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Very nice:) Some Maundy money is certainly on my list.

I'm just glad I didn't overpay to much Went on a bit of a spending spree today, I have to agree though well toned coins are really nice, I will dig out my collection tomorrow and see what other ones I can find.

Thank you Paulus:) I paid £30 for it, Maybe overpaid but I fell in love with its authentic charm.

Just bought this one today but yet to have it in the hand:)

Thanks for your advice Rob! I have gone ahead and ordered some cheap plastic sleeves for now. I have just received the grading book, I must say its fantastic! the large majority of my coins are VF, quite a few between VF/EF a couple EF and 2 UNC 1936 threepence. I think I will get some coin capsules for anything UNC quality.

I'm awful for putting all eggs in one basket! always been like it.. I have a question guys, can you suggest anywhere good to buy plastic coin sleeves? I see they are cheap enough on amazon but are they any good?. Or would a dedicated coin folder be better? I'm looking for something to store my better coins.

Thanks everyone:) seems like a really great forum, i appreciate the welcomes and advice!. Looking forward to receiving this grading book as i have just remembered i also have 5kg of old pennys , half pennys and farthings ect. Maybe i can get rid if some duplicates and lower grades and get some coins i don't already have. Really like the idea of some crowns with silver content, i have plenty of crowns cupro-nickle and lots of 50% silver half crowns but no silver crowns yet. just ordered another 400 grams of varied pre 1947 silver, Im buying a lot, its better than wasting it down the pub lol.

Excellent thank you Peckris. I have just ordered the guide to grading British coins, I have at least 300/400 coins so this should keep me busy!.

Thank you for the welcomes:) I think I`m edging in that direction because I bought a proof 1994 ten pence coin simply because I wanted it hehe. Beautiful detail. Can anyone one recommend some good books to get me going?

Thanks for the welcome Azda, I also buy pre 1920 as well, really I just buy whatever I can get at as close to spot price as I can find. generally it seems pre 1947 are closer to spot price and I see no drawbacks from when I decide to resell. One part of me wants to buy as much weight as I can get for the lowest possible price, and the other side wants to make a collection of better examples for long term keeps.

Just signed up so thought I would say hello, I am new too all this, I started buying silver bullion and heavy mens 925 chains as a form of savings for the future back in december 2012 (Im 29 years old) I then started buying as much pre 1947 silver coins as I can afford,occasionally a nice example is found and im starting to find myself enjoying the coins from a collectors view and always hold back any better ones I come across now. Look forward to doing more research here:) i thought id share my best find that came in with a lot of scrap pre 47 sixpence coins.