Silver bullion history

[Roy]

What is the oldest silver bullion coin?

'Wikipedia' says the Libertad ('82) followed by the ASE ('86).

I didn't realise that it's such a recent occurrence. 

[HawkHybrid]

define bullion?

 

edit: it also depends on how you define coin as well?

(libertads have no currency denomination)

 

HH

[Roy]

Good point HH.

Forgive my laziness, but if I may quote from the oracle that is Wiki...

'A bullion coin is a coin struck from precious metal and kept as a store of value or an investment, rather than used in day-to-day commerce.'

[Roy]

And : 'The United Kingdom defines investment coins more specifically as coins that have been minted after 1800, have a purity of not less than 900 thousandths and are, or have been, a legal tender in their country of origin.'

[HawkHybrid]

what about victorian proof crown?

(92.5% silver, non circulating)

 

HH

[HawkHybrid]

before our time of bullion coins,

if you had a circulating real silver coin and you wanted to save/invest

you could buy a proof, or buy a bar. why would you exchange a

perfectly useful silver coin at cost for a non circulating silver coin of

similar value? (it's only because we no longer have silver in our

currency since the end of ww2, many other countries had a similar

outcome)

 

HH

[HelpingHands]

There could be older than....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler