coins

[Guest paul]

hy my father has just passed away recently and i have over 3000 coins of his a lot of half crowns and shillings 3d bits the silver coloured ones i would just like to know of any sites that show these coins and also if you can tell me how u know if there real silver or not if there is such a thing

[Gary D]

3000 coins is alot of coins. Dates and condition are very important. If its a collection in date order with good conditions it could be worth serious money. A better idea of what you have would be helpful.

Gary

[mint_mark]

Basically you can tell by the type of coin and the date as to whether it contains silver. As Gary suggested, depending on the condition and particular coin it is possible that most of the value of a coin is in its scarcity value rather than its silver content. On the other hand, if these are a lot of worn coins collected from change then it may be that the silver does account for most of the value. It all depends on condition.

Are they all British?

[i_collect_coins_and_stamps]

any gb silver coloured coins before 1921 thats 92.5% sterling silver after that 50 % until 1946