I took all my coins out of the old dusty holders, to put in the new dust free ones. I also developed a new coding system, so they needed to come out anyway. I decided to gather some metrics of my collection.. Coins: 1/2 Farthing: 1 Farthings: 8 Halfpennies (including decimal): 43 Pennies (Including the odd sized and decimal): 63 Threepences (Including silver and brass): 26 Fourpences (including maundy): 4 Sixpences (CuNi and Silver): 28 Shillings (CuNi and Ag): 24 Florins (CuNi and Ag): 9 Half Crowns (Only one is silver): 5 Crowns (No Silver): 1 Pound (Decimal): 1 Silver: .500 Weight: 129.39g .925 Weight: 54.15g Pure Weight: 114.78g Pure Melt Value: $89.05 Totals: Total Coins: 213 Total Weight: 1.44Kg (3.17lbs).
=> lookin' good so far!! (congrats) It sounds as if you're having a good time as well ... and dats priceless!!
If you like British, there is plenty to buy. Like SM's stack, British used to be available by the kilo pretty easily, including silver. I probably own a couple of kilos at least of them unintentionally. Only a few are in the "better" piles, like 1797 pence and tuppences, and a few BU Victorian cents I got in a group once. Its a good thing Tim. Since they are more available you have a better chance to expand your collection. I am stuck with some of my mini-collections of nothing to buy, since the coins are too scarce to even be for sale usually.
Yeah, used to be. I bought sterling coins at melt value back when silver was like $6 an ounce. I didn't find any of the 1797 coins in the bunch but did find an 1806, and some of the early Irish. Coolest coins were the 1/2 Anna from India and several counterfeit 18th century halfpennies from Britain. Also a William III 1/2d, several George II and III.
