# when did canada stop useing silver in their coins?

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**Created:** [October 16, 2001, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-canada-stop-useing-silver-in-their-coins/87686 "2001-10-16T08:56:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-canada-stop-useing-silver-in-their-coins/87686/1 "2001-10-16T08:56:27Z")

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thats all I wanna know?

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-canada-stop-useing-silver-in-their-coins/87686/2 "2001-10-16T13:07:51Z")

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Just a guess, but I’d say around the mid-sixties.

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**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-canada-stop-useing-silver-in-their-coins/87686/3 "2001-10-16T13:15:55Z")

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I was pretty sure of the year, but this clinched it:

[http://www.amergold.com/vault/1966CanadianSilverDollars.shtml](http://www.amergold.com/vault/1966CanadianSilverDollars.shtml)

(same year the stopped incorporating silver into the $0.25 coins, BTW)