Nickels in silver proof sets don't contain silver - they're regular composition.
Confirmed - smaller is Young Head halfcrown :) Nice coins.
I'll check it out when I get home - same problem as Flikr, etc ... can't access from work!
No problem! The halfcrown has the Crowned Shield of Arms since 1816. Another poster stated it was 92½% silver, so that'd make it prior to 1920....
Personally, I think PCGS and the like are great for US coins, but they seem to be inconsistent with UK issues - probably because they're a...
Very nice indeed, Collect!
The double-florin was only minted 1887 - 1890 in a 2nd failed attempt at decimalisation (the 1st being in 1849 with the introduction of the...
What years are they? What is the basic reverse design?
I'll take a look when I get home - I can't see photobucket pics here at work :( The florin (2/-) is 28.5mm, 11.3g The halfcrown (2/6) is 32.0mm,...
If any of you are UK penny collectors, this is a great auction! Colin Cooke (well known and reputed UK dealer) is having a 2-part auction of great...
I finally had a Hot Springs quarter in change last night!
Well, still a good thing though - and as you say, it was a free submission and no shipping at the time. And for this issue, AU55 is excellent!...
That looks a very nice example indeed - wise choice to protect it!
Not sure exactly how to tell them apart. There's probably some subtle difference (like you can with sovs and half-sovs, in the relative size of...
Yes, that's the 2d!
It makes you wonder how general day-to-day commerce was transacted! I mean, no real silver since the late C18th until 1816, no copper for similar...
Do you have any of the 2d coins?
A full ounce of copper for your 1d, and two ounces in the 2d! That made for quite some hefty coinage! Because of their size they can often come...
The £ lives!! Huzzah! Fortunately for Britain, it didn't succumb to the €uro. If it had've, then a millenium of tradition would have gone...
I've found 2xdimes and 1x penny in MA so far (only within the last 2 weeks). No quarters or nicels yet!
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