Metal value only: not a collector or numismatic value, and not an offer to buy or sell. Worn coins can weigh less than the legal standard, so the real metal content may be lower.
Sources and conventions
Each coin's weight and fineness come from the official text cited on its page or below. Coins we could not verify from a reusable official source are not listed; use the weight-and-fineness calculator for them.
- Public Law 91-607, 84 Stat. 1760, title II, sec. 201 (Coinage Act of 1965 §101(d) as amended; Statutes at Large, govinfo.gov). «the Secretary is authorized to mint and issue not more than one hundred and fifty million one-dollar pieces which shall have— (1) a diameter of 1.500 inches; (2) a cladding of an alloy of eight hundred parts of silver and two hundred parts of copper; and (3) a core of an alloy of silver and copper such that the whole coin weighs 24.592 grams and contains 9.837 grams of silver and 14.755 grams of copper.» US Government work, public domain in the US (17 U.S.C. §105)
- Coinage Act of 1965, Pub. L. 89-81, 79 Stat. 254, sec. 101 (govinfo.gov). «whole coin weighs 11.5 grams and contains 4,6 grams of silver» · «Any coins minted after the enactment of the Coinage Act of 1965 from 900 fine coin silver shall be inscribed with the year 1964» US Government work, public domain in the US (17 U.S.C. §105)
Silver-clad version only: 24.592 g. Copper-nickel Eisenhower dollars weigh 22.68 g and contain no silver.
Not included: the 1942–1945 “war nickel”. The 1942 law set half silver and half copper but let the Mint vary the proportions, and we could not archive an official source for the alloy actually used.