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Struck silver in a junk box this morning
Mercfan
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Some were not so exotic, like a couple of 1958 Canadian half dollars, a 1919 Canadian quarter, and a 1960 Canadian dime.
But then there were some cool things I've never run across, like:
--an 1831 Republic of Central America 10 D 20 G coin (definitely silver, with a small hole, Lord M.)
--a 1948 Cuban veinte centavos piece (looks like 90%)
--a 1929 British shilling
--a 1943 British six-pence
--a 1939 British three pence
--a 1960 Mexican peso, and
--a 1968 25 pesos Olymic coin?
All of the above look, sound, and feel like they contain silver in various percentages. Am I correct?
I'm not so sure about three 1965 Elizabeth II / Churchill coins that are the size of Morgans (maybe a bit thicker), but may not have much--if any silver content, as well as an Elizabeth II five shillings piece dated 1960.
The junk box included face value of U.S. clad coinage and Canadian contemporary coinage equal to what I paid for it, so all of the above--plus a few liberty and Buffalo nickels, a 90% Kennedy half (apparently gold plated obv. and rev.), a BU and lustrous 1964-D Roosie, half a roll of red 1964 cents, some steelies, a couple of Canadian large cents, a (giant) 1854 British half cent, a few other British large pennies and half pennies, and couple hundred other miscellaneous world coins that appear not to contain any silver)--cost me nothing.
Curious that all this odd mix would wind up in the same box, but it was really a nice find at an indoor flea market!
But then there were some cool things I've never run across, like:
--an 1831 Republic of Central America 10 D 20 G coin (definitely silver, with a small hole, Lord M.)
--a 1948 Cuban veinte centavos piece (looks like 90%)
--a 1929 British shilling
--a 1943 British six-pence
--a 1939 British three pence
--a 1960 Mexican peso, and
--a 1968 25 pesos Olymic coin?
All of the above look, sound, and feel like they contain silver in various percentages. Am I correct?
I'm not so sure about three 1965 Elizabeth II / Churchill coins that are the size of Morgans (maybe a bit thicker), but may not have much--if any silver content, as well as an Elizabeth II five shillings piece dated 1960.
The junk box included face value of U.S. clad coinage and Canadian contemporary coinage equal to what I paid for it, so all of the above--plus a few liberty and Buffalo nickels, a 90% Kennedy half (apparently gold plated obv. and rev.), a BU and lustrous 1964-D Roosie, half a roll of red 1964 cents, some steelies, a couple of Canadian large cents, a (giant) 1854 British half cent, a few other British large pennies and half pennies, and couple hundred other miscellaneous world coins that appear not to contain any silver)--cost me nothing.
Curious that all this odd mix would wind up in the same box, but it was really a nice find at an indoor flea market!
"Coin collecting problem"? What "coin collecting problem"?
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Still, it sounds like you made a pretty good haul, to find not only silver, but bigger silver like the Canadian half.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Canadian 1919 is sterling or .925, the 58 halves and 60 dime are .800.
Not a bad haul.
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Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
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Any pre-1920 British or Canadian material is 92.5% - keep an eye out for these!
I equally appreciate the confirmations that the bigger British pieces are, in fact, copper-nickel. They looked and sounded to be such.
What a great resource this message board and its members are!
Thanks to all who responded, and happy collecting!