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KILLAZILLA

10/27/22 11:09 AM

#37299 RE: gempicker #37298

https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/one-hundred-years-of-silver-dollar-coinage-1878-1978#:~:text=On%20July%2023%2C%201965%2C%20President,dollar%2C%20quarter%2C%20and%20dime.

The Eisenhower Dollar
No silver dollar coins were struck by the Mint and issued into circulation after 1935. The silver dollar drought almost ended in 1964, when new legislation allowed the Denver Mint to strike Peace Dollars. However, none were released to the public.

At the same time, legislation was also being worked to remove silver from coins because of the ongoing shortage. On July 23, 1965, President Johnson approved the Coinage Act of 1965, which removed silver from circulating coins and authorized that clad coins be used for the half dollar, quarter, and dime.