A quarter weighs 5.67 grams. So five clad quarters would equal one standard ounce.
A bit less than 14 dimes makes a troy ounce of silver.
One 1964 or earlier silver quarter= 0.1808 of an ounce of silver. So, it takes about 6 90% silver quarters to make one ounce of silver. 6 silver quarters= 1.0851 ounces.
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silver dollars should all be 1 ounce give or take a few grams
One American Silver eagle dollar will make an ounce of silver. Only silver dollars dated 1935 and older contain silver. They contain about .77 troy ounces of silver. So about 1.3 Silver dollars 1935 and older would make an ounce of silver.
One ounce of silver is equivalent to approximately 28.35 grams.
Silver half dollars have about 0.362 Troy oz. of silver in them, so 3 of them would be 1.086 Troy oz.
One ounce is equivalent to approximately 28.35 grams of silver.
One troy ounce of silver is equivalent to 480 grains. Therefore, 1000 grains of silver is approximately 2.08 troy ounces.
One gram is equal to .035274 ounces. After conversion then, in one ounce of silver there are 28.3495 grams of silver.
Oh, dude, you're really getting into the nitty-gritty here. So, like, technically, it takes about 14 silver quarters to equal one ounce of silver. But hey, who's counting, right? Just toss a bunch of quarters on a scale and call it a day.
14 silver dimes equal just little more than 1 troy oz. Each coin has .07234 oz of pure silver.
Each Kennedy half that was minted in '64 or earlier had .36 troy oz of silver meaning a little less than three would equal an ounce of silver which is running for 29.30 an ounce last i checked. <><><><> Half dollars made 1965-1970 contained only 40% silver, instead of the 90% of earlier coins, so it would take more coins. Half dollars made after 1970 contain no silver.
4-23-11>> The spot price of silver is $46.61 per ounce, Morgan dollars each contain .77344oz of pure silver. $46.61 X .77344= $36.05 so the answer is one.
There are .7736 troy ounces in United States silver dollars (Morgan, Peace silver dollars). That worked out to the price of silver being fixed at $1.29/ounce. Troy ounces are heavier than avoirdupois ounces (31.1g vs. ~28g).