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jewelcard Valued Member United States 135 Posts	Posted 02/08/2012 4:17 pm Are foriegn coins that contain silver as easy to spot as U.S. coins that have silver? I have been seeing foriegn coins lately and not being familiar with them was wondering how to spot the silver ones. Report this Post to the Staff

mysilveryears Pillar of the Community United States 1888 Posts	Posted 02/08/2012 4:28 pm A goodly number of non-USA silver coins are not easy to pick out at all, because the silver content varies widely. Once the precious metal content drops below 0.600 or so, the coin can resemble any other cupro-nickel coin, especially if it is well worn and/or dirty. At the opposite scale are those VERY low silver coins of 10% or so that look like the silver content is much higher when they are bright-shiny-new, such as Mexican pesos of the 1950's-60's. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 02/08/2012 6:42 pm Krause give ASW and fineness of all foreign silver coins. In fact almost all of my scrap silver coins are foreign ones, that being the result of me being a collector of World coins. I have about 11 ounces nett actual silver weight accumulated in foreign coins. They vary in fineness from .250 fine to .925 fine, but the bulk of them are .800 fine or finer. The U.S. coins are simply a part of my foreign scrap silver accumulation. Report this Post to the Staff
goldfinger Valued Member United States 73 Posts	Posted 02/09/2012 12:30 am http://(131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed / not the one I thought. great site but not what you asked for. Edited by goldfinger 02/09/2012 12:35 am Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 02/09/2012 12:41 am I think http://currencydebasement.com/high-silver has a list of all silver coin denominations from around the world, though I'm not familiar with the coins of most of those countries so I can't say how comprehensive it is. Edited by Mr T 02/09/2012 12:42 am Report this Post to the Staff
enworb Pillar of the Community Australia 4411 Posts	Posted 02/09/2012 06:12 am On Monday I bought a bulk lot of world coins to sort for silver and it can be hard to spot. I got out krause which was a huge help. I looked up anything pre 1960's that sounded like or looked like it may be silver. It took a while but I learnt a lot. Two large mexican coins I found were only 10% silver whilst other Australian and British stuff was sterling 92.5% Report this Post to the Staff
f16 Valued Member United States 268 Posts	Posted 02/09/2012 07:24 am The silver Canadian stuff that I keep are the old coins I do not know the dates I just keep 61 and back Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 02/14/2012 09:15 am Quote: The silver Canadian stuff that I keep are the old coins I do not know the dates I just keep 61 and back keep 1968 and back. 1966 was the last .800 silver, all 67 and some 68 are .500 silver in dimes and up. Report this Post to the Staff
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