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Canada
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Finally, after soooo long, got myself a silver dime in my change. 1967 centennial. AU condition too boot. Thank you Tim Hortons  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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90% is found in coinage 1964 or earlier amigo.
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03/16/2013 11:07 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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90% was found in coinage 1964 or earlier amigo. Hes in canada, its probably different there |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1967 Canadian dime dude . Silver 'til 68.  samsnate, firsts are alway s great. Edited by denco7
03/16/2013 11:25 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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Samsnate, that makes for a good day!
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1723 Posts |
Coffee and silver both first thing in the morning..heck ya...it was a good day.
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Israel
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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samsnate - ah gotcha - I stand corrected - congrats ;-)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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they switched from 80% to 50% silver mid year, there is no definite way of telling for sure short of melting the coins. I am sure someone will chime in and say they weigh different or specific gravity testing, can determine a difference, but rest assured there is no easy way to tell, most people consider them 65% just because it is the average.
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Israel
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most people consider them 65% just because it is the average It doesn't make a lot of sense unless a near equal number of coins were minted from each composition.. |
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Canada
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they switched from 80% to 50% silver mid year That's exactly why I never purchased any Canadian silver from 1967 except the fifty cents coins. @samsnate; if you can, please post a picture |
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United States
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Wouldn't you be able to tell with an acid scratch test?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I can tell from the ring it makes if you flip it hard - there's a knack to it which was taught to me by my dad.
First you need a pre-1967 and a 1968 coin of that denomination. Flip them a few times, there should be an overall difference in tone. Now flip your 1967 a few times and try and decide which ring is closer. It takes practice but eventually you can differentiate them with nothing but your thumb (and a good soft surface for them to land on).
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 United States
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silver and non-silver 1967 dimes would weigh the same, and be the same size. Unless they used a metal with the same specific gravity of silver, wouldn't the non-silver coins be a little thicker  |
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Canada
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Copper and silver have pretty close densities, 8.96 g/cm^3 and 10.49 g/cm^3 respectively. I think normal wear would account for bigger discrepancies in weight or volume than metal content.
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thanks, I guess a coin as small as a dime, the wear and tolerance would make the metal weight difference not an issue
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