It can be very confusing when you are going through your old coins. You are likely trying to figure out what coins you can trade in at the bank and what needs to be sold to a coin specialist.

 We are going to simplify this process so you have a better idea of what coins have value.

 For many years coins that were used as spending money were made of silver. The first thing we will list below is the most common coins that were made of silver.

Dimes, quarters, half dollars and silver dollars made prior to 1964 were made of 90% silver.

The Kennedy half dollar was made of 40% silver from 1965-1970.