1972 Silver Crown from the UK

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  1. CHARLES GINETTO

    CHARLES GINETTO Active Member

    Diameter 38.61 mm
    Thickness 3.2 mm
    Shape Round

    Where can I get information about transfering this coin from it's celophane sealer to a round plastic case? It originally came with the celopahane wrapper and I've had to tape it at the bottom since I received it that way.
     
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  3. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Supporter! Supporter

    What purpose do you want it in a plastic case? If you want it better protected, you can self-slab, or encase it. If you want a chain of evidence that it is a proof, or something special, I'd send it in to a TPG to have it graded, authenticated and slabbed.
     
  4. onecenter

    onecenter Member

    Buy a crown-sized capsule.
     
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  5. eddiespin

    eddiespin Fast Eddie

    More specifically, a round one, at least 3.3 mm thick, and 38.62 mm in diameter.
     
  6. robp

    robp Well-Known Member

    Are you sure it's silver? The silver proofs came in a capsule within a blue cased box. The relief was also frosted. If it's not, it suggests a Cu-Ni coin.
     
  7. Joshua Lemons

    Joshua Lemons Well-Known Member Supporter

    I had a look because I was unfamiliar with the series of wedding crowns. The silver variety was proof finish and came in a capsule in boxed sets or singly. The fact it's in cellophane makes me think CuNi too. Get a 39 mm airtight is my suggestion, the kind you'd get for a Krugerrand or Britannia. I especially like the kind with the black foam ring on the inside. I would grasp the coin, with the cellophane sleeve cut two adjacent sides of the cellophane off then gently insert the exposed coin rim into the airtight, and gently let the coin fall in while pulling the cellophane off.
     
  8. Joshua Lemons

    Joshua Lemons Well-Known Member Supporter

    Because the diameter of the airtight you are going into is slightly larger than your coin, it should fall into place nicely. If the airtight diameter was slightly smaller, it would take a little nudge to get the coin in there, which is why I use the foam rings, there's a bit of give.
     
  9. CHARLES GINETTO

    CHARLES GINETTO Active Member

    This sounds good.
     
  10. CHARLES GINETTO

    CHARLES GINETTO Active Member

    Thank you. This sounds good.
     
  11. CHARLES GINETTO

    CHARLES GINETTO Active Member

    I have the copper -nickel one in one of those square yellow cases. It was cheap then and it is still cheap now. The proof that I have is in a plush green box. It has a COA that says it's silver and only 100,000 were minted for sale just in the UK. I bought it from Manfra, Tordella, and Brookes before the Twin Towers attack.
     
  12. CHARLES GINETTO

    CHARLES GINETTO Active Member

    The blue cased box came with Charles and Diana and then with the 25th anniversary of the Elizabeth's rule.
     
  13. CHARLES GINETTO

    CHARLES GINETTO Active Member

    A TPG would cost too much for this coin, which I bought when the dollar was worth a little someting back in 1972. Here's a picture of the little darling:
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  14. Joshua Lemons

    Joshua Lemons Well-Known Member Supporter

    Oh yeah, I would want it out of that yellowed cellophane too.
     
  15. offa the saxon

    offa the saxon Well-Known Member

    That’s a CU issue.
     
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  16. CHARLES GINETTO

    CHARLES GINETTO Active Member

    I have the copper-nickel. This isn't it. This is silver.
     
  17. CHARLES GINETTO

    CHARLES GINETTO Active Member

    I just need one. Do you have one to sell?
     
  18. robp

    robp Well-Known Member

    Sorry, read it as a 1977. The 72 was green. I've got a spare 72 box here, but postage from the UK might be prohibitive.
     
  19. CHARLES GINETTO

    CHARLES GINETTO Active Member

    I rehoused it:

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  20. CHARLES GINETTO

    CHARLES GINETTO Active Member

    I rehoused it:

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