Silverless Quarter--Miss Eva Adams, Director of the U.S. Mint, shows newsmen the first of the nation's new no-silver quarter stamped at the Philadelphia Mint. Miss Adams explained that the old quarter had a silver content of 90 per cent, the new one has no silver at all. It is a "sandwich" composed of pure copper core pressed between faces of copper-nickel alloy.

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Title:
Silverless Quarter--Miss Eva Adams, Director of the U.S. Mint, shows newsmen the first of the nation's new no-silver quarter stamped at the Philadelphia Mint. Miss Adams explained that the old quarter had a silver content of 90 per cent, the new one has no silver at all. It is a "sandwich" composed of pure copper core pressed between faces of copper-nickel alloy.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Adams, Eva B. Direstor of Mint
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. August 1965]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Government officials
Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 256 x 207 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/sf26c678r
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000284_0004
Barcode:
39999088103450