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The Coinage Act of 1965, Pub. L. 89–81, 79 Stat. 254, enacted July 23, 1965, eliminated silver from the circulating United States dime (ten-cent piece) and quarter dollar coins. It also reduced the silver content of the half dollar from 90 percent to 40 percent; silver in the half dollar was subsequently eliminated by a 1970 law.
Trade dollars were again made legal tender by the Coinage Act of 1965, which stated in part "All coins and currencies of the United States (including Federal Reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal Reserve banks and national banking associations), regardless of when coined or issued, shall be legal tender for all debts, public and ...
The Coinage Act of 1965 removed all silver from quarters and dimes, which were 90% silver prior to the act. However, there was a provision in the act allowing some coins to contain a 40% silver consistency, such as the Kennedy Half Dollar. Later, even this provision was removed, with the last circulating silver-content halves minted in 1969.
Prior to 1965 and passage of the Coinage Act of 1965 the composition of the dime, quarter, half-dollar and dollar coins was 90% silver and 10% copper. The half-dollar continued to be minted in a 40% silver-clad composition between 1965 and 1970.
The coins were melted soon afterwards, [5] and the Coinage Act of 1965, enacted on July 23, 1965, forbade all production of dollar coins for a period of five years. [ 6 ] On May 12, 1969, the Joint Commission on the Coinage, a panel of 24 individuals organized by the 1965 Coinage Act, [ 7 ] recommended resumption of dollar coin production ...
Under the Coinage Act of 1792, gold coins had different values, including $2.50 (called a quarter eagle), $5 (half eagle) and $10 (eagle).
Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1965 in July, under which the Mint transitioned from striking 1964-dated silver quarters to striking 1965-dated clad quarters. [35] Beginning on August 1, 1966, the Mint began to strike 1966-dated pieces, and thereafter it resumed the normal practice of striking the current year's date on each piece. [36]
All US coinage, pursuant to the Coinage Act of 1965, is legal tender for any amount. Uruguay: 10 and 20 centésimos 50 centésimos: 1994 2008: 2005 1 July 2010: No Uzbekistan: 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, and 50 tiyin 1 sum 5 and 10 sum: 1994 2000 2001: 1 March 2020 1 March 2020 1 March 2020: No Vanuatu: 1 and 2 vatu: 2011: 31 March 2011: Yes [30] Vietnam ...