SILVERFINGER

KevinG · April 16, 2020

This arrived in the post today, a British Malaya 20 Cents coin, dated 1943, the coin was only minted in three years, 1939, 1943 and 1945.

This design of coin was first minted in 1939 in .750 silver, 8 million were produced,

in 1943 the silver content was reduced to .500 and only 5 million were minted,

the last year for the silver coins was 1945 with 8 million minted, what gets me is that the 20 Cents was the highest denomination that country had, was it a poor country back then ? postwar there was a 50 Cents coin and after the country became part of Malaysia dollars appeared.

Thats all the silver Malaya coins I wanted now, got a few more coins I am waiting for and bidding on, will have to see how they do.

Size comparison

**Gruff** · April 12, 2020

1 hour ago, SurreyStacker said:

Treat day today, my final delivery for the week arrived - 2x 5oz Aztec Calendars from @Abyss

Loved these ever since I saw them on someone’s stacking video on YouTube.

would love to get one of the bars at some point also!

The level of detail on my daughters 1 ounce of this coin is incredible, it even better on this, nice coin

April 9, 2020

7 minutes ago, 1817Karl said:

Today I received a fantastic grading result... More to follow!

They are lovely, how much roughly do George VI sovereigns sell for in unc condition, just a book price for the smallest ones ?

**Abyss** · April 9, 2020

I got this tiny beauty in an auction today for only £1.25 exc p+p, its a Dutch 10 Cents, 1944 dated, made of 64% silver, these coins were made for the Dutch colonies during WW2 by the USA in various mints, the mint that made this one, the Philidephia Mint (a P and Acorn privvy) was by far the most numerous with a huge 120 million being minted in that year.

As always pictures never seem to do my coins justice, sorry for the bits of pollen on my workbench, we have a forest at the bottom of the garden and its forever shedding into workshop.

Compared to a modern 5 pence, now officially my smallest coin in the stack

**SilverMike** · April 6, 2020

Picked up three coins in auctions very cheaply, there is some incredible bargains to be had if you spend a bit of time searching, its seems just the .999 bullion coins and bars that seem to be going through the roof price wise.

From left to right

1939 dated Malaya 10 Cents, these were made from .750 silver until 1941 when they were made from .500 , 10 million were minted in 1939 and 17 million in 1941 of this coin type.

1945 dated British 6 pence, these were made of .500 silver and a whopping 40 million were minted this year alone.

1945 dated British 1 Shilling English version, these were also made of .500 silver, there was two types of this coin made, an English and Scottish with different obv, 15 million were minted of this coin this year

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**MickB** · April 4, 2020

Some good news for me, postie finally delivered some items I had been waiting for (still got a lot to come yet), got some capsules for my Malaya silver 5 Cents, got the next size up so that they will also fit the silver 3 pence I want to get eventually,

Also got this really nice .640 silver Curacao/Netherlands 1/4 Gulden these coins were minted at the Denver mint in the USA (no wonder they look so nice) , they were only minted in 1944 and 1947 with 1.5 million being made in 1944, a shout out to @dicker , thanks for helping me on this one.

Tattoedamat · April 1, 2020

2 minutes ago, JosephM said:

Hi, I bought it on 16/03/20, It was made on 30/03/20. Received today 01/04/20.

Its that fresh its also got a use by date.

**Gruff** · April 1, 2020

1 hour ago, JosephM said:

Bought straight from them. £13.83 per oz delivered.

Gorgeous I am saving up for one of those at the moment

Tattoedamat · March 30, 2020

10 minutes ago, Tattoedamat said:

Maybe make a new topic in precious metals section?

I suppose I could make a new one in the coins section as there might be a mix of different coins, sometimes I look for the hard to spot problems and miss the obvious and vice versa and more eyes and experience would help me a little.

**Gruff** · March 30, 2020

1 hour ago, Tattoedamat said:

Have you had any correspondence from the dealer other than the agree to return please?

Anyone who's made a genuine mistake oris trying to keep the customer happy surely would correspond

This is all I got word for word

ok return the item to me and I will issue a refund on receipt of it.

I dont want to take over what should be a happy topic with doom and gloom so please move this to the correct place if you need to mods,

A question for anyone, is there an area on this forum where I can put pics of coins to get other members opinions on them, ones I am not sure about, I am only collecting AUNC/ UNC quality coins, and not sending them for grading or anything like that.

**Gruff** · March 30, 2020

1 minute ago, Nortypeter said:

just a thought..could it be that the coin as been 'cleaned'

usually they look better after they have been cleaned , or do you mean what ever residue was left on them has reacted with the sealed plastic sleeve it was in as I am starting to think after looking at @daca comparisons I think it is possibly the same coin, but if its been stored after cleaning in one of those PVC sleeves for quite a while after the pics were taken and had silver dip or other residue still on it, then that could make it go black like it has surely ?

**Gruff** · March 30, 2020

2 minutes ago, daca said:

Cheers mate they do look very similiar, could these defects be common to all made of that year ?, could the coin been put in the sleeve with greasy hands and the plastic sleeve marked it ? , also there is a mark on the original above the 10pm area above the S, that was absent from the one I recieved ?

**Gruff** · March 30, 2020

Just now, Tattoedamat said:

@SILVERFINGER as a buyer if you're not happy with the product you have every right to return under the agreement of eBay

Yeah I have mate, I angled that coin every which way, to see if the black marks disappeared, they did not, I have a Nikon microscope which I put it under and they were definitely different coins

**Gruff** · March 30, 2020

I viewed them closer than these pics show and there was major differences, unless there was a bit of photoshoppery, but why bother on a common and not expensive coin, I dont think they are the same coin, sorry guys

**Gruff** · March 30, 2020

1 minute ago, sovereignsteve said:

Are you sure it's not the same coin? But with different lighting.

I cant explain the milk spot but there are marks on the ear and cheek that look remarkably similar in both photos.

I had it every position in the karma sutra and under high magnification, but I cannot see any similarity, even minor faults from the one I bought are absent on the coin sent to me

**Gruff** · March 30, 2020

On Friday I bought this from a 100% feedback seller on ebay, with many 1000's of feedback,

This arrived instead, and yes the coin pictured was the one for sale, not a generic image

Needless to say I wasnt very happy, having to travel in the car to the post office and put my health at risk, especially when all I got was a, 'return it for a refund', no apology or anything, I dont think I will be using them again, will see if I get my refund including postage now without quibble,

Or am I wrong and it is the same coin ??

**Gruff** · March 28, 2020

1 hour ago, GrahamDiamond said:

My Name is Diamond, Graham Diamond Coinster's !!!!!! Royal Mail Version and Royal Mint Version !!!

Well I am you budget price nemesis, SILVERFINGER

**CoinStruck** · March 23, 2020

Well this cheered me up a bit among all the doom and gloom in the world at the moment, and it does not take much these days.

This is my British Malaya 5 Cents coin 1945 dated, the photos I took do not do it justice, its a really nice shiny coin but to show the features off I had to angle it a bit away from the light.

These coins were made of 75% silver until 1941 when they started to be made of 50% silver, the coins were made at the Royal Mint in London and the Bombay Mint in India, ones made in India are far rarer and are distinguished by a capital i underneath the word CENTS on the obv.

Production for my coin in 1945 only was a whopping 8.8 million (India mint 4.6 million) , such a lot of coins for what was in essence a colony, I think coin production stopped in 1945, and started up again in 1948 when the coins no longer contained any silver.

Its tiny and cute, smaller and thinner than a modern 5p

mr1030 · March 19, 2020

Picked up some what I think are nice, 1945 dated 50% silver coins for my stack.

5huggy · February 15, 2020

2 hours ago, 5huggy said:

Today I received!!

All will be revealed on here as they "Gently and SLOWLY " get opened and appreciated and the right thanks and feedback is sent!

KEEP WATCHING! 😉

They look like @SilverTrader s little sac's of fun, I love fondling his sac's when they arrive, there is always something good that spills out.

h103efa · January 31, 2020

1 hour ago, h103efa said:

Probably not to everyone's cup of tea - a bit like the Brexit coins, but after seeing this thread, i decided to get a couple of my all time favourite silver coins enamelled . Thanks to the help of @Panda6Pack

The final results are simply stunning, hopefully the piccies do them justice. Proper skills from the artist if i say so myself. A nice addition to my dragon and phoenix bullion set and my aztec calendar rounds set. They are just for my personal stack so the loss/depreciation in value is of no consequence to me. Its another very nice & shiny thing to ogle over!

I dont normally like coloured coins, but those are absolute works of art and look like they are worth £££'s

ZatStackz · January 26, 2020

Here is a few coins from a group order I did, and a superb box from @Alun , I always get excited about his big package arriving, he is so good with his hands when they are around his wood.