I think some of the silver comes from Mines in Sudbury not 100% sure though, that area is also one of the worlds largest producers of nickel and uranium as well.
I'm sure the nickel comes from the Nickel Mine in Sudbury, i've taken a tour of it. not sure about the silver though...
Bone, Looks like the mines are spread pretty evenly across the country. http://mmsd1.mms.nrcan.gc.ca/mmsd/producers/commodityCompany_e.asp?nId=25&minetype=metal
Of course that would be was if you're referring to silver. Wouldn't it be interesting to use silver in coinage again? Money would feel and sound like something of value again.
Doh! I was thinking about circulation coinage only. Funny there used to be a time when silver was plenty in the pocket but nonexistant for commemorative purposes. Nowaday the opposite is the norm (at jacked prices no less).
Canada is the world's largest producer of silver & South Africa is the world's largest producer of gold.No wonder why Canada's gold $50 Maple Leaf & its fractionals are so popular.It is a pity that the Krugerrand & its fractionals aren't so popular though. Aidan.
I reckon that the Krugerrand is more attractive than the Maple Leaf in terms of its design.I have got 2 1/10 Krugerrands in my British Commonwealth coin collection.I knew that they are 22 carat gold - the same fineness as the British Sovereign. Aidan.
Yes Canadas Silver maples are the purest in The world at .9999Finess we had to add that little bit extra and Sorry for the delay in response Bonedigger I'm having IP issues with sevice going on, but yes you can still find the odd silver coin in circulation anything from 1968 downwards I think I get confused with dates it was 69 I think we went to nicklethat we produce alot of too lol, mostly 25c 10c and some 1920 5c people just don't seem to notice them.
It is the 1968 10c. & 25c. coins from Canada that were struck in both silver & nickel.I don't know when nickel was replaced by cupro-nickel however. Aidan.
Hey folks: I did some reading a week ago, and found out that the reason governments switched to non-silver for circulating coins was the lack of supply and the cost of making the coin of silver in the first place. The info I got this from was the following... FINAL REPORT ON A STUDY OF ALLOYS SUITABLE FOR USE AS UNITED STATES COINAGE, TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, BUREAU OF THE MINT. by Battelle Memorial Institute Columbus, Ohio 1965 I read it from my local public library, so perhaps you who want to read it can do an interlibrary loan from your local library. See you all later. fiftypee : ]
