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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 223809, member: 1824&quot;]Topher,the tapping test is when you tap the coin on the edge of a table.If it rings with a loud ring,then it is the .800 fine silver coin.If it rings with a softer ring,then it is a .500 fine silver coin.With worn specimens of the coins,you can tell by the colour.The whiter the coin is,the purer the fineness of the silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been informed that the 2006 coins with the new mintmark are the cupro-nickel coins.I am not certain whether or not the no mintmark coins are the plated ones or the cupro-nickel ones.The cupro-nickel composition has been restored for some reason in 5c. coins,but not for any of the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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