Is a 1965 quarter silver?

No. Circulating 1965 Washington quarters are copper-nickel clad. Melt is copper plus a little nickel, not silver.

Which quarter year is silver?

Circulation Washington quarters 1964 and earlier are 90% silver. 1965-on business strikes are clad.

What is a 1965 quarter worth in melt today?

At today’s copper price of $6.5215/lb, one coin’s melt is $0.0825. Multiply by how many you have. Melt is the metal, not a collector price.

First clad circulating Washington

1965 quarter — not silver

A 1965 Washington quarter is clad: copper with a cupro-nickel skin. No silver. 1964 and earlier circulating quarters are 90% silver. One coin’s melt today is $0.0825 at $6.5215/lb copper.

1964 quarter 90% silver Last circulating silver year 1965-on quarter Clad — no silver This page

The Mint switched circulating dimes and quarters to clad in 1965. A 1965 quarter is not a silver melt. Copper plus a little nickel is a few cents.

If the date is worn, look at the edge. Clad shows a copper stripe. 1964 and earlier 90% is a solid silver-colored edge.

Later Washingtons (state, America the Beautiful, American Women) are the same clad metal unless the packaging says silver proof. Do not mix a 1965-on business strike into a 90% bag.

Full spec and quantity math: Washington quarter (clad) · Identify · US silver by year

Melt / coin$0.0825

Copper / lb$6.5215/lb

Gross weight5.670 g

If you want to sell Find a shop near you

A local coin shop can look at what you have. Melt may not be the whole story — dates and condition matter.