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Yes, there are many silver Mexican coins, however, when compared to other countries, Mexico used lower purity silver in their more modern coins and often times different coins had different cut-off dates for silver. For example, until 1918, Mexican Peso coins were made out of 90.3% silver, in 1918 that was reduced to 80% silver, in 1920 it was reduced again to 72% silver, in 1947 it was reduced yet again to 50% silver, in 1950 it was reduced to 30% silver, and in 1957 the coin was only 10% silver until 1970 when it was replaced with a copper-nickel coin containing no silver. Mexico also has many modern bullion coins struck in silver.

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