Is It Better To Search Through Dimes Or Quarters For Silver?

Dimes it is then! Thanks.

Silver nickels in Canada? That's extremely rare.

middross, they were called "fish scales" and were extremely small [smaller than a dime], my dad has one. Because of the huge difference in size between them and nickel 5-cent coins, I'm not going to bother.

As for dimes, did 6 rolls of $5 each, and found one from 1965! :D Not bad for my first time ever.

Haha, yeah, it's nearly impossible with quarters now it seems :( and we can't do half dollars here because we changed the size

I have one but I only use it for 1968's [the 99.9 percent nickel ones are magnetic of course but 50/50 silver/copper aren't], the lustre of a silver coin is different, and the chime. I also look through each date or portrait individually, as I have the possible portraits of the Queen and earlier monarchs that would be on 1968 and earlier coins in memory [Our Queen has had 4 different portraits on our coins I think].

Just out of curiosity, what province are you all in?

Ive had decent luck with quarters, my first box of $500 yielded a 1967 silver cougar, and my 3rd or 4th box had a 1964, all great condition. I did $250 in dimes, nothing. I think I will stick with quarters for now until I get tired of those.

Mercurydime, I have a 1911 fishscale. You are quite right that they are VERY small. And yes you are right, Elizabeth II has had 4 different efigies. 1953-1964, 1965-1989, 1990-2003, 2003-present. 2003 was an odd year as the RCM used 2 different effigies of Elizabeth II.

coingirl, I look at the date on the coin when roll hunting. If the obverse is facing up, then I can eliminate the coin if it has one of the recent efigies. anything 1968 I use a magnet to be sure, but you can usually tell be the look of the coin.