Couple Of Shillings

I did a double-take: two shillings - 100 years apart.
But about the value:
ask yourself ""What else could I buy for exactly $2.04 that would be as fun and exciting as these
two Monarchs?"
Fish and Chips?
A ride on the Tube?
Great Grandmother and Great Grandson?

I see value that cannot be measured in Pounds and Pence.
But then, I am a collector...who has not the lost the lure of coins as history.

Well said Matthew. I have a 1845 British 4 pence in a similar low grade; however, to me, I cherish its sentimental/historical value. From ~1820 - ~1915, Britain experienced the height of its empire under Queen Victoria and began to transition into its Second Industrial Revolution. Who knows where your coin has traveled within the British empire and elsewhere; and who knows how many times these coins changed hands. This is why collecting coins of the British empire interests me...I'm literally buying a piece of history. If coins could talk, British coins would have one heck of a story.

Also, very nice 1944 shilling. Looks to have been very well struck, and it surprises me that there is not more toning or patina present. May have been cleaned a while back...? Can't be certain.

All I know, is that if you got these two coins for melt, you got a great deal. You can never go wrong expanding your knowledge, even if it is through the purchase of cheap(er) coins.