First CRH of Dimes

[nwcleaningllc]

So.. we've been hunting the nickels, and my bank is currently out of boxes so we decided to hunt through a box of dimes. Found a 1951 dime and a 1962 Canadian dime. Is this Canadian silver as well?

 

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[boristhespider88]

Yes, 80% silver, worth about $1.23 melt value.

 

[MIhunter]

Canadian dime composition from wikipedia

[TABLE="class: wikitable"]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Years[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Mass[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Diameter/Shape[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Composition[SUP][2][/SUP][/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2000–present[/TD]
[TD]1.75 g[/TD]
[TD]18.03 mm[/TD]
[TD]92.0% steel (unspecified alloy), 5.5% copper, 2.5% nickel plating[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1979–1999[/TD]
[TD]2.075 g[/TD]
[TD]18.03 mm[/TD]
[TD]99.9% nickel[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1969–1978[/TD]
[TD]2.07 g[/TD]
[TD]18.03 mm[/TD]
[TD]99.9% nickel[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1968[/TD]
[TD]2.07 g2.33 g[/TD]
[TD]18.03 mm18.034 mm[/TD]
[TD]99.9% nickel (172.5M) or
50% silver, 50% copper (70.4M)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1967[/TD]
[TD]2.33 g[/TD]
[TD]18.034 mm[/TD]
[TD]50% silver, 50% copper (30.6M) or
80% silver, 20% copper (32.3M)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1920–1966[/TD]
[TD]2.33 g[/TD]
[TD]18.034 mm[/TD]
[TD]80% silver, 20% copper[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1910–1919[/TD]
[TD]2.33 g[/TD]
[TD]18.034 mm[/TD]
[TD]92.5% silver, 7.5% copper[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1858–1910[/TD]
[TD]2.32 g[/TD]
[TD]18.034 mm[/TD]
[TD]92.5% silver, 7.5% copper[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Steel and nickel dimes are magnetic
silver dimes are not

There is no simple way to tell the difference between a 1967 50% and a 1967 80% silver dime.

 

[CoinFetcher]

Canadian dimes that are silver are NOT magnetic.

That's an easy way to tell if they are silver or not.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

That's a solid dime box. It would take me 3-4 boxes to get that much silver!

 

[fistfulladirt]

After you've seen a couple silver/non-silver Canadians, (even 50%), you won't need the magnet.

 

[mlayers]

congs on the silver my last 2 boxes of dimes gave me a big old goose egg 00