How many silver dollars make an ounce?

Answer 1

If you're referring to a standard US weight ounce, 11.34 silver dimes weighed 1 ounce.

Explanation: Silver dimes weighed 2.5 gm unworn, and a standard US weight ounce is 28.35 gm so 28.35 / 2.5 = 11.34.

Answer 2

That's a trick question with at least 3 answers:

If you're referring to modern (1965 or later) dimes the answer is zero because all circulating dimes issued since then are made of cupronickel, not silver.

If you're referring to 1964 and earlier, these coins weighed 2.5 gm and were 90% fine so they had 2.25 gm of pure silver. For these coins:

> a standard American ounce is 28.35 gm, so 28.35 / 2.25 = 12.6 dimes.

> a troy ounce (used for precious metals) is 31.11 gm so 31.11 / 2.25 = 13.8 dimes

Answer 3

That's a trick question with at least 3 answers:

If you're referring to modern (1965 or later) dimes the answer is zero because all circulating dimes issued since then are made of cupronickel, not silver.

If you're referring to 1964 and earlier, these coins weighed 2.5 gm and were 90% fine so they had 2.25 gm of pure silver. For these coins:

> a standard American ounce is 28.35 gm, so 28.35 / 2.25 = 12.6 dimes.

> a troy ounce (used for precious metals) is 31.11 gm so 31.11 / 2.25 = 13.8 dimes

Answer 4

Less than 2. A silver dollar is 94% of a normal ounce, and 85% of a troy ounce. Keep in mind that this is for the entire coin, only 90% of it is silver with the remaining 10% being copper.

Answer 5

It takes about 12.5 Mercury dimes to make a full ounce of silver. There are around 28.34 grams in an ounce and 2.25 grams of silver in a Mercury dime.

Answer 6

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