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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1327242, member: 19065&quot;]Just some thoughts for the OP to consider: </p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming this thread has some greater inclination to cull world coins for silver more than collecting the coins themselves... Perhaps even more importantly than knowing whether a coin contains silver or not, is knowing how much silver it actually contains. Ask yourself why are you trying to accumulate and store all these coins, because they may just contain a trace of silver. Many nations have, over the years, repeatedly adjusted their circulating coins silver content, frequently, until they had removed all precious metals composition. It may not be worth the time and effort of collecting all the lists of weights and dates you&#039;d need just to warrant picking a few coins for a seeming bargain on silver. Similarly mentioned in an earlier post, it is probably already determined to be in the dealer&#039;s advantage given the price asked, or the price is set so the dealer his/herself doesn&#039;t need to go to the effort of sorting the coins, again due to the complexity of figuring out all the compositional weights. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are after silver, I suggest just saving your money and buying something like a well know bullion coin from any reputable world mint, or buying those world coins selling as bullion like old Mexican pesos and onzas for instance. These have notations like &quot;0.720&quot; stamped on some to indicate PM content, but you still need to know about ASW and for which dates and denominations how much is present to base your determination of good/bad pricing when you find the coins for sale. Mexico too is an excellent example of constantly adjusted metals compositions until there was none remaining in their circulating coins. Another abundant Mexican silver coins with a fairly high silver content and large diameter size, is the &#039;68 Olympic coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the online bullion dealers like APMEX and Provident Metals sell such coins in categories sorted by countries, check them out for an idea of what to look for and what tends to sell to bullion buyers who may buy such items as silver investment.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>edited: typos.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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