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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 08/04/2010 : 13:55:20
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I'm looking for weights, and more importantly, purities on the following coins:
Austria, 1/2 schilling, 1925
Great Britain, 1.5 pence, 1843
Great Britain, 6 pence, 1942
Greece, 50 lepta, 1874
Peru, 1/2 dinero, 1864
Prussia, 1 groschen, 1851
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Robarons
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 08/04/2010 : 14:35:12
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Well the British 1.5 pence from 1843 should be .925 fine and the 1942 British 6 pence is .500 fine.
I popped a 1931 British 6 pence coin that I own that is also .500 fine on my scale and got 2.8 grams. |
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 08/05/2010 : 00:22:55
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According to my old Krause books...
Austria, 1/2 schilling, 1925 ... 3 grams, 640 fine, .0617 oz ASW
Great Britain, 1.5 pence, 1843 ... .7069 grams, 925 fine, .021 oz ASW
(there is an overdate known for this date)
Greece, 50 lepta, 1874 ... 2.5 grams, 835 fine, .0671 oz ASW
Peru, 1/2 dinero, 1864 ... 1.25 grams, 900 fine, .0362 oz ASW
Prussia, 1 groschen, 1851 ... 2.19 grams, 222 fine, .0156 oz ASW |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 08/05/2010 : 19:58:02
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| Also, I would expect most of that stuff to be worth well over spot, just given the dates. |
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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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 08/05/2010 : 23:44:06
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| Probably. And if it's like the stuff I see most often, the silver content can be rounded down from all the wear. But again, the numismatic value should outweigh it. And we all know I want the British three-half-pence. Right? Riiiiight? |
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