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Mrzllewellyn Pillar of the Community United States 1901 Posts	Posted 08/17/2018 03:22 am So I read that from 52 to present the six pence are cupro-nickel. I don't know how to test if this is silver as it looks like it to me sounds like it. I have read about a tissue test but don't know if that will be accurate in this case but I did it for you guys to see. I don't know what another test I can do to see if this was struck on an earlier planchet. Let me know how else I can check or if the tissue test worked or what. Or if I'm just imagining things and these are suppose to be bright white and have a ping like silver. Report this Post to the Staff

NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17885 Posts	Posted 08/17/2018 03:28 am It looks cupro-nickel to me. Great Britain changed from 50% silver to cupro-nickel in 1947, so it's highly unlikely that a silver blank would have been lying around in the Mint 7 years later. These coins can tone in different ways and do make a vaguely silvery 'ping' when compared to some other alloy coins. I remember in the 1970s and 1980s occasionally spotting a George VI shilling or florin (obverse side up) in the till when shopping, and thinking "That looks like silver" - but when I actually got the coin in change, it usually wasn't. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 08/17/2018 05:00 am Check this out: https://www.silveragecoins.com/en/d...hp?item=1915 Report this Post to the Staff
Mrzllewellyn Pillar of the Community United States 1901 Posts	Posted 08/17/2018 05:05 am Yeah says it should be cupro-nickel. All signs to me pointed to silver even though they aren't silver. Report this Post to the Staff
zookeeperz Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 694 Posts	Posted 09/20/2018 07:06 am You would need very accurate set of scales to differentiate the two. if it was a .500 silver planchet it would weigh 2.876g and for the cupro 2.83g . Royal Mint have struck many coins on the wrong metals. They could of being doing contract work at the time for another country and left over blanks used in error. The only other sure fire way to check is to buy those tiny magnets one is about 1/10 the size of a sixpence. tricky to use but slide it down the sixpence at an elevated angle. If it slides down like Usain Bolt then its cupro. If it slides like its taking a more leisurely stroll its silver . :) Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 09/21/2018 5:11 pm I think silver Australian sixpences were struck in London in 1951. Report this Post to the Staff
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