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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 02/01/2010 : 08:32:49
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I believe that the 1940 English One Shilling is 50% silver.
Anyone know of other years for this coin that were silver???
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Dave
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 02/01/2010 : 08:51:43
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| I believe up to 1946, but I not positive. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
 Posted - 02/01/2010 : 09:14:17
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The U.K. Shilling was 50% Ag 1920 thru `46. Prior to that it was 92.5% Ag.
With the exception of the 3 Pence (`36) and the Crown (`37), `46 was the last year for circulated Ag coinage from the U.K.
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2010 : 13:06:56
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Threepence were minted in both silver (tiny round) and brass (large 12-sided) from 1937-1944.
Crowns, halfcrowns, florins, shillings, sixpence, threepence were sterling (925 fine) silver until 1919.
Then all these coins were 500 fine from 1920-1946, then copper nickel.
SOME sixpence pieces were sterling in 1920, but you can assume that if you have a 1920 it's 500 fine. |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2010 : 20:49:53
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| Can't really add to this. WW2 really hit the Brits hard - they dropped silver almost 20 years before we did. |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
-Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484 |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 17:07:43
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| I have some silver UK coins, mostly 50% half crowns, but I have a few 92.5 as well. I like the older ones, but I'm cheap and have a hard time winning them for what I want to pay! |
Are you throwing that out? |
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 21:21:28
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| I'm usually open to a trade. I'll look through what I have and see if any of mine are some you need. |
Are you throwing that out? |
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BCNumismatics
Penny Sorter Member
New Zealand
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scrapman1077
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2010 : 09:11:42
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Originally posted by scrapman1077
Look up your coins here You must be logged in to see this link.
Thanks for the link. It's a nice site to identify a coin but it didn't give me the composition of a coin I just looked up, so that puts me back to square one when trying to determine the composition of the coin. |
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