U.S Silver Coins
Silver coins are the oldest mass-produced type of coin in the world and have a very rich history. Used for trade since the early Greeks, silver coins have circulated globally since the 6th Century BC. The United States Mint began minting silver coins in 1792 and produced dozens of designs for coinage, from obsolete denominations like the silver three-cent piece, early half-dime, and silver twenty-cent piece, to contemporary silver coins like the dime, quarter, half dollar, and silver dollar. In the 1960s, silver was removed from U.S. coins in circulation, from quarters and dimes, until the last of the silver Kennedy half dollars was released in 1964. Once silver was out of circulation, the demand for silver grew gradually, until finally, in 1992, when the demand for silver was satisfied when the first U.S. silver proof set was issued. Even though U.S. silver coins are no longer produced for circulation, there are many options to buy silver from the U.S. Mint, like the American Silver Eagles and a variety of Silver Proof Sets. Standard Silver Proof Sets contain a Silver Kennedy Half Dollar, Silver Washinton Quarter, Silver Roosevelt Dime, and silver examples of other quarters issued each year, like the current American Women Quarters series, in addition to a non-silver nickel and penny.
