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Hello everyone, Between July 22nd and 23rd 2025 I was lucky enough to have a fruitful conversation with The Royal Mint Museum. Please do find below our exchange which will surely provide important information to our quest to better understand the 1960 Crown. What follows is a re-formatted write-up for better reading of the whole conversation but has been cross-checked by the RMM.

Hello everyone, I am looking for more information on the different types of proofs which were made for the 1960 British Exhibition Crown. I would very much appreciate some confirmations from the experts in the forum. My current understanding is the following: The 80ies book on Crowns by Davies mentions three proofs: prooflike, vip proofs and even silver ones The Royal Mint Report from that year makes no mention of any of that Regarding the silver ones, the Royal Mint replied to my enquiry that "if it's not in the report it doesn't exist" I could not find sales for the silver version. We have however VIP proofs which are not so infrequently sold One sale on HA mentions proofs "patinated in Silver" for VIP version (Auction #3098 / Lot #33907) No 1960 crowns were minted at the US exhibition (clearly stated in the Royal Mint report), they only minted the medals So all in all: Do Silver proofs exist or is the book by Davis mistaken? Weren't "prooflike" ones already made from polished dies? So what are VIP ones.. super duper polished dies? Are the VIP proofs made by "specially polished dies" or were they plated in silver? In real life, are proof like vs vip ones visibly different? How so? Is it just the cameo effect? Where does the "common knowledge" of the VIP proofs made from polished dies even come from? Are the 30-50 vip vs 70000 prooflike figures validated by any reference/document? And what about the Cameo/UltraCameo/VIP distinction -- is that just a split of the otherwise equal VIP population? Thank you in advance for any info you will be able to share on this matter!

The entry for 4337 in the 7th edition of Bull has been corrected to read "Struck in cupro-nickel".

Yea, that is a crazy number. This is RIGHT UP MY ALLEY, and I have NEVER seen an actual silver specimen. Satin, PL and proofs of CuNi I have seen. IMHO, the latter is not rare enough to warrant the prices fetched and would downgrade the scarcity rating of this coin (VIP Record Proofs).

Its been an interesting journey... the grade of the condition and the value...of late I have found comparisons of same coin same date but wow.. how different they look side by side... unless told otherwise the more worn example I will place in the box of selling on in the future.... but isn't it amazing to see how circulated silver ends up. many thanks "H"

Morning all, On my last visit to Baldwins I heard that they were taking on a new junior numismatist. Not that I was looking for a job, but out of interest I had a nose around. It looks like minimum wage. Seems a bit low ball to me, certainly in London and expecting someone to commute. https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cc69737a76dc731f&advn=5519585465138175&adid=447541345&ad=-6NYlbfkN0DkJMkHoMQrocPKu2SidVJosSscciceVH3ZJ3pSjDhZfZ5O7BLF3dEGfUgf2bI6LYbY_nw_PTsL1I13yB9kPo_ICxtNUJQo6gAEFzGlMD32hdSwYBky8hvPtFgGsmVVOdHARlnkwbf4lLtiB-4KDtcxytsJ4B_SZMJlFYBZEKE-D1TC52r-FV1R6LK0w4-qHM8hAdoUhzHcPbMMgEI2QS-rkZKvArfbe6a8s6ZZVgC9REUNhzKyVhzMKXCof-k08dQh7whtP_QigSiyYNVHppVWUG1r_oRLNOyuJ1bKYMTmSYEMBZNvf_AYACYfT5OxJkL3A9WcotqFSPfvmeBCw_4ySYhvPUAc_kRVhGLDid4j5IF2jvRmEUKFeTdVl_mjciOL-TN5Dl9jRsKbX2g0q4119SDb3pp0JoASHs_JpBBMmopYzff7Tsgpwe-5jxXKJkLWx3vtL9H3T0t8pSThI_VqqBm2qGMoLkkoux2ZHlTEMOlbt28vRyyEHGkca5GiRYvMVxSX95bPWXhieOQ7txHtsZZrbulDKY0yVFnhSxlmAeKAQjnrOtkhX2KyOYnXRcvIqY5xNFIEIA%3D%3D&from=mobRdr&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.indeed.com%2Fjob%2Fjunior-numismatist-cc69737a76dc731f&desth=67bf6459f7049c0f23e5d06a0d20d39d&prevUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.indeed.com%2Fm%2Fjobs%3Fq%3Dnumismatics%26l%3D%26from%3DsearchOnHP%26sameQ%3D1%26sameL%3D1&tk=1iurmkl1miogj808&dupclk=1&acatk=1iurmkphlkk3m801&mclk=default&pub=6917c08ec3ecf6012dd26f3773156e870cace3277f6b99df&camk=ethIe0s0hedv0sFhikL48A%3D%3D&xkcb=SoCu6_M3wbldf3WtEp0LbzkdCdPP&xpse=SoAw6_I3wblc6v29gZ0IbzkdCdPP&xfps=37507816-e192-467d-a20e-225e815ae62b&utm_source=%2Fm%2F&utm_medium=redir&utm_campaign=dt

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The 1/16 Dollar - George IV, 1822, British West Indies, were struck in .892 silver.... The ¼ Rupee - William IV 1835, East India Company, were struck in .917 silver.... any further information greatly welcome...all the very best, "H"

Hello, yes I had a report and have contacted the hosts. Apparently they had blocked a lot of IP addresses due to massive amounts of spam/malicious traffic. They may have been overzealous. I'm still investigating.