Stormin Norman
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I'm aware that 1964 is the last year the U.S. minted silver coins but did Canada also stop at 1964? Just asking because I found a 1968 Canadian Quarter and to me it looks silver.
Canadian silver standards
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Cerulean
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_coinage#History
Canadian dimes, quarters, halves, and dollars were 80% silver during 1920-1967.
In 1967, they began a gradual debasement to phase out silver. At some point in 1967, a composition change was made from 80% silver to 50% silver, so a '67 coin could be either type. I do not know a good way to tell them apart.
They did another composition change again in 1968, this time from 50% silver to 99% nickel, so again a coin from that either could be either metal. They're easy to sort... the non-silver coins are magnetic, the silver coins are not.
I do not know if Canada has ever made silver proofs. To my knowledge, Canadian nickels have never contained silver, at least not since World War I.
Canadian dimes, quarters, halves, and dollars were 80% silver during 1920-1967.
In 1967, they began a gradual debasement to phase out silver. At some point in 1967, a composition change was made from 80% silver to 50% silver, so a '67 coin could be either type. I do not know a good way to tell them apart.
They did another composition change again in 1968, this time from 50% silver to 99% nickel, so again a coin from that either could be either metal. They're easy to sort... the non-silver coins are magnetic, the silver coins are not.
I do not know if Canada has ever made silver proofs. To my knowledge, Canadian nickels have never contained silver, at least not since World War I.
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