This is not true for Canadian Silver Maple Leafs. These are 1 troy oz. bullion coins and are 99.99% (.9999) silver. Guaranteed by t he Royal Canadian Mint. I've been accumulating these for years. You need to find a better source of information. Here try this one:
http://www.mint.ca/en/business_services/bullion.htm This is a highly respected coin and is treasured by collectors (and hoarders!) world wide. Regards, George Martin On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:07:51 -0700, Carol wrote: =>I checked into this and the Canadian coins were only .8? pure from what they =>told me at the coin shop but you can get silver ingets(bars) 1oz. each that =>are .999 silver at coin shops for about $5.75 each. Carol => =>----- Original Message ----- =>From: "Nina Silver" <[email protected]> =>To: <[email protected]> =>Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 11:26 AM =>Subject: CS>Canadian coins for silver => => =>> List, =>> I'm wondering who came up with the idea of using Canadian maple leaf =>silver =>> dollars as sources of silver when making CS. Who said that the silver in =>> these coins is pure enough to use? =>> =>> Thanks. =>> Nina =>> =>> =>> -- =>> The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. =>> =>> To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: =>> [email protected] -or- [email protected] =>> with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. =>> =>> To post, address your message to: [email protected] =>> Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html =>> List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> =>> => => =>--- =>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. =>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). =>Version: 6.0.282 / Virus Database: 150 - Release Date: 9/25/01 => =>
