# Non-Silver "Silver" dollar Coins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-silver-silver-dollar-coins/454092>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-silver-silver-dollar-coins/454092 "2008-06-24T18:19:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-silver-silver-dollar-coins/454092/1 "2008-06-24T18:19:32Z")

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Do Eisenhower “silver” dollar coins have any value? I was given a bag, containing 35 of these (1971-1974). Of course, they have no silver content (they are of a copper-nickel “sandwich”), and are beginning to corrode (the copper turns green). I suspect they have no value beyond $1.00-anybody know?

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**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-silver-silver-dollar-coins/454092/2 "2008-06-24T18:32:30Z")

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The value of a coin depends on the condition it is in (Fine, Very Fine, Uncirculated, etc…), as well as rarity.

You should be able to get a copy of “A GUIDEBOOK OF UNITED STATES COINS” for under $20. I apologise, but I do not have any reference material on hand for ya.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-silver-silver-dollar-coins/454092/3 "2008-06-24T18:37:35Z")

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Looking at completed eBay listings, I see that bulk lots got for around $1.50 per dollar coin.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-silver-silver-dollar-coins/454092/4 "2008-06-24T22:19:57Z")

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We buy these over the counter in the coin shop for $1.05 each. We buy perhaps 1000/month. Probably more. I’ll sell them to you for !.35 each, !.25 each per hundred. If you want totally original Uncirculated exaples, without regard to date, I can sell you rolls at $1.50/per. The mintages are just too high for them to have any future value.

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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-silver-silver-dollar-coins/454092/5 "2008-06-24T22:34:22Z")

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[QUOTE=samclem]  
We buy these over the counter in the coin shop for $1.05 each. We buy perhaps 1000/month. Probably more. I’ll sell them to you for !.35 each, !.25 each per hundred. If you want totally original Uncirculated exaples, without regard to date, I can sell you rolls at $1.50/per. The mintages are just too high for them to have any future value.  
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I’ll take 5000 at that .25 each please. 😉

(Might want to have that shift key looked at!)