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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
United States
270 Posts |
Nice finds.
Readers should understand that the shilling coins and half crown are made from cupronickel and not silver.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2703 Posts |
sweet deal! no wonder your banana is dancing!
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Valued Member
Ireland
498 Posts |
Yes the late series are made of cupronickel but earlier series are made some part of silver.
Crown 1927 to 1937 .500 silver.
1902 downward .925 silver.
Half Crown 1920 to 1946 .500 silver.
1919 downward .925 silver
Florin/Two Shillings 1920 to 1946 .500 silver.
1919 downward .925 silver.
Shilling 1920 to 1946 .500 silver.
1919 downward.925 silver.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2217 Posts |
I have some nice halfcrowns I may upload later..they are nice coins!
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Valued Member
Ireland
112 Posts |
so josie, to confirm, the british 1920 florin has 0.500 silver but the 1919 florin has 0.925 silver content?
iv 8 british florins between 1919 and 1921.
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Moderator
Australia
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Correct. All British silver coins produced up to and including 1919 were sterling silver, or .925 fine. 1920 to 1946 inclusive were .500 fine, and from 1947 on were cupronickel. There were some sterling sixpences and threepences struck in 1920, but I don't think there's an easy, non-destructive way to tell them apart.
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
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Valued Member
Ireland
498 Posts |
Yes in between date .500 silver and .925 silver sometimes they overlap and listed in other reference book as Sap pointed out.
They silver cant be magnet, like the test to know if it is bonzed or plated used in cents.
Dont know if it works but still entertaining a thougth how to detect one with higher amount of silver.
In the past my classmate and friend played a electronic tester one use how to measure omhs or if the the metal is not shorted,placed it on his temple on side of his eye and began thinking deep the arm move so it reads the wave,I ask him how did he feel a little hot on the temple.
If a metal compose of different composition it is also true that their conductivity is also different in theory like the reaction of electron when it wave up and down because of heat something like configuration like that.
There are different settings on the electronic tester maybe someone who has a knowledge on elecricty can give us pointers if it will work or not,I dont have a tester just planning to buy one among others.
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Valued Member
Ireland
112 Posts |
as a metal does silver wear easily? I mean, would a 0.925 fine silver coin wear easily compared to a cupronickel or even the 0.500 silver ones?
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Valued Member
Ireland
498 Posts |
For me yes it is much softer.
Silver is soft and one of its characteristic is shiny.
Im having a problem on how to clean silver for it is soft and sometimes I notice that onced cleaned it came bad if not worstits better for me to left it as it is.
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Valued Member
Ireland
112 Posts |
i personally dont clean any of my coins, I feel it takes away something from them (besides dirt).
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Valued Member
Ireland
498 Posts |
I do find some shilling and 2 shillings pre 1946 in tray boxes fine to VF in dublin coin shop among other place where I go,It is not in high grade so there is some dirt on them especially on side of lettering or beads.
High grade coin is for me is expensive and looks good.
As for now I start on low grade just a sample of each date if I can have one.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Silver wears a lot more easily than cupro-nickel. It wears more than copper/bronze too.
Josie dont rub or clean your coins, making them 'shiny' isn't increasing their value, it's decreasing it.
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Valued Member
Ireland
498 Posts |
Thanks markn.
Someday I will post them.
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Valued Member
 United States
228 Posts |
Thank you for the Silver content information everyone.
My kids are having a blast with the World coins I bring home. They have a large spinning globe and they look up where the coin is from, makes for fun family time.
Fishnwidow
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