I have been unable to find the silver content of the .625 10 Euro commemoratives that Germany began minting in 2011. How much silver do they contain? Thanks.
https://www.coin-database.com/series/germany-silver-10-euro-coins-10-euro.html Using info from that site, I find that they each contain 11.25 grams of silver.
Sweet. I wasn't familiar with that site. Thank you! I also assume knowing they are 18grams and .625 silver...if I multiply 18x0.625 I get the silver content in grams, right? Then just convert to troy ounces if I need the ounce content? Is this correct?
Perfect...thanks Rick. My wife is a math teacher...I probably should have asked her this question. haha.
Side note - they stopped making those collector coins in 2015. Then came a €25 collector coin (2015, Ag999), and the collector pieces since then (€20) have been Ag925 again ... Christian
I had read that. I'm honestly just trying to create a spreadsheet checklist that I can quick reference to for my collection...know what I have and don't have. I want it to contain as much info as possible. It seems like they altered the composition a few times within a 10 year span.
The government learned a little, it seems, from what happened in mid-1979. Until then, the 5 DM coins had been silver (Ag625); then Cu-Ni because the value of the silver content made issuing them at face a No-No. Except that many collectors did not appreciate that change. So the 5 DM collector coins were not made any more, and the 10 DM pieces were Ag625. In 1998 that got changed to Ag925, and that was also the composition for the €10 coins between 2002 and 2010. In 2011 that was changed again, to Ag625 for the surcharged proof coins (the silver content has since then been mentioned on the coins), and Cu-Ni for the unc "at face" version. Again, not that popular. So in 2016 the silver content went back to Ag 925 again, but with a doubled (€20) face value. The fine weight of these is 16.65g, so such a coin has silver worth about €7.30 ... yes, I guess the denomination will not change very soon. The €5 and €10 denominations are now used for fancy non-PM stuff such as Cu-Ni coins with colored or translucent polymer rings. Nice especially for novice collectors, I think ... Christian
