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<p>[QUOTE="whstler, post: 1106273, member: 29346"]<b>Silver content stamped on some Mexico coins</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Unfortunately, no, not all Mexico coins have the purity stamped on them.</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">The very earliest coins are all 90% but are not usually noted on the coin. Then, around 1905, they lowered the silver content to 80%, but again most coins do not note that. Around 1919, the silver content was again lowered, this time to 72%, and again, the coins do not say so. After World War II, in either 1946 or 1947, the silver content was lowered yet again for many coins, but not for all coins. </font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Some coins after 1946 are 50%, some are 30%, and some are 10% silver. And just to throw a wrench into the works, some commemorative coins contain 90% or even pure silver.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Most of the time you have to know which coins have which level of silver content, but occasionally, the coins will have the silver content stamped into them as "ley" (means "law"), and occasionally it will also include the weight of the coin. Some coins even go so far</font> as to tell you the number of "gramos" (grams) of "plata pura" (pure silver) that the coin contains.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="whstler, post: 1106273, member: 29346"][b]Silver content stamped on some Mexico coins[/b] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Unfortunately, no, not all Mexico coins have the purity stamped on them.[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]The very earliest coins are all 90% but are not usually noted on the coin. Then, around 1905, they lowered the silver content to 80%, but again most coins do not note that. Around 1919, the silver content was again lowered, this time to 72%, and again, the coins do not say so. After World War II, in either 1946 or 1947, the silver content was lowered yet again for many coins, but not for all coins. [/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Some coins after 1946 are 50%, some are 30%, and some are 10% silver. And just to throw a wrench into the works, some commemorative coins contain 90% or even pure silver.[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS] [/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Most of the time you have to know which coins have which level of silver content, but occasionally, the coins will have the silver content stamped into them as "ley" (means "law"), and occasionally it will also include the weight of the coin. Some coins even go so far[/FONT] as to tell you the number of "gramos" (grams) of "plata pura" (pure silver) that the coin contains.[/QUOTE]
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