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WIsh they were that cheap in the US! 🤣 Quite a bit over melt when I actually see one. They weren't very well liked and had real issues but I just like big silver coins 😎

Reminds me what I have read that in the old west, a beer would cost one bit or 12.5 cents but because of the lack of change in many places and the use of bits (8 sections of a cut dollar from the Spanish 8 Reals or Piece of 8 ) you could buy your first drink with a quarter (i.e. two bits), the bartender would give you a dime back, and you would buy your next drink with a dime, so all things became even.

That's a good point and probably the truth of the matter. I still wish the Double Florin had been more successful, too.

Well, 1900 was currency. There was no 1901 crown. My understanding is that, much like in the US, people just didn't want to carry around the weight of the 25 g. coins. Here the casinos are the main reason they were in production as long as they were and were a big influence on the introduction of the Eisenhower dollar in 1971. Using the crown as the basis of a commemorative denomination was probably the best thing that happened to the coin. Of course, I don't tend to think they're too heavy ... Or too bulky... But then most things are paid for by me with the funny plastic card rather than from a bag of silver coins ...

Good practice for me. I dug out my copy of The Standard Guide and looked at it and you pictures. I think that I'd call it (UK system) GF or just shy of (US) VF. The obverse shows a flattened ear but you can still see the front and rear edge of the bald spot. The reverse seems a bit more worn - the rein is disappearing on the neck but the sword is still quite clear. Lots of the high points having been hit. Anyone else think I'm off my rocker? (Or should I grab one of my 1935 crowns and get on one? 🤣)

Cool. I always thought that it would be cool to be out and about town with a full one of these But also a full one of these My understanding is that each spring load holds 5 of each denomination so 5 3d, 5 6d, 5 1/-, 5 2/-, 5 2/6, 5 half sovereigns & 5 sovereigns would give quite the jolly time on the town in an era (say 1900) where a pint of stout was 3d Oh, no, I don't own these but if it were back in the day, I would!

First, welcome! I've been interested by coins my whole life - there would be an "International" party at the local uni and many of the students would give away coins from their home countries. I have lots of things in my db that I put "gift" into the list for the price! Many of those coins are in my collection to this day. I got serious about 2 years ago and I've got a thing for shillings. That can be ... interesting ... as an American but I've got coins from 1663 to 1970 and am enjoying filling the blanks. I hope you have fun here as I've found this place brilliant.

I did include the two 87's but planned to look at my copy of ESC when I get home from work to learn if there were other variations I didn't know about Now I know what to check on!

While I can understand being worried about fakes, the wreath I am considering is from a UK seller with 100%/22286 transactions and accepts returns. Price is consistent with what I see on londoncoins. Seems about the best I can do from this side of the pond.

Thanks! I did do a bit of snooping around and find I could get all 5 double florins in AUNC/UNC for less than the more expensive one. But a good auction house is even better

Yeah, nothing even close to those prices at www.londoncoins.co.uk unless you get even higher up the food chain Hmm. Might just be better to look for something different. Could be a good time to finish/upgrade the double florins

For me in the midwestern US, auction houses are ... difficult... at best. Both do have best offer listed. I know there is a web site with current auction results tabulated, I'll have to look see.

I have some money coming sometime in the next two weeks that I plan to use mostly for coins. Two I have been considering are these 1692 & 1693 William and Mary shillings. As these would be two of the most expensive coins I've seriously considered, I thought I would ask what people here think. Both are from ebay & photos are from the ads. The first is this 1692. Asking price is £325/$440.73 The other is this 1693. The asking price for this one is USD $795/£585 Thoughts? Quality seems fine, especially the second, but I don't have enough experience at this end to be sure the price is good. I'm looking at a 1927 "Wreath" Crown but I know that pricing better for a "modern" AUNC coin. This is a classic "horse of a different color" (colour? heh) Thank you for any advice.

I decided to order it today from your link because of this post Now I just need the other one and I'll have two really nice references!

Yup. Saw a seller the other day with a Rare! Silver! 1953 coronation crown for £669.66/$895. I told him in case it was innocent but it's still there.

Ok, that would work, just let me know how you want to be paid for since I'm overseas

I would very much like to get a paper copy of this since the ebook is Kindle rather than something more useful like PDF. I have no trust for Amazon. Will there be another printing of this book? Thanks! William

My EF 1887 Jubilee was £17 By comparison my EF 1887 Young Head (they made both that year) was £33. Melt is currently £8.55.

I'm more amused by what is allegedly a bronze penny having a fineness of .5 🤣

I enjoy having huge silver coins in my pocket so I added a new one to my “pocket coins” today: a 1971 S proof Eisenhower 40% silver one dollar. It looks fun alongside my 1935 Peace Dollar and 1935 Rocking Horse Crown from the UK. My son was “Oooh! Shiny!” and, yeah, proof coins are cool that way. To protect them I do keep them in encapsulated so that they don’t get scruffed and dinged in my pocket like other circulation coins. Fun stuff

Yup. The Irish shilling is a very cool coin and I was quite pleased to get the 1990 silver proof 5p.

I reported it as a counterfeit coin and mentioned that allowing the sale would make Ebay an accessory. Perhaps that will work...

I had an empty row at the bottom of the last page of my shillings, after the 1970 proof coins. So I decided it would be fun to put together some similar sized and valued coins (in terms of buying power then) from earlier in the 20th century. Plus the 5 pence proof from 1990 is in silver as well because that was the last year they were made the same size as the classic shilling and the shilling was finally being demonitized 20 years after decimal day. The other coins are: 1930 US Standing Liberty Quarter 1917 French 1 Franc 1930 Irish 1 Shilling 1917 Italian 1 Lira 1909 Imperial Germany 1 Mark It’s an interesting comparison of economies that the franc, mark & lira are all a single unit of their basic currency, the US is one fourth of a dollar and the shilling was one twentieth of a pound sterling. Though their economy was weaker, Ireland at that time pegged the Punt to the Pound. The US was far stronger than all of mainland Europe but the UK ruled over all until WWI shattered everyone but the US.

It's fun seeing some of the different colonial & dependency coins out there. I'm at work so these images are from Numista rather than my collection, but I've been really enjoying discovering things like this silver six pence from 1942 Fiji: Or this coin commemorating the Battle of Jersey from 1981 I want to get the New Brunswick and Newfoundland coinage too - the Newfoundland Victorian coins have a marvellous effigy on them: I don't have any of them yet, but seeing this online reminds me why I want to!

I have a set from Fiji. Pretty coins. So are my Guernsey and Jersey ones Canadian Centennial set is cool too. I'd like to get a New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia (both .925 & .500), Bahamas dollar, & Bermuda crown type sets eventually. Once those are done, then on to Africa!