Do you stack historical silver coins?

[SidS]

8 minutes ago, Earthmetal said:

I have a tin full of old coins from all over the world with silver content, from 92.5% right down to below 30%. It was really interesting sorting them all by country and purity. The tin is b****y heavy!
Tip; British Empire 'silver' coins mostly did NOT follow the 1946 debasement that we suffered, and have 50% or higher well into the 1950s and beyond in some cases.

The UK's coin were always at the forefront of going downhill. The Canadian coins were still 80% silver until the late 1960s and Australia still had some silver until decimalisation I believe.

Even when the gold coins went in GB in 1914, they survived in circulation in South Africa and Australia into the 1930s. The Aussies had gold certificate banknotes up until 1933 I believe.

Edited November 6, 2022 by SidS

[Petra]

South Africa and Australia didn’t have quite the same monetary commitments as the UK from 1914 onwards!🤔