80% or 50%?

How can I tell if a 1967 canadian Dime/Quarter is 80% silver or 40% silver?

 

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50%, but just google it, or buy the correct book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(Canadian_coin)

 

I'm not big into collecting my own country's coinage but the 67's I have in my collection have two different looks to them and I assume that is because of the difference in the silver content. Other's disagree and say there is no way to tell.

The "silver" ones I have look like silver coins and the other's look more like nickel.

 

I use the taste-test method, but that takes some practice.

 

This is why I like US coins better, consistency with the percentages of silver: 40% or 90%.

 

I asked this question a long time ago, because I had a couple rolls of 1967 Canadian dimes. I didn't really get any definitive answers. Luckily I realized later that my rolls were actually of 1964 Canadian Dimes. Problem solved. 80%