what is a silver dollar made of

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Asking what a silver dollar is made of is a bit like asking what's in a "house special" soup; it really depends on when you ordered it. For the classic U.S. silver dollars that jangled in the pockets of cowboys and flappers—we're talking about the Morgan and Peace Dollars minted up to 1935—the recipe was quite specific: 90% silver and 10% copper. The copper wasn't there to cheat you; it was added for durability so the coins wouldn't get dinged up while being spent on things that actually cost a dollar.

After a long hiatus, the dollar coin returned in the 1970s with the Eisenhower dollar. Most of these were copper-nickel sandwiches with no silver in them at all. However, the U.S. Mint also made special collector's versions that were 40% silver, making them more of a "silver-ish" dollar.

Today, the term can also refer to the American Silver Eagle, a bullion coin with a face value of one dollar. This hefty piece is the real McCoy, containing one troy ounce of 99.9% pure silver. So, depending on the coin, a "silver dollar" can be made of mostly silver, a little bit of silver, or just wishful thinking.