Junk 90% Silver Quarters | $1,000 Face Value Bag

Four Thousand Quarters, About 715 Ounces

A $1,000 face value bag holds 4,000 circulated quarters, every one struck by the US Mint in 90% silver and dated 1964 or earlier. Together they carry about 715 troy ounces of silver, and the coins alone weigh around 55 pounds. The order ships in Hero Bullion canvas bags.

 

The Last Silver Quarters

The quarters in this bag come from the final decades of silver coinage, and the year that ended it was 1964. Silver prices were climbing, the public was hoarding coins, and the country ran short of change. The Treasury kept striking 1964-dated coins into 1965 to meet demand, and the Mint burned through its silver stock doing it. By June 1965, a dollar in silver coin held 93.3 cents’ worth of silver at market prices. President Johnson announced the switch that month, and the Coinage Act of 1965 followed in July. Quarters dated 1965 and later are copper-nickel clad, so 1964 is the last circulating silver date.

 

Silver All the Way Through

A clad quarter is a sandwich: copper-nickel layers bonded to a pure copper core. Look at its edge and the copper shows as a band between the faces. The quarters in this bag are a single alloy of 90% silver and 10% copper, solid through the edge, so every coin you pull out looks the same from the face to the rim. With 4,000 coins to sort, the edge and the date are the quickest checks.

 

What Four Thousand Circulated Coins Look Like

These quarters spent decades in pockets and registers, and they show it. Most are Washington quarters, and older Standing Liberty quarters can turn up in the mix. After 1932 the Mint lowered the rim on the Washington quarter, so the reverse often wears more than the portrait side, leaving the eagle softer than Washington’s profile. Expect scratches, rim nicks and toning across the lot. Dates and mint marks are our choice from inventory and cannot be requested, and the coin in the photo is one 1957 example.

 

Junk 90% Silver Quarters $1,000 Face Value Bag Specifications

Each quarter was struck at 6.25 grams of 90% silver, measures 24.3 mm across and has a reeded edge. New, 4,000 of them held 723.4 troy ounces of silver. Circulated 90% silver trades at 715 troy ounces per $1,000 face, which allows for metal lost to wear, and that is the figure the bag is sold on. Full current details are on the Specifications tab.

 

Junk 90% Silver Quarters $1,000 Face Value Bag FAQ

 

How many quarters are in a $1,000 face value bag?

Four thousand. Each quarter carries a 25 cent face value, so $1,000 in face takes 4,000 coins, all 90% silver and dated 1964 or earlier.

 

Why are there no 1965 silver quarters?

Because the Coinage Act of 1965 took silver out of the quarter. A coin shortage and rising silver prices in 1964 drained the Treasury’s silver, and every quarter dated 1965 or later was struck in copper-nickel clad.

 

How can I tell a silver quarter from a clad one?

Check the date and the edge. A silver quarter is dated 1964 or earlier and shows no copper band on its edge. A clad quarter shows the copper core as a stripe between the faces.

 

How heavy is the bag?

About 55 pounds before wear, from 4,000 quarters at 6.25 grams each, or 25 kilograms. Plan for a heavy delivery.

 

How does a bag this size ship?

In Hero Bullion canvas bags, fully insured, and every order of $500 and over requires a signature on delivery. Someone will need to be home to sign.

 

Want a smaller lot first? See the Junk 90% Silver Quarters $100 Face Value Bag.

 

Four thousand of the last silver quarters, bought for their silver. Add the Junk 90% Silver Quarters $1,000 Face Value Bag to your cart.