UK Pre-Decimal Silver Thread...

[Booky586]

Some nice sixpences. First one is George II, 1757. Then a Victorian 1887 with variety I over R and lastly another 1887 with variety R over V.

 

[modofantasma]

Pre 47 half crowns. 

[Britannia47]

Late Victorian Silver collection 1887-1901, with good toning on the 1900 Florin and 1897 Half Crown.

 

[Britannia47]

Collected silver sets before going to gold. I rather like the numismatic silver in £ s d.  The 1902 proof florin is a favourite with the De Saulles 'Britannia'....

 

 

Edited April 17, 2022 by Britannia47

[SidS]

Some recent pick ups in the last few weeks. For the junk silver stash. I'm working on getting £5 face in Vicky Young Head crowns, and £5 face in William IV.

The 1831 sixpence has probably been dipped badly at some point.

A nice surprise was the 1836 half crown, the reverse has been struck mis-aligned, it is rotated to the angle you can see. The seller never stated it as such and I guess never noticed.

 

[Bruce06]

Lovely tiny medal

[LawrenceChard]

On 18/12/2021 at 14:23, Booky586 said:

Some nice sixpences. First one is George II, 1757. Then a Victorian 1887 with variety I over R and lastly another 1887 with variety R over V.

 

I spent a couple of minutes looking for "I over R", only to discover you meant "R over I"

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[SidS]

Can you have too many crowns?

 

[Booky586]

2 hours ago, SidS said:

Can you have too many crowns?

Never. You need more!

Edited June 23, 2022 by Booky586

[Booky586]

2 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

I spent a couple of minutes looking for "I over R", only to discover you meant "R over I"

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No, I really did mean "I over R". There's also an "R over I" which is a different variety, just to confuse matters more:

http://www.michael-coins.co.uk/sx 1887 I over R.htm

[LawrenceChard]

16 minutes ago, Booky586 said:

No, I really did mean "I over R". There's also an "R over I" which is a different variety, just to confuse matters more:

http://www.michael-coins.co.uk/sx 1887 I over R.htm

Yes, it all looks quite confusing. Must have all been after the annual die-sinkers party.

Your photo still appears to be "R over I" though.

 

[Mphys]

Hello All, 

 

I was wondering how everyone stores theirs by date, by Monarch and with say 1920 to 1946 are there key dates and coins everyone should look for?

I also have a few coins with verdigris (green) on what do other do about this if any thing?

[Solachesis]

Couple of oldies I got from my Granddad 

[Mox]

What would this be worth? Under microscope.  Looks pretty good condition, Ob VF, Rev VF?

Edited November 25, 2022 by Mox

[Bruce06]

8 hours ago, Mox said:

What would this be worth? Under microscope.  Looks pretty good condition, Ob VF, Rev VF?

Likely VF, but a picture showing full obverse n reverse would be help.

[Britannia47]

Silver (.925 & .500) Half Crowns - Victoria to George VI.  Best design, 1902/1916 for the shape of the shield…

 

[Britannia47]

Closer look at the 1887 & 1897 and the often overlooked miniature G&Ds between the dates - Very clever!

 

[SidS]

58 minutes ago, Britannia47 said:

Best design, 1902/1916 for the shape of the shield…

Do you realise that they are actually two very different designs?

The most obvious feature is the beaded circle on the Edward VII ones that is absent of the George V examples.

The less obvious (but more important difference when grading) is that the George V design is slightly concave, whereas the Edward VII design is flat. That means the Edward coins wear evenly across the whole surface but the George ones wear around the garter first.

I prefer the George V version of the two as the concave dish-shape really brings out the shield.

It's my favourite half crown design.

[Britannia47]

Yes, Well spotted @SidS! Don’t know how I missed the beaded circle, but knew about the concave shield on the 1916 - a quite unique feature. Also my favourite. Keep up the good work.👍🏿

[modofantasma]

On 22/10/2022 at 13:25, Mphys said:

Hello All, 

 

I was wondering how everyone stores theirs by date, by Monarch and with say 1920 to 1946 are there key dates and coins everyone should look for?

 

I just store in buckets or monster boxes for ease of lugging it around though it's still a pain. 

You could make rolls and wrap in paper 

[Mphys]

10 hours ago, modofantasma said:

I just store in buckets or monster boxes for ease of lugging it around though it's still a pain. 

You could make rolls and wrap in paper 

To be honest I was suppose to sell all my pre 46 coins about 4 weeks ago and never got round to it. Now not the best time to sell and have 10kg to get rid of

 

[modofantasma]

9 minutes ago, Mphys said:

To be honest I was suppose to sell all my pre 46 coins about 4 weeks ago and never got round to it. Now not the best time to sell and have 10kg to get rid of

 

It'll come back one day. Do you have to sell it all in one go? Could average out perhaps 

[Mphys]

3 minutes ago, modofantasma said:

It'll come back one day. Do you have to sell it all in one go? Could average out perhaps 

I don't need to sell really I just wanted to buy some more hold and 999.9 silver

[SidS]

20 minutes ago, Mphys said:

To be honest I was suppose to sell all my pre 46 coins about 4 weeks ago and never got round to it. Now not the best time to sell and have 10kg to get rid of

 

Blimey 10kg that's a fair quantity! Is that about £100 face?

I only have about £31 face. From memory I think every £5 face is about 450-500g give or take.

I was aiming for about £50 in total, but decided that although it's close to spot to buy, it takes up a lot of room! So I'm all in on sterling now.

[Stuntman]

Key dates from 1920 to 1946 will depend a little bit by denomination.

As a general rule for shillings, florins and halfcrowns - 1924, 1925 and 1926 are scarce or rare, especially 1925 for florins and halfcrowns

1932 is scarce/rare for florins

1930 is scarce/rare for halfcrowns

1923 is scarce for sixpences, I think that's the only date to look out for on those coins

1928, 1930, 1942, 1943 and particularly 1944 are the dates to look out for on silver threepences

If you find a 1945 silver threepence, you will be very rich indeed!