However, you shouldn’t count on high prices since these pieces contain only 40% of precious metal. You can recognize two types of specimens made of silver struck that year, those from regular strikes and proofs.Īs expected, the 1974 silver dollar value depends on the coin type. It was the same in 1974, but only the mint in San Francisco minted silver coins. The US Mint produced Eisenhower dollars from 1971 to 1978.