Value of Silver Foreign Coins

Often times I purchase large lots of coins that include foreign coins.  Since I only collect United States coins, I don’t have much need for foreign coins and will typically sell them (one of the only times that I sell coins!).  There are not too many collectors of foreign coins that I talk with except for a few that collect the rarest of the rare coins.  Some may think that foreign coins don’t have much value because of this, but, in fact, just like US Coins, many foreign coins minted in years past contain silver and are prized on the silver content alone.

Here are a few photos of foreign coins that I found in estate coin lots that I have purchased:

The coins above are from Australia and Canada and, based on their dates, they contain about the same silver content as many United States coins minted around the same time period.  The Australian Shillings that are at the very top contain 92.5% silver.  The Canadian Quarters that you see at the very bottom contain 50%-80% silver depending on the year.  Even the Canadian Dimes in the second photo contain 50%-80% silver.  Based on silver content alone, these coins have a fair value and are highly collectible.

NCG has the following table of world coin silver content posted on their website and it is very helpful when trying to establish the silver value of any coins that you may have:

 Silver Foreign Coins

Images Coin Composition Weight (g) ASW (oz.) Australia Silver Threepence (1910-1944) 92.5% Silver 1.41 0.0419 Australia Silver Threepence (1947-1964) 50% Silver 1.41 0.0227 Australia Silver Sixpence (1910-1945) 92.5% Silver 2.82 0.0839 Australia Silver Sixpence (1946-1963) 50% Silver 2.82 0.0453 Australia Silver Shilling (1910-1944) 92.5% Silver 5.65 0.168 Australia Silver Shilling (1946-1963) 50% Silver 5.65 0.0908 Australia Silver Florin (1910-1945) 92.5% Silver 11.31 0.3363 Australia Silver Florin (1946-1963) 50% Silver 11.31 0.1818 Australia Silver Crown (1937-1938) 92.5% Silver 28.28 0.841 Canada Silver Five Cents (1858-1919) 92.5% Silver 1.162 0.0346 Canada Silver Five Cents (1920-1921) 80% Silver 1.1664 0.03 Canada Silver Dime (1858-1919) 92.5% Silver 2.3239 0.0691 Canada Silver Dime (1920-1967) 80% Silver 2.3328 0.06 Canada Silver Dime (1967-1968) 50% Silver 2.3328 0.0375 Canada Silver Quarter (1870-1919) 92.5% Silver 5.8319 0.1734 Canada Silver Quarter (1920-1967) 80% Silver 5.8319 0.15 Canada Silver Quarter (1967-1968) 50% Silver 5.8319 0.0937 Canada Silver Half Dollar (1870-1919) 92.5% Silver 11.6638 0.3469 Canada Silver Half Dollar (1920-1967) 80% Silver 11.6638 0.3 Canada Silver Dollar (1935-1967) 80% Silver 23.3276 0.6 France Silver Franc (1871-1920) 83.5% Silver 5 0.1342 France Silver 2 Francs (1870-1920) 83.5% Silver 10 0.2684 Germany Silver 1/2 Mark (1905-1919) 90% Silver 2.777 0.0804 Germany Silver Mark (1873-1916) 90% Silver 5.55 0.1606 Germany Silver Mark/Reichsmark (1924-1927) 50% Silver 5 0.0804 Germany Silver 2 Reichsmark (1925-1931) 50% Silver 10 0.1607 Germany Silver 2 Reichsmark (1933-1939) 62.5% Silver 8 0.1607 Great Britain Silver Threepence (1817-1920) 92.5% Silver 1.4138 0.042 Great Britain Silver Threepence (1920-1946) 50% Silver 1.4138 0.0227 Great Britain Silver Sixpence (1816-1920) 92.5% Silver 3.01 0.0895 Great Britain Silver Sixpence (1920-1946) 50% Silver 2.8276 0.0455 Great Britain Silver Shilling (1816-1919) 92.5% Silver 5.6552 0.1682 Great Britain Silver Shilling (1920-1946) 50% Silver 5.6552 0.0909 Great Britain Silver Florin (1848-1919) 92.5% Silver 11.3104 0.3364 Great Britain Silver Florin (1920-1946) 50% Silver 11.3104 0.1818 Great Britain Silver 1/2 Crown (1816-1919) 92.5% Silver 14.138 0.4204 Great Britain Silver 1/2 Crown (1920-1946) 50% Silver 14.138 0.2273 Great Britain Silver Crown (1818-1902) 92.5% Silver 28.2759 0.8409 Great Britain Silver Crown (1927-1935) 50% Silver 28.2759 0.4545 Mexico Silver 5 Centavo (1864-1905) 90.3% Silver 1.3537 0.0393 Mexico Silver 10 Centavo (1864-1905) 90.3% Silver 2.7073 0.0786 Mexico Silver 10 Centavo (1905-1919) 80% Silver 2.5 0.0643 Mexico Silver 10 Centavo (1925-1935) 72% Silver 1.66 0.0384 Mexico Silver 20 Centavo (1898-1905) 90.3% Silver 5.415 0.1572 Mexico Silver 20 Centavo (1905-1919) 80% Silver 3.625 0.0932 Mexico Silver 20 Centavo (1920-1943) 72% Silver 3.3333 0.0772 Mexico Silver 25 Centavo (1869-1890) 90.3% Silver 6.768 0.1965 Mexico Silver 25 Centavo (1950-1953) 30% Silver 3.333 0.0321 Mexico Silver 50 Centavo (1866-1895) 90.3% Silver 13.5365 0.393 Mexico Silver 50 Centavo (1905-1919) 80% Silver 9.0625 0.2331 Mexico Silver 50 Centavo (1919-1945) 72% Silver 8.3333 0.1929 Mexico Silver 50 Centavo (1935) 42% Silver 7.973 0.1077 Mexico Silver 50 Centavo (1950-1951) 30% Silver 6.66 0.0642 Mexico Silver Peso (1866-1914) 90.3% Silver 27.07 0.7859 Mexico Silver Peso (1918-1919) 80% Silver 18.13 0.4663 Mexico Silver Peso (1920-1945) 72% Silver 16.66 0.3856 Mexico Silver Peso (1947-1949) 50% Silver 14 0.225 Mexico Silver Peso (1950) 30% Silver 13.33 0.1286 Mexico Silver Peso (1957-1967) 10% Silver 16 0.0514 Mexico Silver 2 Peso (1921) 90% Silver 26.6667 0.7716 Mexico Silver 5 Peso (1947-1948) 90% Silver 30 0.868 Mexico Silver 5 Peso (1950-1954) 72% Silver 27.78 0.643 Mexico Silver 5 Peso (1955-1959) 72% Silver 18.05 0.4178 Mexico Silver 10 Peso (1955-1960) 90% Silver 28.88 0.8356 Mexico Silver 25 Peso (1968-1972) 72% Silver 22.5 0.5208 Mexico Silver 100 Peso (1977-1979) 72% Silver 27.77 0.6428 Mexico Silver Onza (1949-Date) 92.5% Silver 33.625 0.9999

 

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