Guest Dan Posted January 9, 2004 Posted January 9, 2004 for the older reader...When was the last time you had a pre-47 silver coin in your change? I often remember seeing George V shillings and florins back in the 1970s and the last time I had one in my change was a 1938 scottish shilling at my local newsagents back in around 1986. I remember going through my change at every opportunity as no doubt everyone else did! Quote
Chris Perkins Posted January 9, 2004 Posted January 9, 2004 I never found one, but I grew up in the 80's and probably back then didn't know what to look for anyway.Chris Quote
Sylvester Posted January 9, 2004 Posted January 9, 2004 I never found one, but I grew up in the 80's and probably back then didn't know what to look for anyway.Chris This is where i bang my head against the desk...Seeing George VI stuff was an everyday occurence so i probably didn't check it as often as i should.By the time i was checking i must have come across two/three silver florins in 1988-1992.I'm sure i saw at least one, possibly 2 G6 florins, i think one would have been 1939, not sure about the other if there was one. I think i saw these before i started so i didn't know they were silver, but i'm sure i saw one that was a good few years older than the 1947/8s i was used to seeing, hence why i have a vague feeling that i did get one.However this is where i know for a fact i definately had a silver coin. My mother sent me to the shop, as was just on the street from us, and i always made a point of looking at the 10ps she had given me. And low and behold what should i see but a George V florin, one of the latter design ones used after 1927.Well i really wanted to keep it but my mother had insisted i spent it, so being about 5 or 6 and no money of my own to swap it with, i didn't have alot of choice in the matter. And bye bye went the last silver coin i ever saw in circulation.I WASN'T BEST PLEASED ABOUT THAT! I'M STILL NOT... Quote
Geoff T Posted January 12, 2004 Posted January 12, 2004 In the early 80s, when shillings and florins were still in use as 5p and 10p pieces, I remember getting a George V shilling (1936 I think) in my change. I still have it. After that it was always George VI cupro-nickel, especially 1948 florins.A friend who is older than me once went collecting for charity and got a William IV coin. I never saw one of those in pre-decimal days, but later Victoria and Edward VII bronze was common.Geoff Quote
Sylvester Posted January 12, 2004 Posted January 12, 2004 In the early 80s, when shillings and florins were still in use as 5p and 10p pieces, I remember getting a George V shilling (1936 I think) in my change. I still have it. After that it was always George VI cupro-nickel, especially 1948 florins.A friend who is older than me once went collecting for charity and got a William IV coin. I never saw one of those in pre-decimal days, but later Victoria and Edward VII bronze was common.Geoff William IV! Now that is what i call lucky... I bet they were seldom seen by the end of Vicky's reign, let alone after decimalisation! Quote
Geoff T Posted January 12, 2004 Posted January 12, 2004 [William IV! Now that is what i call lucky... I bet they were seldom seen by the end of Vicky's reign, let alone after decimalisation! Needless to say, he swapped it for something more recent and still has it.Geoff T Quote
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