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To: Alan Whirlwind who wrote (23451)11/26/1998 4:22:00 PM
From: Karl Siemens  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116752
 
<For silver, circulated Canadian "junk" silver coins from the '60's or '50's are good. They are 60% silver in composition. >

Alan,
Thanks for the interesting post, but there should be a minor correction. Canadian junk silver in this era is mostly 80 % silver, not 60%. Part way through 1967, the silver content was reduced to 50 % and stayed that way for 1968, the last year for circulation silver coins.

In case anyone is interested, prior to 1918, Canadian silver coins were sterling (92.5% silver). I think that US coins up to 1964 had 90% silver content, so their junk silver usually fetches a higher premium.

Regards,
Karl



To: Alan Whirlwind who wrote (23451)11/27/1998 4:26:00 AM
From: peter gucker  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116752
 
>> So much silver the US coined nickels out of
silver to preserve vital nickel for manufacture of armored vehicles. >>>How much silver was used in these coins???


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