1965 Washington Quarter: Here's What You Should Know

Type: Washington Quarter
Year: 1965
Mint Mark: No mint mark
Face Value: 0.25 USD
Total Produced: 1,819,717,000
Silver Content: 0%
Numismatic Value: $1 to $35.00
Value: As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around $1, while one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $35 at auction.

Additional Info: The 1965 Quarter coin has 0 silver content. The only coins minted after 1964 to contain silver are the Kennedy Half Dollars. The 1965 quarters are 75% copper, and 25% nickel. Also.. no proof coins were issued for this year.

[Idolmakercat]

I was born in 1965. I have found a couple of ‘65 quarters. I kept just to keep.

[donjuan]

Number one rule find a meth area you'll find silver coins in the store change. I got a 1909 wheat penny out of a casino!

[Matt-vbjo]

Found a 1969-s in a bag and a 1965 dime the top half is all silver the bottom half copper nickel, so from the side heads up there is a horizontal line in middle with silver on top. I saw it and was like cool a silver dime, then I turned it over and looked at side, also the silver edge is grooved the bottom edge is smooth. Never seen this.

[edgufler]

Enjoyed the video very much. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[braddaniel]

I would say in the last 10 years, I have gotten back in my change 4 silver quarters. - The last one I received was about 4 months ago now.The best places to get silver coins are from fast food restaurants. Employees don't have time to go threw the roles while waiting on customers. - That is how I got my last 3 from.

[arcadejackpotpro]

I got a 1964 in change last year, it sounds different when it hits other change.

[maxf]

After keeping any coin that felt, looked or tasted off, wrong, odd or weird & just not right, for yrs- im finding I've got a fair amount of 65-69 quarters on wrong planchets. That's about all I'm sure of as I am brand new to this hobby & in the process of learning. A couple look to have silver rims, and some are certainly on some meant for other coins bc the nickel cladding is present, yet the planchet metals are either corroded or patina but not Copper patina. I've looked around but haven't found anything on post silver 1960s coin stamped on any incorrect metal for the yr other than silver, but some must exsist. Thanks for the info

[olivernorth]

yeah baby, save that 90% junk silver...been saving since 1971 when we went off the gold standard and watching myself go broke...but someday when the economy crashes i'm gonna be so rich, and it's gonna happen sometime in the next 1, 000 years...you just wait and see

[robertromeo]

Silver 1965 quarters are very rare, but high grades and errors can bring in good cash.

[kennethlarsen]

Both mints made coins in 1965-1967 but no mint marks were used. They did not make proofs in those years but did make special mint sets.

[alhall]

You mentioned double tail? But you never explained what that means and you didn't show an example. Could you please do so?

[hokeypokeyalso]

The only way these coins end up back in circulation is when a persons coin collection is stolen and the criminal just spends the coins.

[matthewmcpeek]

When silver shot up to $40 in 2012, people combed through most of our coinage and pulled out the pre 65 quarters and dimes. They are very rare to find now, but back when I was a kid and silver was 2 or $3 an ounce, silver coins weren't special. I doubt you'll find much now.

[canaan]

There's another way to tell if a coin is made of silver one time a cashier dropped my change on the counter and as the quarter bounced I noticed it made a higher pitch sound than a quarter would usually make so I suspected that quarter was silver I didn't say anything I just picked it up and put it in my pocket when I went out to the car I looked at the change in my pocket and I had a 1957 silver quarter this was probably 20 years ago I still have that quarter today

[markmorenault]

i have 3 1965 quarters, all have the copper clad composition with a ring around the edge but one of them also sounds different when hitting other change, i noticed that two of them the face is on the silver side, and one its on the copper side, does that mean anything, it sounds totally different then the other two when you drop it on the table or hit against other change, is it possible other clad compositions other then copper/nickle? and known copper/silver? i need to get them weighed, but ive had many a silver coin, and that sound it make is is unique, and it even looks like it has some silver tarnish on it, while the other two are mostly shiny, it shouldnt sound so different if its clad copper /nickle like the other two right?

[swilliams]

They actually made 1965 through 1967 quarters at both mints. They just didn't put mint marks on them, and it's impossible to distinguish them.

[ButterySkater]

I remember back in the late 2000's that the 1964 quarter looked a little odd. Now i know why.

[roseloredo]

Thank you
I have several quarters from 1965 & under

[machinenkanone]

The double tail is on the reverse. The Herald, or eagle is on the reverse.
Washington's image in profile is the obverse.

[TB.]

Think you man.. I just came across your video and your the only person to explain the difference, can you do more video update on all the coins. Like the different ones to keep and the ones to send back