SILVER NUMBERS YOU SHOULD KNOW!

  31.1--SILVER (AND ALL OTHER PRECIOUS METALS) ARE MEASURED
             IN TROY OUNCES--WHICH CONTAIN  31.1 GRAMS.

   .999--PURE OR "FINE SILVER--MEANS 99.9%  PURE

   .950--BRITANNIA SILVER---MEANS 95% PURE

   .925--STERLING SILVER  92.5% PURE

   .900--COIN SILVER  90% PURE---ALL U.S. DIMES-QUARTERS-HALF 
             DOLLARS AND "SILVER" DOLLARS MINTED IN 1964 AND 
             BEFORE CONTAIN 90% SILVER.

   .720--MANY MEXICAN COINS HAVE THIS STAMPED ON THEM--AS IN
             "LEY 720"    (LEY LOOSELY MEANS THE PERCENTAGE OF SILVER).

   .40 --U.S. KENNEDY HALF DOLLARS (1965-1970) AND EISENHOWER (IKE)
            DOLLARS CONTAIN 40% SILVER. THIS YOU HAVE TO KNOW.  THEY
            ARE NOT STAMPED.

   .10--SOME MEXICAN COINS ARE 10% SILVER--BE CAREFUL AND CHECK
           IF YOU ARE BUYING..

   BE INFORMED--STAY CURRENT--BE CAREFUL

   SOME SPANISH/MEXICAN COIN TERMS

   ONZA----OUNCE

   PLATA---SILVER

   PURA----PURE OR FINE (.999) SILVER

   LEY --  PERCENTAGE OF THE PRECIOUS METAL IN THE COIN


THESE LISTS ARE NOT THE ONLY NUMBERS/WORDS YOU MAY SEE ON COINS
THESE ARE JUST RELATIVELY COMMON.


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