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Silver Market values:
If you have coins that are British,
silver coloured, and dated before 1920, assuming they are not hammered (pre
1660's) and a genuine coin, they are made of Sterling (92.5%) silver. If you
have a British silver coin dated 1921-1946 it contains 50% silver. Such coins
do often have a numismatic value but if very worn are only worth their Bullion
value. The live chart below shows the current value of silver in GBP(£) per
KG:
For Gold coins, please see
here.
Identification:
Some British coins
can be hard to identify. If you are not sure what denomination a coin is maybe
my identification guide will
help.
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Popular Valuation requests:
Very popular at the
moment are enquiries about British 2p coins with the words 'New Pence' on the
back. A BBC television programme seems to have started the confusion and to
prevent endless streams of people writing to me I have created this
page.
Something people
ask about frequently, even after 6 years, concern the British £2 coins showing
the Queen wearing a necklace. It was a myth, a complete fabrication. As far as
I am aware mintage numbers for the normal circulated issue were the same for
this variety as the others (about 13,000,000) and this coin is not rare and has
no extra value.
People regularly
ask me about coins where the back appears upside down compared to the front.
i.e when you hold a coin between two fingers at the top and bottom and rotate
it, the reverse image is upside down. These coins are not fakes or rare, Most
British coins dated before 1860 were like that and all American, and many other
countries coins are still made that way.
Other popular
enquiries are on the Elizabeth II commemorative crowns (5 Shillings or later £5.00,
1953 - date). These coins are generally worth very little as they were produced
in such high numbers. The 'Churchill' Crown is a popular enquiry and is only
worth about £1.00 even if in mint condition. Although there are many varieties
of Crowns... Specimen strikings, Proofs, Silver Proofs, Gold Proofs etc and
these are all worth more than their 'Standard' cousins.
Believe it or not
some people even assume wrongly that I must know about jewellery, and ask me
about rings, chains etc! If you ask a silly question, you'll either get no
reply, or a very silly answer!
If you would like
information on a coin or coins that you have, I would suggest posting a
question in the
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