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While going through sone foreign coins that my late grandfather had, I looked up each coin to find its composition, then I pulled out the silver and put it in 2x2's. This got me thinking, what was the last country to mint circulating silver, and what coin was it? The US was '64 except %40 halves and them in '69, but I don't know much about foreign coins.
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1967 Canadian 50 cent coin
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What about Mexico? John1  |
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Hey BuffaloNuts, Got a Mexican 1978 100 pesos coin which weighs 27.77 g and ASW of 0.6429. Got it for a good price off of ebay so I hope it's real. Hope this helps. Happy Hunting! CoinCanuck |
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Mexico was minting silver coins for circulation in the early 90s, but I don't know if they actually circulated, or if people just horded them.
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The last circulating silver coin is the definitive issue 5 Mark of Germany, 1974. I suspect that these coins saw very little circulation anyway, because they always turn up in EF or better. Some European banks made silver coins available at face value over the counter after that date, but they are really NCLT. The customer had to specifically ask for them, and the customer was free to spend them. In practice, that never happened. Such coins were intended for collectors. As such, I consider them as NCLT ONLY. 1974 is the termination date for my World coin collection. I collect World coins, ancient to modern, all centuries all cultures. No silver was issued for circulation anywhere in the World after that, except the bi metallic sterling silver centered Mexican 10 and 20 pesos of the early 1990's, for about three years. Silver for circulation is now completely dead. Now for a question: What is the rarest coin that has been issued for circulation anywhere in the World, since 1974, other than varieties, errors etc.?  Edited by sel_69l
04/06/2012 10:51 am
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Mexico 1992-1995 10 pesos
U.S.A. 1969 50 cents
Canada 1968 10 cents, 25 cents
Switzerland 1967 1/2 Franc, Franc, 2 Francs, 5 Francs
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Yugoslavia/Serbia in 1938.
My collection on Numista page: 7500 different coins and counting... https://en.numista.com/echanges/pro...hp?id=129798 |
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U.S.A. 1969 50 cents = 40% silver
Canada 1968 10 cents & 25 cents = 50% silver
don't know Mexico 1992-1995 10 pesos % silver?
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Mexico had some pesos that had a silver center. I know they were circulated because they still show up every once in a while in circulation and I have friends that grab them.
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Switzerland 1967 1/2 Franc, Franc, 2 Francs, 5 Francs These are what I found that got me thinking... Quote:
Now for a question:
What is the rarest coin that has been issued for circulation anywhere in the World, since 1974, other than varieties, errors etc.? I don't know much at all, but I would have to guess Argentina... I remember reading about a coin shortage there... In 1998 they minted less then 500,000 peso coins, and only a million in '97... |
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Now for a question:
What is the rarest coin that has been issued for circulation anywhere in the World, since 1974, other than varieties, errors etc.? I don't know much at all, but I would have to guess Argentina... I remember reading about a coin shortage there... In 1998 they minted less then 500,000 peso coins, and only a million in '97... Well, it's all a little confusing as to whether the Russian roubles from 2001-'03 were ever intended for circulation, but all those bimetallic ten-rouble commemoratives most assuredly were (and indeed a lot of them did see circulation). And the 2010 Yamalo-Nenetsky Okrug coin had a mintage of only 100,000 (so did the Chechen Republic one, but unlike the former it was significantly hoarded early on so probably won't be as hard to find). That is only the "opening" (well, second actually) bid, of course  I have a suspicion that the actual record is something from a teeny tiny country which actually minted their own money instead of going for the currency of a nearby large country (which, unfortunately, most of the Oceanians seem to be doing). |
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janurary1may: You make an interesting point.
I have an almost complete 20 cent collection , based in the original British Florin (two shillings) from every country around the World that issued them. Every type, every country. This particular part of my collection has about 140 coins in it.
One particular 20 Cent coin I have comes from the Pacific Island Country of Kiribati (pronounced 'Kiribis'). I have only ever seen one of these, and it is in my collection. Nevertheless, I can see no reason why this type would not have been issued for circulation.
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04/07/2012 12:53 am
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One particular 20 Cent coin I have comes from the Pacific Island Country of Kiribis. I have only ever seen one of these, and it is in my collection. I think you ought to share this! We deserve to see it. |
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I have bit of a problem: my computer is about 8 years old, getting a new one in about three weeks, will post lots of pictures then.
In the meantime the 20 Cents of Kiribati (pronounced 'kiribis') can found in
Krause: KM#5, National shield obv., crossed dolphins above value rev. KM reports 20,000 minted.
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