Dumped some dimes found silver

santafeboy

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Numismaniac

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You can test your 1968 Canadians with a magnet. Canadian dimes/quarters/etc are made of nickel not copper nickel clad like ours. If they stick to a magnet, they are nickel (nickel is also magnetic like steel). If not, they are most likely silver.

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I love finding silver while dumping!

I took a road trip into Westchester and Putnam counties the other day, and did a mid trip dump at a TD bank. The guy in front of me was dumping lots of quarters. We got to chatting, and he said he owned a laundrymat. He checked the reject try and found 3 silvers that he dumped. He knew they were worth a few bucks, so I asked if he was a collector, and he said not at all. Told him I collected and he said aren't they worth 3 or 4 bucks each? I said they were worth about 6 each and offered to buy them from him $15 for the three of them.

He said that he appreciated the offer, but since I was a collector and didn't try and take advantage of him thinking they were only worth $3 that I could just have them bc he knew I would appreciate them :)

3 free silver quarters! WOO-HOO!!!!!!
 

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Numismaniac said:
You can test your 1968 Canadians with a magnet. Canadian dimes/quarters/etc are made of nickel not copper nickel clad like ours. If they stick to a magnet, they are nickel (nickel is also magnetic like steel). If not, they are most likely silver.

HH
Thanks for the magnet idea. Yes they stuck so there junk
 

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