My friend's grandpa gave me these coins today. What is your take on these coins. I'm not sure what the one at the very top is
Your friend's grandfather is very generous. The top one is a British three-pence. There isn't much silver in the three-pence, but it is still worth a few dollars. The Roosevelt dime and Washington quarters are all 90% silver and the 1936-D is a much better date, but in that low grade there is no special premium attached to the coin. The two half dollars are 40% silver.
Top one is a British Edward VII Threepence, it is 92.5% silver. In that condition it would be entered into my scrap silver bin.
I think he was so generous because his knowledge of coins was 10 times less than mine. And my knowledge isn't something to brag about at all lol. Tom says the threepence isn't much silver in them but 92.5% sounds like a good bit of silver content for its size. I don't think I'm going to thro it in the scrap silver bin. Thanks to the both of you for the feedback
British common spendable circulating silver coins pre 1920 are 92.5% sterling silver, 1920 -1946 only 50% silver.
Mr. Bush was speaking of the ASW and not percentage; the melt value for this coin is only around $0.80, but a generous gift nonetheless. Congrats.
