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.
What has become the most important coin in United States currency hasnât been around forever. The United States quarter wasnât even the first denomination of coin made in our nation when, in 1793, the U.S. Mint began making coins for mass productionâ¦ that distinction goes to the half-cent and one-cent coins. However, when the first U.S. quarters were made in 1796, they quickly became an integral part of the national monetary system. The First U.S. Quarters. Those first quarters in 1796 look nothing like the quarters we use today. Back in the day, a U.S. quarter looked like the other silver denomination coins. On the obverse of these first U.S. quarters is a profile of the bust of Miss Liberty.