢ when I was a kid.

Russ, NCNE

morgansforever

Born in 72, had I known about the 72DDO cent, I would have been buyin all the OBW rolls I could, LOL.
So far in the past 10 years, 2 40% Halves, 2 silver Washies, 1 Winged Liberty dime, 3 silver Rosies.
I always check my change .

ricman

I think you need to review your arithmetic

mommam17

My father's friend, who was a dentist, told my father, to start pulling silver coins out of circulation. A trip to Fla. in 1968 was the beginning of pulling silver and the beginning of a collector.

garrynot

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<< <i>I was highly alarmed when comic books went from 10 cents up to 12 cents. That's how it was then. >>



The cost of a Twinkie two pack was 12¢ when I was a kid.

Russ, NCNE >>




YES! If I had as much as 12 cents on me, it was a tough choice deciding to buy the twinkies or penny candy... and baseball cards were a nickel a pack with bubble gum.

Walkerguy21D

<< <i>Eh, mostly to get a discussion started, but I'm also curious what it was like back then! >>


Just like today, but with less electronics and rules!

Elcontador

When I was a child, my parents took the family to Las Vegas. I remember the dollar slot machines, which all had Morgan and Peace Dollars.

jesbroken

<< <i>I was highly alarmed when comic books went from 10 cents up to 12 cents. That's how it was then. >>



That about broke my heart, too, but then we always had the used comic book store--6 cents with a cover and 5 cents without. Was truly a wonderful 25 cent expenditure at the time. (2 or 3 used comics, an RC Cola and a small bag of candy)
Jim