Post any Silver coin/s, U.S. or Foreign, but NO .9999, .999, 90% or 40%?

joeykoins

Hi guys,
Yes, We all know the Silver Eagles, Maple Leafs, any 90% coins and 40% coins get ALL the love from us collectors! Let's show some love to the less recognized and least silver contents coins. Including any Foreign. As a matter of fact, I'll start with 2 newly acquired 50% Silver Canadian Dollar coins.
Thanks guys

1973 50% Silver

PerryHall

The only US coins that I can think of that meets your criteria is the type 1 3 cent silver coin that is .750 fine and the war nickels produced during WWII.

CoinHoarder

Composition
89.2% Ag
10.8% Cu

ricko

Just one sitting by the computer.... No idea of AG content, but definitely some AG. Cheers, RickO

WilliamF

Cool thread idea
I 've got a Mexico Silver somewhere... I'll post it later on if I can find it
For now here's what I've got, 1972 Bermuda silver dollar, (50% silver)

BryceM

Weiss

1978 Mexico 100 Pesos
KM#483.2
Composition: Silver
Fineness: 0.7200
Weight: 27.7700g

clarke442

Omegaraptor

Remember - 1851-53 3 cent silvers are .750 fine!

Oh wait, someone already said this. Lol

joeykoins

@clarke442 said:

Great coin!
Only 10% Silver too!

It's funny I just purchased 50 BU ones last week. At only $2 a piece too.

I'll post later

dunkleosteus430

From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goloid?wprov=sfla1
Goloid is an alloy of silver, gold and copper patented by Dr. William Wheeler Hubbell on May 22, 1877 (U.S. patent #191,146). The patent specifies 1 part gold (about 3.6%), 24 parts silver (about 87.3%), and 2.5 parts copper (about 9.1%, all by weight.)

Goloid was used to make many pattern coins from 1878 to 1880. A few can be found on eBay with the keyword "Goloid."

TomB

I am an enormous fan of Newfoundland coinage and their half dollars were issued as 92.5% silver. These coins are easy to find with significant wear, but are near unicorns to find in original, attractive, mint state condition. I have worked on the 1904-1919 set for years and have not yet finished it, even though it only contains eight-pieces and they can be found (if they can be found) for $500-$2,000 each in MS, but that doesn't mean they would meet my criteria.

Weiss

1968 Mexico 25 Pesos
KM#479.1
Fineness: 0.7200
Weight: 22.5000g

oih82w8

The first one I thought of were War Nicks.

Weiss

1951-1954 Mexico 5 Pesos
KM#467
Fineness: 0.7200
Weight: 27.7800g

pointfivezero

Some .720's....

basetsb

LukeMarshall

Very Popular down under!

.925 sterling silver Florin

One year mintage, 1966 Round Fifties 80% Silver

Both contain a hair over 1/3oz of Actual Silver Weight, so convenient in multiples of 3

Interesting Side note the S mint florin in the Picture was actually coined at the San Francisco Mint!

(Pics ripped from the interwebz)

Weiss

1979-1980 Mexico "Onza"
KM#49b
Fineness: 0.9250
Weight: 33.6250g
(ASW: 1oz)

crazyhounddog

Weiss

Silver 20th century Mexican coins can be a bit of an enigma, because Mexico released so many denominations of sometimes competing weights and purities. But that also means that they can be found at little if any premium to melt, often in BU condition. And, for the most part, they literally say on the face of the coin what the silver purity is to the 3rd decimal point and they show the weight in grams:

crazyhounddog

jt88

sterling silver medals each

joeykoins

3 Examples

Foriegn
1888 5c 92%


Bullion
1/10 silver Although, .999

U.S.
1945 S Wartime 35%


Broke my own rules, sorry

joeykoins

Here are my 10% Mexican Uno Pesos, I promised to post.
I bought 50. All BU 1964's

10% Silver

joeykoins

@jt88 said:
sterling silver medals each

Wow, exquisite toners, dude.
Thanks for posting them

joeykoins

@crazyhounddog said:

Wow Joe, your Canadian 50%'er really dances and pops with color!

joeykoins

Wow
All you guys coins are fantastic and beautiful.
It's so amazing how these gems can still show pizzazz with so little silver content.
Wow!
Thanks guys



Keep em coming!

tommy44

Canada 80%.....

JWP

This coin is called the Chipmunk. It is 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper and contains a 24 karat gold covered oval cameo

Weiss

1935 Great Britain Jubilee Crown
KM#842
Fineness: 0.5000
Weight: 28.2760g

joeykoins

@Weiss said:
1935 Great Britain Jubilee Crown
KM#842
Fineness: 0.5000
Weight: 28.2760g

Joe_360

JWP

This is a picture of an entire 10 coin set. These coins are 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper, and have a 24 karat gold Cameo on each coin.

ChangeInHistory

JWP

This is an example of a coin that somebody didn't like and an example of the same type coin that evidently somebody did like. I think it probably had an error on it and that's the reason they probably sent it through the waffle machine.

jesbroken

I have some of these 1970 10 Gulden from Netherland I brought home from overseas in 1972. They were all uncirculated at the time, but due to carelessness they are scratched. They contain 74.6% silver if I remember correctly, if not correct me.
Jim

WillieBoyd2

A silver coin from the most remote region of the world - Tibet:

Tibet Tangka, Silver, Undated
Base Silver, 27 mm, 3.60 gm, probably minted 1912-25 at Dokde (Dodde Valley) near Lhasa

joeykoins

Two different 35%'ers

1945d


1945p
Lamination

justmenutty72

JWP

A beautiful coin after a case of PMD

PerryHall

@JWP If your coin can be identified as an 1893-S based on die markers, it may be worth getting slabbed in a "GENUINE" PCGS slab even though it will never straight grade.

Che_Grapes

Maybe someone can tell me the silver content of this 18th century Mexican coin?

rokky

Silver penny of King Henry I of England circa 1123 A.D.
Moneyer reverse: Saric on Safte(Shaftesbury)
Reverse legend in retrograde (extremely rare)

heavymetal

1936 80% Canada Dollar

joeykoins

@Che_Grapes said:

Maybe someone can tell me the silver content of this 18th century Mexican coin?

Beautiful Reales
Yes, they are 90.3% Silver

7Jaguars

Complete with die polish on both. The 1864 half crown would be of course extremely rare....

SHAWNK4368

Found coin roll hunting a couple years ago. 1894 Newfoundland half dollar. Pretty rough, but nice find.

SHAWNK4368

joeykoins

@SHAWNK4368 said:

Cool coin
92.5 Silver

rokky

@rokky said:
Silver penny of King Henry I of England circa 1123 A.D.
Moneyer reverse: Saric on Safte(Shaftesbury)
Reverse legend in retrograde (extremely rare)

There is an interesting yet gruesome story behind this coin and its moneyer. This coin is of type 14 which was minted in 1123. Henry was having difficulty with his moneyers producing quality coins and held an Assize of Moneyers at Christmas of 1124-25. A decree was issued……

“All the moneyers who were in England should be mutilated". This was the order given by King Henry I in 1125. Specifically, they should each "lose their right hand and be castrated." “According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Bishop Roger of Salisbury rounded up the moneyers in the city of Winchester and carried out the grizzly order.

In the aftermath of the assize of moneyers held at Christmastide 1124–25 it has been argued that most of the type 14 moneyers were removed from office in this assize (less a right hand and testicles) and that the sharp reduction in the number of mints between Henry I types 14 and 15 was part of a radical reorganization of the English coinage connected with the dismissal of the moneyers”.

This coin which I am showing would easily be deemed as an inferior example since the reverse legend is in retrograde. And with the study of coins in type 15, which is the last coinage of Henry I, Saric of Shaftesbury no longer appears as a Moneyer for any type 15. And not for the subsequent reign of Stephen either. It can safely be assumed that poor Saric probably lost his right hand and his testicles, maybe even his own life. Pretty cruel punishment, but that was life in medieval times.