Are ten pence coins real silver?

I believe you can still pay them into larger banks who will deposit the 10p's into your account. They then send the old money to be destroyed, just as they would with paper money that's past it's...

There are a few ways to tell if it is silver. The first thing to do is measure and weigh the coin, a coin with the wrong diameter, thickness or a coin that weighs too much or too little than a...

Assuming it's a US coin, one way is to weigh it. An unworn silver dime should weigh 2.5 gm, a quarter 6.25 gm, and a half-dollar 12.5 gm. However that wouldn't account for a fake that had been...

Yes, real silver dollars (1794-1935) have real 90% silver in them.

Sterling Silver is very easy to test. Silver plated brass, nickel silver or low quality silver alloys will turn green when a drop of Nitric acid is applied. Sterling will turn a creamy color. Testing...