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Hi All, I have had a pile of random coins floating around for years - As I'll be moving soon, I thought I'd sort them out. Is there anything interesting in this list? I haven't googled the value of them all as I don't have the patience. Photos can be provided on request. Let me know! Denomination Currency Year Material Quantity Crown British Pound 1889 925 Silver 1 Crown British Pound 1935 500 Silver 1 Four pence British Pound 1854 925 Silver 1 Three Pence British Pound 1889 925 Silver 1 Three Pence British Pound 1899 925 Silver 1 Three Pence British Pound 1918 925 Silver 1 Three Pence British Pound 1936 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1938 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1941 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1950 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1954 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1955 925 Silver 2 Six Pence British Pound 1956 925 Silver 2 Six Pence British Pound 1958 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1960 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1961 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1962 925 Silver 2 Six Pence British Pound 1963 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1964 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1965 925 Silver 1 Six Pence British Pound 1967 925 Silver 3 Shilling British Pound 1921 500 Silver 1 Shilling British Pound 1927 500 Silver 1 Shilling British Pound 1945 500 Silver 1 Shilling British Pound 1947 500 Silver 1 Half Crown British Pound 1912 925 Silver 1 Half Crown British Pound 1951 925 Silver 1 Half Crown British Pound 1967 925 Silver 1 One Penny British Pound 1862 Copper 3 One Penny British Pound 1863 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1869 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1872 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1874 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1876 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1877 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1879 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1885 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1886 Copper 2 One Penny British Pound 1889 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1890 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1892 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1893 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1894 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1895 Copper 2 One Penny British Pound 1896 Copper 3 One Penny British Pound 1897 Copper 3 One Penny British Pound 1899 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1900 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1901 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1902 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1904 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1906 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1907 Copper 3 One Penny British Pound 1910 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1913 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1916 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1918 Copper 25 One Penny British Pound 1919 Copper 2 One Penny British Pound 1927 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1928 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1936 Copper 2 One Penny British Pound 1937 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1939 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1940 Copper 2 One Penny British Pound 1945 Copper 4 One Penny British Pound 1946 Copper 2 One Penny British Pound 1947 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1948 Copper 2 One Penny British Pound 1949 Copper 2 One Penny British Pound 1961 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1962 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1963 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1964 Copper 2 One Penny British Pound 1965 Copper 1 One Penny British Pound 1966 Copper 4 One Penny British Pound 1967 Copper 9 Half Penny British Pound 1907 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1912 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1917 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1919 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1927 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1932 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1942 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1944 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1945 Copper 4 Half Penny British Pound 1946 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1947 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1948 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1949 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1950 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1951 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1952 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1957 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1959 Copper 5 Half Penny British Pound 1960 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1962 Copper 3 Half Penny British Pound 1963 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1964 Copper 1 Half Penny British Pound 1965 Copper 2 Half Penny British Pound 1966 Copper 5 Half Penny British Pound 1967 Copper 5 Threepence British Pound 1942 Copper 2 Threepence British Pound 1943 Copper 1 Threepence British Pound 1944 Copper 1 Threepence British Pound 1955 Copper 1 Threepence British Pound 1958 Copper 1 Threepence British Pound 1960 Copper 1 Threepence British Pound 1966 Copper 1 Decimal Half Penny British Pound 1974 Copper 1 Decimal Half Penny British Pound 1982 Copper 1 Farthing British Pound 1927 Copper 1 10 Halalat Saudi Arabian Riyal 1980 Copper Nickel 2 50 Halalat Saudi Arabian Riyal 1980 Copper Nickel 1 5 Halalat Saudi Arabian Riyal 1978 Copper Nickel 1 100 Halalat Saudi Arabian Riyal 1980 Copper Nickel 1 1 Lira Syrian Lira 1979 Nickel 1 100 Lira Italian Lira 1979 Stainless Steel 1 100 Lira Italian Lira 1957 Stainless Steel 1 2 Cents Maltese Lira 1977 Copper Nickel 1 10 Cents Maltese Lira 1972 Copper Nickel 1 1 Cent Maltese Lira 1977 Copper 1 10 Drachmes Greek Drachma 1982 Copper Nickel 1 10 Drachmes Greek Drachma 1978 Copper Nickel 1 20 Drachmes Greek Drachma 1978 Copper Nickel 1 20 Cents Australian Dollar 1968 Copper Nickel 1 20 Cents Australian Dollar 1980 Copper Nickel 1 10 Cents Australian Dollar 2004 Copper Nickel 1 5 Lira Turkish Lira 1981 Aluminium 1 1 Pfennig German Mark 1972 Copper 1 1 Franc Belgian Franc 1991 Nickel Steel 1 50 Cents Brasilian Real 2002 Stainless Steel 1 5 Cents Canadian Dollar 1972 Nickel 1 5 Cents Canadian Dollar 1975 Nickel 1 5 Cents Canadian Dollar 1980 Nickel 1 10 Cents Canadian Dollar 1980 Nickel 1 5 Cents Polish Zloty 2006 Brass 1 5 Dollars Hong Kong Dollar 1995 Copper Nickel 1 1 Dollar Hong Kong Dollar 1998 Copper Nickel 1 50 Cents Hong Kong Dollar 1998 Brass 1 10 Cents Hong Kong Dollar 1995 Brass 1 1 Jiao Chinese Yen 2005 Aluminium 1 1 Cent American Dollar 1977 Copper 1 1 Cent American Dollar 1984 Copper 1 1 Cent American Dollar 1987 Copper 1 1 Cent American Dollar 1995 Copper 1 1 Dollar American Dollar 2008 Copper Brass 1 One dime American Dollar 1965 Copper Nickel 2 One dime American Dollar 1966 Copper Nickel 2 One dime American Dollar 1978 Copper Nickel 1 One dime American Dollar 1986 Copper Nickel 1 One Quarter American Dollar 1966 Copper Nickel 2 One Quarter American Dollar 1967 Copper Nickel 2 One Quarter American Dollar 1969 Copper Nickel 1 One Quarter American Dollar 1971 Copper Nickel 1 One Quarter American Dollar 2002 Copper Nickel 1 5 Cents Cypriot Lira 1983 Nickel Brass 2 50 Cents Cypriot Lira 1981 Copper Nickel 2 5 Cents Cypriot Lira 1978 Copper 1 25 Cents Cypriot Lira 1977 Copper Nickel 1 1 Cent Cypriot Lira 1994 Nickel Brass 1 1 Cent Cypriot Lira 1998 Nickel Brass 1 5 Cents Dutch Guilder 1957 Copper 1 1 Cent Dutch Guilder 1971 Copper 1 1 Pence British Pound 1971 Copper 1 1 Pence British Pound 1974 Copper 1 1 Pence British Pound 1978 Copper 1 1 Pence British Pound 1984 Copper 1 1 Pence British Pound 1989 Copper 1 2 Cents Euro 2008 Copper 1 10 Cents Euro 2002 Brass 1 5 Cents Euro 1999 Copper 1 5 Cents Euro 2000 Copper 2 5 Cents Euro 2001 Copper 2 5 Cents Euro 2002 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Looks like it, yes. You're never reacting the silver itself just generating aluminium oxide and sulfur at the cost of the silver that's tarnished. The takeaway being to avoid storing or handling silver around anything that gives off sulfur gases I guess. I love videos like that - no waffle, straight to the science! Thanks for finding it 😊

It was a great question and I've lost control of the telly due to Badminton Horse Trials😁

Tarnish is silver sulfide so removing it through any method would mean you're eroding a super thin layer of the silver itself (although it's technically already lost). Any tarnish that's really black black is still only about 100 nanometres thick so about ten thousandth of a millimetre. If the Latent Image is about 1/350th of a millimetre deep then in theory you could tarnish and polish away almost 28 times before the Latent Image was gone. No, I had nothing better to do this evening.

If it's just tarnish then foil and bicarb is easiest but milk spots will need some proper polish and a bit more care. Worth testing on a single piece first and seeing how you get on. Do share results if you can!

@LemmyMcGregor None of this is an 'attack' on anyone and I particularly enjoy this type of discussion as I really appreciate solid views from other people. I can't build an opinion until I've heard lots of others. Silver was an easy way into stacking for me back in the days of zero VAT imports but this kind of information is invaluable in terms of cementing the idea that gold is the right choice for investing. Nothing quite like a kilo bar of shiney metal though! Same as a good art piece, pristine Lego set or rare Pokémon cards (too youthful for me sadly)

Fantastic points, very well put. I completely agree that gold is where the value is and what should be used as a pillar of any good investment strategy. For me, while silver is an SHTF consideration (weight and quantity aside), I primarily apply the gold to silver ratio within my stack and track that figure against every purchase individually. When the ratio is preferable for any section of the stack I'll look to swap it for gold. Or vice versa as the case may be.

Good question - highly collectible but expensive so it's a niche purchase. Really depends on run numbers as few people will buy it at £650+ but down the line it could push £1000 when people realise they missed out. If you'd enjoy owning, building and displaying it then it's really only the cost to factor in. Would you buy that or a kilo bar of silver? Both can hurt your toes, just in different ways...

This is exactly my frame of mind too - I've worked in finance and pensions long enough to know that tangible assets (things to own and enjoy that have intrinsic value and you're not sentimental about) are much better. Lego is a superb example and not to admit to being a total nerd but some of the sets and pieces I collected ten years ago now net a 200% return! Who's laughing now wifey 😂

I can highly recommend Backyard Bullion's YouTube channel for help with those questions. One of his recent videos goes in to detail on why cost is generally only relevant the shorter amount of time you expect to hold something. I don't mind premiums on smaller coins like half or quarter oz where the options for selling on are greater but I do subscribe to keeping overall cost per oz as low mostly just for the hell of it.

I can't remember what number I have from last year but I'd like the 2022 version, please. Will message on Sunday once I can find out.

As a relatively new TSF member myself I can safely say how fun it is being sensible, for those reasons you listed, on here. A little financial stability in a tangible asset really does help me sleep better at night and the forum gives me something to read over my morning coffee. Buying precious metals, for me, is a way of spending my money on savings. As opposed to spending my savings. I think that makes sense...

@dikefalos Perfect, thanks for that! 84 is bang on date wise as to when it was likely purchased and from some other bits I've found today it will have been in Saudi Arabia! Spot was about $4 then so it would have bought some food and water. Much the same as a half ounce these days. Proof yet again that owning PM is important 😁

I'm trying to find out a bit more about this so I'm hoping someone might know or be able to point me in the right direction. I can find an example of a 1oz bar but no info on that either. It must be early 80s as I know who bought it but is it strange to have a sterling frame and keychain? Would it be used as a 'carry-item' i.e. something to trade if you ran out of cash? I know where Mecca is but would this bar have been released in a specific country? Thanks for looking and if I've posted this in the wrong section let me know!

I'm must do some research on the chemistry as I'm intrigued to know whether something like dip is acidic or alkaline. I'm wondering whether the alu/bicarb method is the same kind of reaction or if it's doing something different to the tarnish. I know the jewellers dip works well on platinum and silver as I do my wife's stuff every couple of years. So tempted to make a joke there...

I think that's best for silver plate or sterling reading the description on their website - the alu/bicarb method is entirely nonabrasive. Is polishing fine silver a good idea? On bullion I mean not proof stuff.

Go for it and make sure you tag me in any results you post! I've got Yodel down from the road over to only a few doors away through the use of strongly worded emails to their automated system. Nothing like screaming into the void 🙃

Not against the rules 😆 and don't underestimate my gratitude for the price you gave me! If it weren't for the baking powder/bicarb misunderstanding then materials would have been sunk costs 😋

It's a safe bet that trying to clean silver isn't really a great idea but I thought I'd share my results from the aluminium and bicarbonate of soda process. This is an overly wordy and probably unecessary walk through of what I did but there you go. I've got nothing else going on today. Thanks to @James32 for selling me some 'interesting patina' silver 😁 Step 1: Get light-headed while cleaning all the tarnished coins with Isopropanol to get oils and any grime off. Microfibre cloth only! Step2: Discover that bicarb and baking powder are not the same thing. Step 3: Purchase pure Sodium Bicarbonate. Wait for Yodel to deliver it four doors away. Step 4: Line a dish with aluminium foil (must be proper foil, not coated so industrial non food safe stuff is definitely better if you can get it but just make sure it's not plasticised) Step 5: Boil enough water to fill the lined dish and cover the silver by about 1cm or 2/3 inch Step 6: Place silver in the dish and cover liberally with bicarb - the worst tarnish should be touching the foil - that definitely works best Step 7: Pour boiling water in carefully and leave for 10 to 15 minutes Step 8: Remove each piece with a little slosh to get any remaining bicarb off and rinse thoroughly with cold water before drying with a clean soft cloth (preferably not the one you cleaned the grime off with). You might have bicarb rings so be careful not to try and scrub them off, just go back to rinsing. You might need a second go for any tarnish that doesn't come off. See my photos for an example of how well it works but where the worst bits need another bash. Quick side note, any time I put silver away for long term storage in tubes I clean everything with isopropanol and a super soft cloth, including the tubes. Possibly completely pointless but I like giving bullion grade PM the best chance.

I got some funny looks when I picked a palladium ring - I needed something unlikely to react with certain chemicals I use to avoid staining. Definitely well worth it as it's held up to way more abuse than silver or platinum would have plus it's now worth a heck of a lot more than I paid for it... no reason to suspect I'll need to sell though 😅

Liking the art and wanting to support someone is 100% the key to enjoying what you invest in. An ISA will never bring the same joy! Plus you get the satisfaction of making profit and passing a beautiful thing on to someone else to enjoy when you sell (dealer fees aside of course). Paul Insect's work is fantastic! Slightly creepy and unhinged but that suits me fine 😂

Great question, thanks! I go for modern artworks where I think the pieces have presence or some nostalgia and, as with any investment, it's about buying when no one else sees the value especially if you can get an original or very low print run piece. JJ Adams is a favourite for hanging art as he kind of exploded in popularity but really if I like it, see value in enjoying it and it's appeal to people in general then quality will always give a return. Do you have any favourite artists or styles?

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. Less than 24 hours in and I'm already increasing the stack 😁 Love it!

Hi All Ive been a free member on the forum for a while, as I found it from Backyard Bullion's YouTube channel after I'd started stacking during the crash of 2020, but I'm now paid-up and hoping to do all my purchases/sales on here from now on. I'm a firm believer in tangible investments, buying art and sculpture as well as bullion. Having worked in finance for a long time and seeing the future of pensions, I love having something other than numbers on a screen when it comes to storing my money. If anyone is into EDC (every day carry) as a hobby, give me a shout! Thanks and take care