1919 - 1920 50% or Sterling & Gothic Unboxing

[JohnA]

I thought 1920 - up was 50% and 1919 - below was 92.5% How do I tell which coin I have?

Also a lower grade Gothic

 

[AgD]

All the coins shouldhave the dates on them for you to see what you have.

Also yes you are right on the dates pre 1920 is sterling silver. 925 and pre 1947 is .500 silver 

[Clens92]

There is no 1920 coin that is .925 silver; that website is mistaken.

Anything up to and including 1919 = .925 silver.

Anything from 1920 and until 1946 (inclusive) is .500 silver.

[sixgun]

The way i remember is the year after WWI was the last year for Sterling silver coins and the year after WWII was the last year there was silver in the circulating coinage. 

The government had deliberately bankrupted the country by getting involved in wars they did not need to and stole the people's silver in the process. 

[metallica73]

1 hour ago, Clens92 said:

There is no 1920 coin that is .925 silver; that website is mistaken.

Anything up to and including 1919 = .925 silver.

Anything from 1920 and until 1946 (inclusive) is .500 silver.

 

According to Chris Perkins Collector Coins GB (2014) there infact are 1920 Sixpences & Threepences in .925

He remarks... 1920 Sterling Silver coins have slightly stronger details particularly on the serifs of the 'E's. Most dealers don't distinguish as both are worth about the same.

This was the first time I had ever heard of such a thing tbh. Would be interesting to snap up a bunch of  worn 1920 Coins and send off for melt to see the result.

[JohnA]

1 hour ago, shortstack68 said:

Unfortunately it's you who's mistaken. There were in fact coins minted in 925 during that year, but only a small amount, they they went on to produce them in 500 silver 

How about 1946-47...were there 50% silver coins in 1947?

Here is the website http://www.coindatabase.com/

[SilverTanner]

7 hours ago, shortstack68 said:

Unfortunately it's you who's mistaken. There were in fact coins minted in 925 during that year, but only a small amount, they they went on to produce them in 500 silver 

As shortstack68 has said both types were minted in 1920 - they are very difficult to tell apart even if you managed to get a pile of both. The strike can be a little different but this is very grade dependent, the 'ring' of the coin is also said to be different (can't do this with a slabbed coin?), but I guess the only way to be sure is XRF!

[KevjustKev]

Nice coins, however it may well be worth investing in a small tripod and a 'clamp' for your phone. For myself it was quite difficult to watch as I have focal epilepsy, fast moving images are not conducive to my condition. 

[flim]

so are both not subject to vat? 

[ilovesilverireallydo]

23 minutes ago, flim said:

so are both not subject to vat? 

As they are no longer legal currency, they are subject to VAT due to silver content. However they would qualify for the margin scheme. 

[JohnA]

On 10/19/2017 at 04:30, tallthinkev said:

Nice coins, however it may well be worth investing in a small tripod and a 'clamp' for your phone. For myself it was quite difficult to watch as I have focal epilepsy, fast moving images are not conducive to my condition. 

I did...the video in this link still might be shaky as I was just learning how to use the camera mount.