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1st silver

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hello everyone I got out for a few hours today and I got my first silver

is a 1968 Canada Dime here is what I know about it

TEN CENTS:
Diameter: 18.034 millimeters
Weight: 2.33 grams
Composition: .925 Silver, .075 Copper (1858-1919)
Composition: .800 Silver, .200 Copper (1920-67)
Composition: .500 Silver, .500 Copper (1967-68)
Edge: Reeded

here are the photos of todays pull

thanks for looking

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1968-77 99.9% Ni(nickel)

http://www.bcscta.ca/resources/hebden/c ... itions.pdf

There are three major varieties of 1968 Canada dimes, and only one of them is worth much more than face value. Two of the three varieties are made out of nickel and are worth face value. The third variety is 50% silver and is worth $1.25 in choice uncirculated condition.
Tip found on the net..... "The way to tell them apart is by using a magnet. The non-silver Canadian coins (dime, quarter) will stick to a magnet just like the new ones."

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 730AAaTDNV

Chemistry Composition Of Canadian Coins:

http://wikieducator.org/Chemistry/Compo ... dian_Coins


im crushed it sticks to a magnet :cuss: back to hunting
 
1968-77 99.9% Ni(nickel)

http://www.bcscta.ca/resources/hebden/c ... itions.pdf

There are three major varieties of 1968 Canada dimes, and only one of them is worth much more than face value. Two of the three varieties are made out of nickel and are worth face value. The third variety is 50% silver and is worth $1.25 in choice uncirculated condition.
Tip found on the net..... "The way to tell them apart is by using a magnet. The non-silver Canadian coins (dime, quarter) will stick to a magnet just like the new ones."

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 730AAaTDNV

Chemistry Composition Of Canadian Coins:

http://wikieducator.org/Chemistry/Compo ... dian_Coins


im crushed it sticks to a magnet :cuss: back to hunting

I just found my first silver coin, a merc dime, last week. But last year in the spring, I found a canadian dime in my backyard, it was around 1966, 67, i think....... I remember it having a very silver color and being very clean coming out of the ground. Hope I can find where i put it........ I may have scored my first silver coin a year ago and not even known it. I assumed the Canadians stopped using silver in 64, like the US did. Wonder where I put the dang thing? Got me wondering now.:roll:
 
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