hing is see if a magnet will stick to it, most I have seen that have the weight and feel are magnetic, A lot of Mexican silver coinage is either .903, .8 ,or .72 fine silver, there were very few denominations made from 10%, the 1957 - 1967 peso comes to mind.Most mexican silver dollars are only 10% silver.There are some very nice Mexican coins worth collecting and there are some that are basically worth scrapping...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
ALERT : Fake Mexican Silver Coins
There are a lot of fake Mexican silver coins, all denominations and old dates as well, first t
hing is see if a magnet will stick to it, most I have seen that have the weight and feel are magnetic, A lot of Mexican silver coinage is either .903, .8 ,or .72 fine silver, there were very few denominations made from 10%, the 1957 - 1967 peso comes to mind.Most mexican silver dollars are only 10% silver.There are some very nice Mexican coins worth collecting and there are some that are basically worth scrapping...
hing is see if a magnet will stick to it, most I have seen that have the weight and feel are magnetic, A lot of Mexican silver coinage is either .903, .8 ,or .72 fine silver, there were very few denominations made from 10%, the 1957 - 1967 peso comes to mind.Most mexican silver dollars are only 10% silver.There are some very nice Mexican coins worth collecting and there are some that are basically worth scrapping...
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Thanks for the warning! Very informative post.
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