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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 868982, member: 39&quot;]Well, here is a reply about the &quot;switch&quot; in Germany, so those who are solely interested in US coinage and 1965 may want to skip this post. The Federal Republic of Germany had a 5 DM silver coin (Ag 625; issued until 1974). In 1975 that got replaced by a Magnimat (basically Cu-Ni) coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t think that people hoarded the old ones, and no, it was not a big deal, except that the design of the new pieces was considered ho-hum. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Maybe some people kept the old ones as souvenirs, but not because of their metal content. Why would they? You can always get new €10 collector coins (Ag 925) at face here. They do not actually circulate but may be nice souvenirs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, the Netherlands went from Ag to Cu-Ni (for the 1 and 2.50 gulden coins) in 1967. Switzerland did that in 1968 (0.50, 1, 2 fr) - interestingly, the 5 fr coin was silver until 1967, Cu-Ni in 1968, Ag again in 1969, and Cu-Ni since 1970 ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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