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Would make a great educational exhibit for sure.  |
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United States
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Super cool,  think I'll put a page in my collection binder like this...Thanks for sharing... |
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United States
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Clever way of showing your collection!
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Russian Federation
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I'm reminded of an idea I've seen somewhere for a set of coins with all the silver purities in 10% steps - so 10%, 20%, 30%, ..., 90%. (Possibly also a .999 silver coin to represent 100%.)
Some of those are common; others are fairly scarce. Apparently most of the 20% silver coin types, in particular, are scarce to rare. All nine appear to be attested, though.
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Nice comparison. This post reminded me of a question I had around the 10% 1957-67 Mexican Pesos. Are they silver plated, or clad (like our 40% Kennedy halves)? Or is the alloy consistent throughout the planchet? Such a low purity but they have a good silver color if not toned ugly brown. I bought a few the other day for under melt at my LCS. Neat coins, and a nice attractive design. Edited by hcmusicguy
05/26/2020 2:46 pm
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United States
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Great to see another world silver coin collector on here! I should try this with some stuff from my collection.
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Hey that's a pretty cool idea @Ag47!
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Poland 5 and 10 groszy coins of 1815-34 were specified at 3 2/18 out of 16, or 19.2%. For anyone who is compiling a collection like this, they are very affordable in average circulated condition (if you can't find 20%):   Edited by tdziemia
05/27/2020 07:50 am
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Here's a 25% I can't think of any 20%ers. There's a bunch of other options, but by far the easiest one to acquire appears to be the Napoleon I 10 centimes (Numista does not mention the fineness, but it's 20%). |
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@hcmusicguy, the Mexican Pesos are a normal blended alloy - the ugly tone comes from what the the silver was alloyed with - I have a blast white example with a vein of copper that runs diagonally through the obverse which has toned.
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