Dividend Policy Analysis. Since raising its dividend in December 2014, AT&T had a dividend yield of 5.78% on Sept. 18, 2015, which is calculated by dividing its annual dividend by its closing share price.
Although quarters were never made entirely of silver, the U.S. Mint completely stopped using silver in quarters in 1965, producing the last actual silver quarters in 1964. Prior to 1965, the Mint made quarters out of 10 percent copper and 90 percent silver.
This happens when one of the coin's outer layers is missing. Every clad coin, which includes State Quarters, is comprised of three layers of metal. Both outer layers are made of an alloy consisting of 75 percent copper, 25 percent nickel. It is this alloy that gives clad coinage the silver-like appearance.