Canada Coins Actual Silver Weight

This site is intended as a reference to the Silver Content melt values and ASW (Actual Silver Weight) in Canadian Coins and eventually World coins with silver content in the coin composition only.

A coin with silver composition may be more valuable as a collector coin than it is as silver melt! Typically, silver coins that are melted are considered "junk silver". That means they are junk to collectors because they have no real collectable value. However, the silver content of the coin is worth more as a silver "melt" value. Even though an ASW for a coin may be listed, if it is well worn, it will weigh a fraction less.

Listed are Canadian SILVER Coins,
and the ASW (Actual Silver Weight) per coin.

This chart is a 24 hour live chart.
It includes all markets including NY Globex,
NY NYMEX, London, Sydney and Hong Kong.
Current trading value is in top left corner under "24 Hour"
Silver trades in TROY ounces.

To determine the melt value of your coin, refer to the last price per ounce in the chart above in
the top left corner, then multiply the number of coins in the denomination and year from the chart
below by the ASW.

Example, you have 2 quarters from 1945:

2 x $ ounce x 0.1500

DENOMINATION	YEAR	% SILVER	ASW
5 cent	1902-1919	0.925	0.0345
5 cent	1920-1921	0.800	0.0301
10 cent	1902-1919 (1)	0.925	0.0690
10 cent	1920-1967 (2)	0.800	0.06
10 cent **	1967-1968**	0.500	0.0372
25 cent	1870-1919 (3)	0.925	0.173
25 cent	1920-1967	0.800	0.1500
25 cent **	1967-1968**	0.500	0.0937
50 cent	1870-1919 (4)	0.925	0.0346
50 cent	1920-1967	0.800	0.300
$1	1935-1967	0.800	0.600

Notes:

** The 1967 10 cent and 25 cent were both produced in both .800 and .500
** The 1968 19 cent and 25 cent were both either produced in 0.500 silver or 1.000 nickel.
** TO TEST 1968 - Magnetic coins ARE NOT silver

(1) 1910 Dimes came in two coin weights, 2.32 grams and 2.33 grams. In calculating ASW,
there is virtually no change.
(2) 1911-1936 Dime coin weights are 2.32 grams, 1937-1952 Dime coin weights are 2.33 grams.
In calculating ASW, there is virtually no change.
(3) 1910 Quarters had two weights, one was 5.81 grams and one was 5.83 grams.
In calculating ASW, there is virtually no change.
(4) 1910 Halves had two weights, one was 11.62 grams and one was 11.66 grams.
Halves prior to 1910 were 11.62 grams. Halves post 1910-1919 were 11.66 grams.
In calculating ASW, there is virtually no change.

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