You have to inspect your coin carefully. If it has a P or D mint mark, it's made of copper-nickel, not silver and is only worth 25¢.
If it has an S mint mark and a copper-colored edge it's a copper-nickel proof coin worth maybe $2 to $10 depending on its quality.
If it's in a holder labelled "Prestige Proof", then it IS a 90% silver coin. These were made for collectors and sell for $3 to $12 depending on quality and which state is depicted.
Neither the US nor Canada have struck circulating silver coins since the 1960s. If your coin is a collector's issue such as a US Prestige Proof, please post a new, separate question with more details.
If you found it in change your nickel is only worth face value. US nickels made from 1866 to mid-1942 and from 1946 to the present are made of a copper-nickel alloy, not silver. In fact, no circulating US coins have contained any silver since 1969.
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The simple answer is that any US quarter dated 1964 or earlier is worth many times its face value because these coins were made of 90% silver. However if a quarter is older than roughly the late 1930s / early 1940s its collector value may be higher than its silver value but that depends on the coin's specific date, condition, and mint mark. For that you have to look at a values guide such as the Red Book, PCGS.com, Numismedia.com, etc.
Not gold, and not proof. All proof coins dated 2000 were minted in San Francisco, and the US never struck gold quarters. You almost certainly have a normal Philadelphia quarter that's been plated with a thin layer of gold. The plating makes it an altered coin with no added value.
The silver value is about $6.00. NOTE: The US has never made a pure silver quarter, they are 90% silver & 10% copper.
Pre-1965 US quarters are 90% silver with a value of about $2.50 just for the silver.
Any silver (pre-1965) US quarter is currently worth at least $5 for its silver content. Then collector value above that depends on factors like the date and condition.
A 1942 Washington quarter is common. If it has any wear, the value is just for the silver, about $3.50.
about $6.50-$7.50
If you mean the value of a US 90% silver quarter? Minimum value, as of 6-4-11, is about $6.56.The collectible value depends on date, grade and mintmark if any.
Silver prices have been dipping over the last few weeks, so the current melt value of a US silver quarter (minted before 1965) is a little under $6.
Sorry! The US mint never made solid silver coins.
No 1972 US quarters have silver in them, the last year for silver quarters was 1964. so spend it
You don't have a pure silver quarter as the US has never minted a pure silver (99.9% pure or higher) silver quarter. Instead what you have is a 90% silver quarter which would be dated 1964 or prior. The value depends on a number of factors including the date, the mintmark and the condition. But a silver quarter is worth $5-6 in scrap silver regardless of type or condition, however some quarters can be worth significantly more.
The coin is worth about $3.25 just for the silver, the collectible value depends on how much wear the coin has and if it has a mintmark. And just so you know, it's spelled QUARTER.
No, a 1950 US quarter is not pure silver. It is made of 90% silver and 10% copper.