Posts Tagged ‘Silver Dollars’

What Is The Better Investment?

Hello,

I am curious to see other people’s perspectives on this. What do you think is the better investment? A) Buying a mixture of 25 ounces of actual Silver content of American Silver Dollars, Half Dollars, Quarters, and Dimes at dollars an ounce. B) Buying 25 Ounces of Silver Canadian Maple Leafs for an ounce or C) American Silver Eagle Rounds for Ounce?… Continue reading

counterfiet coin puzzle?

there are ten stacks of ten silver dollars. you are given the weight of a real silver dollar, and are told each counterfeit coin weighs one gram more than a real silver dollar. you also know that one of the stacks is completely counterfiet, and you can use a scale that weighs by grams, what is the minimum number of weighings needed to determine the counterfeit stack?… Continue reading

Super hard Math for extra Credit?

So I just started school and on my first day my math teacher gave us 2 extra credit problems. They are so hard, my parents can’t even figure them out. And we haven’t covered them either so its not like I haven’t been paying attention. Can you help/explain them?

#1 Ten money bags contain silver dollars. Even though the coins look exactly the same, one of the bags is… Continue reading

Canadian Silver Dollar

Canadian silver dollar

How many troy ounces of silver are in a canadian silver dollar?… Continue reading

current value of old Canadian coins?

silver dollars, year 1978…

What is the smallest number of weighings needed to determine which of the stacks is counterfeit?

There are 10 stacks of coins, each consisting of 10 silver dollars. One entire stack is counterfeit. but you do not know which one. You do know the weight of a genuine silver dollar, and you are also told that each counterfeit coin weighs 1 gram more or less than a genuine coin. You have a pointer scale which you use to Weigh the coins.

What is the smallest… Continue reading

How did it come to pass that Canadian coin currency mimics American coin?

Excluding uncommon pieces like silver dollars, 50 cent pieces (both of which I’m not sure of for Canadian currency) their money mimics ours.

I can’t imagine that completely by chance they also chose to use 1, 5, 10, and 25 cent pieces each with the same size, thickness, and color as American currency.… Continue reading