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OysterShocker t1_iw2h59c wrote

Reply to comment by LargeMonty in 600-year-old coin may be oldest found in Canada by IslandChillin

Yeah, how weird was it then to have a 50 year-old coin? Seems commonplace nowadays to come across a quarter from the 70s at times for example.

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Carbon_60 t1_iw2mmqq wrote

I saw a nickel from 1932 in circulation yesterday.

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TARANTULA_TIDDIES t1_iw3qb2x wrote

That is extremely uncommon in the US because coins before 1964 had silver in them and multiple generations of people have combed through lots of change to pull out the silver ones. I for example went through 500$ worth of quarters and found exactly 0 silver ones.

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fantasmoofrcc t1_iw3ubb9 wrote

Silver in Canadian coins was phased out in 1922 for nickels and 1968 for dimes/quarters/half-dollars/dollars. u/Carbon_60 may be talking about Canadian coins. Numismatics is neat!

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nullrout1 t1_iw51lbn wrote

Nickels don't contain silver. Spoiler alert: they contain nickel.

ETA: apparently during WWII they had 35% silver because nickel was in high demand for the war efforts.

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anewbys83 t1_iw45q4m wrote

The mint also withdrew many of them in a couple years.

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gitarzan t1_iw3p1u3 wrote

I’ve a theory on that. “Dad socks away old coins in underwear drawer. Kid finds coins a puts them back into circulation buying candy, etc.”

I used to run a store and a kid came in every few days and would spend old silver dollars and fifty cent coins. I now have them now in a jar in a closet. I suppose his Dad was really pissed when he found out.

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evilpercy t1_iw2soe8 wrote

I have Canadian bills ($1, $5, $100) from that time period, and a Russian 9 ruble bill from 1909. Never really thought how old they are now.

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KeberUggles t1_iw3vw70 wrote

we had 1$? I was around for the 2$.

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EMT2000 t1_iw51foi wrote

The Canadian dollar bill was only phased out around 1990; it wasnt that long ago. Reddit teens can go ask their parents about it, they don’t need to call grandma for this one.

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Aoiboshi t1_iw67khm wrote

I traded a 1915 dime out of a checkstand earlier in the year

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