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:

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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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