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Indeed. Even a decent VG example of F169 is well over a thousand. But sometimes you see a worn rare silver variety with less than a handful of known examples selling for less than a hundred.
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I agree with you. But I think it is fair to say that bronze / copper collectors are more into rare varieties than silver collectors. A rare variety penny grading fine can worth many thousands, but the market is not quite the same for a rare variety silver in my view.
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If it is a choice between collecting high grades and rare varieties, then I would go for high grades.
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It is not a design fault or an error. The coin looks like it has taken serious abuse to cause the centre to drop out.
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I have never looked into this in detail but it is likely enough that different alloys were used for casings. Cupronickel coinage of 75% Cu and 25% Ni is already white in appearance. Hence 40% nickel would definitely not result in a copper colour shell which are common in WWI. Could it be possible that a certain amount of copper was mixed with the silver depending on the composition of the casings used to ensure some sort of consistency?
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But "sold" on eBay doesn't necessarily mean that money has changed hands.
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Davies (British Silver Coins since 1816) has a discussion on alloys. 10% Nickel and 40% copper was achieved by using discarded bullet envelopes. But this caused a number of problems such as higher fuel cost (due to higher melting point), discolouration, flaking etc
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It was "sold" but relisted. Then it is "sold" ...
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I was under the impression (wrongly it seems) that you have only started serious collecting relatively recently. The number of varieties in the series is so large that there will always be examples to chase.
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Sounds like your collection is really coming along Bruce. 😀
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Coin aquisition of the week.......
Sword replied to basecamp's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I haven't got the coin in hand yet, but I think the grade is a little below EF? But the strike and general appearance is decent. One needs to wait a long time to get a top example and the price could be excessive when it finally turns up. -
Coin aquisition of the week.......
Sword replied to basecamp's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
In order to complete my date run of sterling silver George V halfcrowns, I have got a presentable rather than a high grade example of the 1913. -
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Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBt8AoLBCoo -
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Sword replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
According to the papers, Boris Johnson appeared to shout "not even a flesh wound" in response to the jibe. You just got to laugh! -
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Sword replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Video clip of the Black Knight.
