Is this silver?

Hello, i found this coin online for a seemingly good price, and I am wondering if it has any silver content. It is a 1951 5 centimes from costa Rica

 

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https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/costa-rica-5-centimos-km-a184-1951-cuid-12800-duid-43539
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2983.html

 

kinda copperish and kinda nickelish

 

Silver is much brighter than that. You'll know it's silver when you have silver.

 

Uh...I wish I had a plated dime for every Cu-Ni coin I pulled out of a junk box thinking they were silver.

 

While I agree that, as is the case with the OP coin, "looks" can be indicative, I must strongly disagree with the latter part of your post, and mostly because it was said as a blanket statement. Unfortunately, it simply isn't that across-the-board easy.

 

Exactly, well said!

 

Struck in Philly for Costa Rica? I'm not a history buff so wondering why? Or did I read this wrong?

From an NGC internet page:


Composition: Copper-Nickel

Weight: 1.0000g

DESIGN
Obverse: National arms, ribbon above, date below

Reverse: Denomination within wreath, B.C.C.R. below

NOTES
Note: Struck in Philadelphia, 1952.

Numismatic specification data and valuation estimates provided byKrause Publications NumisMaster.
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Yeah, Markus1959 got it right.

 

ONE gram? Less than half the weight of a clad dime? Wow.

 

The US struck a lot of world coins, but US collectors don't really pay attention to these except for the Philippine and Panamanian issues