as someone who has been involved with something similiar,
it was the sound the real silver made, that caught my attention. 
i didnt know why at the time, just knew these were different.



falsefaucet

I think the silver bugs call them "junk silver" or "90 percent" silver. My dad passed away almost 20 years ago, but I still have those bags!

siggy47

I've collected a few of these too over the years, I think '64 was the last year for silver being used (for quarters at least) so I've always checked the dates

OneOneSeven

bitcoin

There is no such thing as Gresham's Law... The proper name is: Copernicus' Law

jk_14

In the mid 60's I worked as a young kid in my father's pharmacy. One of my jobs was to go through the coin trays after we closed for the day. My father taught me how to recognize the old silver dimes and quarters (and occasional half dollars), and to remove them and put them in a bag to take home. The new coins had a brown stripe on the rim, revealing the alloys. We left them in the tray to use the next day.