Just do a little research before buying junk silver. The main thing to look for is the date that is on the coins, coinciding with wars that needed to be funded, so governments debased the currency. (Sound familiar?). In NZ, I think it was 1948. In the Netherlands it was something similar http://www.canada-gold-buyers.com/silver-content-of-dutch-guilders-and-guldens/.
Just do a little research before buying junk silver. The main thing to look for is the date that is on the coins, coinciding with wars that needed to be funded, so governments debased the currency. (Sound familiar?). In NZ, I think it was 1948. In the Netherlands it was something similar http://www.canada-gold-buyers.com/silver-content-of-dutch-guilders-and-guldens/.