how much silver is in canadian silver dollars

[StWilliam]

Hey there! That's a great question, and the answer actually depends on the year the coin was minted. The silver content in Canadian dollars changed over time.

For Canadian silver dollars made between 1935 and 1967, the composition was 80% silver and 20% copper. This works out to 0.6000 troy ounces of pure silver in each coin.

The year 1967 was a bit of a special case, as it was a transitional period. Some silver dollars from 1967 have the standard 80% silver content (0.6000 troy oz), but others were minted with a reduced 50% silver content, which contains 0.3750 troy ounces of pure silver.

Starting in 1968, the Royal Canadian Mint stopped using silver for the circulating dollar coin and switched to a composition made of nickel. So, any Canadian dollars minted from 1968 to 1986 do not contain any silver at all.