Big Bag of 1920's Silverware Coins (Plus a few earlier)

[MikeCoin]

Today I stumbled across a guy selling a big pile of coins at the local market and fished my way through them to dig out anything interesting. I knew that the early coins were silver and knew it was 1920 something so got all I could up to 1929. Then I find out it was 1920 they brought it down from .925 to .500. Still, I think there are some interesting ones in there.

I have the Collectors Coins GB 2009 book but wanted to see if there are any particular varieties I should be looking out for with these:

One Shilling

Pre 1920 dates: 190? (worn), 1904, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918.

1920 x 5

1921 x 4

1922 x 10

1923 x 5

1924 x 4

1925 x 3

1926 x 3

1927 x 3 ( 2 x old design, 1 x new design)

1928 x 6

1929 x 8

Florin

1921 x 3

1922 x 2

1923 x 1

1929 x 3

Half Crown

1920 x 2

1921 x 5

1922 x 5

1923 x 4

1928 x 6

1929 x 5

The 1904 shilling seems to value high in the book, and the one I have I'd say has some wear but still has quite a bit of detail on it.

Anything in particular I should look out for in this? I certainly think it was worth a £5 investment anyways! =)

[Peckris]

I'm assuming that these coins are all "scrap"? I.e. not in any condition that would raise their status to "collectible"? (You could scan the 1904 shilling anyway, and upload it for us to see but I suspect it is probably F or less). The 1904 is scarce-ish in lower grades, but all the other coins are pretty common, assuming you don't have rare varieties of 1921 shilling.

Even so, the silver value of those coins is considerably in excess of £5 so it WAS a good investment! Chris Perkins may pop in to advise what the current buying in price is for 50% silver (which most of those are)?

Edited January 24, 2010 by Peckris

[MikeCoin]

Here's a quick photo of the front and back of the 1904 shilling. The heads side is blurry thanks to the angle I took the photo.

[Red Riley]

It's only in Fair condition, to stretch a point we could say NF for the reverse but nonetheless just good honest wear without any damage, so yes, well worth e-baying as a separate item.