Great Britain Georgius V (Km# 813 Or 813A)

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rosso_rubino Valued Member Italy 244 Posts	Posted 09/29/2008 12:42 pm Hi is there anybody w/ better information than Krause on this GB 3 pence ? The 1920 is reported in both km# 813 and 813a w/ the same weight, I'm ataching pictures for a 1919 and a 1920, they seems different, what do you think about ? Of course, this is not a life question, just to talk about coins. Image: 3penceAg.jpg 39.54 KB Moved to British coin forum Edited by Sap 09/30/2008 08:06 am Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 09/29/2008 1:12 pm G'day, 1920 was the year that U.K. changed from sterling, 92.5%, to 50% silver. Peter Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16872 Posts	Posted 09/30/2008 07:59 am That's what the difference is between 813 and 813a - the silver fineness. It is unfortunate that Britain chose not to put any kind of distinguishing mark on the lower fineness coins. I don't think there's a truly reliable way to tell the difference, short of using an X-ray spectrometer, but subjectively, a circulated coin of .500 fineness should appear "greener" than a similarly aged .925 fine coin, dur to the higher copper content. And the one you've tentatively labelled "A" does indeed look greener. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
rosso_rubino Valued Member Italy 244 Posts	Posted 09/30/2008 09:40 am thanks SAP, also moving on the right forum side Report this Post to the Staff
wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 09/30/2008 3:53 pm Density - you're my density OOOPS destiny Sorry couldn't resist - check the density of the coin - they shall be different. I don't have my Chem/Physics here. But the .925 should be more I'm sure - I think Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 10/01/2008 01:01 am You need to say in what way the seem different. I don't see anything! Oh yes, the grade's different, one's a VG6 and the other could be an 8! Report this Post to the Staff
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