I am a US coin guy and am oblivious to world coins. I have a deal with a fellow that buys abandoned storage rooms. When the rooms have any old US silver coins, he sells them to me. I purchased a sizable sack of silver from him today that included these coins. I believe the older Canadian dimes are silver but I am unsure. Can you guys ID any silver in these pieces?
4/6 The top row is all 80% silver as well as the 1938 Canadian Dime. Edit: My mistake the 1968 Quarter is only 50% purity. Regardless, silver will always be silver.
The Korean 100 won is most def NOT silver. The KGVI dime IS silver. The others,1968's are tough since both silver and clad were minted that year.
Didn't Canada mint all of those denominations in both 50% silver and 100% nickel in 1968? It's easy enough to check individual coins, though; the 100% nickel ones are strongly attracted to a magnet.
The silver 1968 ones have a mackerel on them i think the sail boat design does not have any silver but I could be wrong i think I'm getting it confused with the 1967 design.
Single ply tissue. Place it over the coins in question. If there's silver, it will shine through the tissue white. If none, dull grey.
1968 Canadian dimes were made with 50% silver and solid nickel (not clad) planchets. A magnet is attracted to the nickel composition, so they are easy to differentiate from the silver coins 1967 used 80% silver AND 50% silver planchets. There really isn't a good way to tell the difference.
Baaaaa-ha-ha-ha!!!! Well done!..... I buy silver finds from a guy that purchases abandoned storage rooms.
@Randy Abercrombie, For future reference, I'd highly recommend numista when it comes to identifying world coins, specifically silver. https://en.numista.com/
The 1968 looks silver to my eye but a magnet is the best way as nickel is strongly magnetic. Great finds
According to Krause, in '68 dimes and quarters were 50% silver or nickel. 5 cent pieces, half dollars and dollars were nickel. So I checked and my '68 mint set all the coins are magnetic (nickel) except for the cent (bronze). My understanding is the mint sets are proof like and PL coins are worth substantially less than business strikes of the same grade. Krause also mentions that the dimes struck on nickel were minted in Philadelphia.
Only some Dimes were struck in Philadelphia and it was technically illegal since there was no indication they were made in the US,collectors can tell a Philadelphia dime because US collars were use so the reeding is different.
