Sixpence census 0.500 Ag

[Rob]

I picked up a load of 500 silver sixpences for the pot today. As they were pulled from circulation by a market stall holder at around the time of decimalisation I thought there may be some value in counting the populations before going for melt. The total no of coins is 400. Results as follows

1920 4

1921 11

1922 5

1923 -

1924 3

1925 5

1926 6

1927 6

1928 19

1929 21

1930 18

1931 11

1932 5

1933 15

1934 5

1935 10

1936 27

1937 15

1938 9

1939 20

1940 19

1941 10

1942 36

1943 34

1944 34

1945 27

1946 25

The 925 was nowhere to be found, so figures are unavailable before 1920. The highest grade was a bit better than VF.

Edited June 18, 2015 by Rob

[VickySilver]

No surprise about the 1923.

Thanks, Rob!

[jaggy]

No surprise about the 1923.

Thanks, Rob!

Just as well that I have 4 of them

[VickySilver]

Ah yes. Nice Unc. with full struck lion's snout and decent obv. are available but IMO should get a bit more of a premium..

Oops, sorry to derail thread.

[ozjohn]

Just as a matter of interest how much do you get / oz. for .500 scrap silver.

[Paulus]

Current commodity price is 16.10 USD per troy oz so 8.05 USD per Troy oz for 0.500, or roughly £5.07 or AUS $ 10.38

[Rob]

Generally speaking it isn't worth keeping 500 in less than EF for the smaller pieces or VF for the larger ones. Even the so called rare dates in low grade need to be melted to get a sensible return, witness the 4000+ 1925 halfcrowns in Noble's sale a few years ago that were bulked up into 10 lots, with only one single coin lot.

500 doesn't easily sell on ebay unless it is labelled unc, so the best way to realise any value is to scrap it, given the hefty chunk that disappears in eBay fees.

[Paulus]

Sad but true

[ozjohn]

Thanks Paulus.