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1967 Centennial, .500 & .800 silver How do you tell the difference between .500 and .800 silver? |
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You don't bother.Bullion value '67 quarters are priced as .650 silver,halfway between .500 and .800.No catalogue or price guide differentiates the two.For the value of the coins it is simply not worth testing them for silver content.
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09/06/2010 10:33 am
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Since this topic got renewed I reread the whole thing and I missed your Edward VII breakdown DBM. Guess I need to add the large crown / small crown distintion, and so need one more coin. Your reply was very helpful. Can't see geting a copy of Charlton just for a quarters type set. Already have 4 different Krauses plus a bunch of Whitman's.
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@DBM:Thanks for the information  By the way, aren't there 6 Olympic/Paralympic Quarters (plus three in colour) with the year 2009 minted on them -- issued 2009 + 2010: ---speed skating ---cross-country skiing ---sledge hockey (Para) ---men's hockey ---women's hockey ---Cindy Klassen and the last three also in colour Here is a nice web-site for Canadian 25 Cents Type collecting http://cointypes.info/canada/can25c.htm
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09/07/2010 04:29 am
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Very useful site Redlock. Unfortunately, it adds one more coin to my list, 1990-1991 w/ denticles and 1993-1996 w/ beads. I had this as just one type. Now I need still another coin. Anyone have a 1990 or 1991 quarter, any condition, cheap?
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For the Olympic quarters, there are 3 different obverses. 1-Olympic logo (not the 5 rings), 2- Paralympic logo, 3- new obverse sans Dei Gratia (looks very generic compared to quarters circa 1990)
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09/07/2010 12:08 pm
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Unfortunately, it adds one more coin to my list Ah, the joys of coin collecting  |
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Agreed. A Charlton book is essential to the Canadian collector. There are types and varieties that Krause doesn't recognize. I suppose it's because the American collector is used to 3 mintmarks a year and don't really pay attention to the composition of the coin or composition marks, trademarks, in addition to our mintmarks. I use both Charlton and Krause - that way I can compare.
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Yah, 2000 was a total cluster-f (it is an awesome year for quarters!) => obviously, there is the 12 month circulating set (Pride, through Community, which comes in silver proof, specimen, uncirculated and circulated) ... but there was also a 2000 Silver proof set, a 2000 specimen set, a 2000 brilliant uncirculated set for the classic "caribou" quarter (note => they didn't circulate the caribou quareter in 2000, so it can only be found in silver proof, specimen and uncirc sets) ... oh, but then they also threw-in a wildcard 2000W NII (which was minted in Winnipeg and has a "W" on it) ... Plus, apparently there is a "unicorn coin" => only two known to exists => the infamous "2000P" (steel-plated test quaters) There is also an 2000 RCM token ( Royal Canadian Mint) ... and a Map Mule of that same token ($$$) ... oh, plus a Canada Post Millenium token ... Ummm, did I also mention the 2000 Pride and 2000 Harmony have die-rotation mules? (awesome coins to collect) Oh, and if that isn't enough => 2000 was the first year that the RCM minted/printed "color" quarters => two colored quarters "Celebration" & "Pride" were released! (in my mind, the only two colored coins worth collecting!?) ... well, I also admit that I like the "bird series" Yup => Man, 2000 is an awesome year for quarters! Oh => excellent advice to buy a Charlton catalogue! Cheers & Merry Christmas  Edited by stevex6
12/25/2011 6:08 pm
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Interesting bit of info Steve, but the original post question was a quarters for circulation only, type set only help needed.
As to needing a Charleton, if I go forward with a 20th / 21st century type set I may get one, but with a quarters only type set, there isn't really a need for it. With a set of only 95 quarters, for which I don't care about value in different grades or really about value at all, as long as I know which dates and designs make up the 95, that's all the info needed.
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