I just got these four. The first one appears to be silver and the 2nd one perhaps. The 3rd is not, and I have no idea what the 4th coin is. Your assistance on exactly what they are and their worth/value is appreciated. Bob Coins 1 and 2
1938 George VI shilling, Great Britain KM#853, 5.6552g of .500 silver, ASW .0909 oz., mintage 4,833,000, per 2008 35th Ed. Standard Catalog of World Coins it's worth bullion value in grades below XF, $5 XF 1925 George V sixpence, Great Britain KM#815a.1 or 815a.2, 2.8276g of .500 silver, ASW .0455 oz., mintage 12,721,000 (both varieties), $2F, $4 VF 1992 zloty, Poland KM#282, cu-ni, 102,240,000, $1.75 Unc is lowest grade valued Israel, KM#14 (cu-ni 1949 or 1955, mintage 6,062,000 or 5,868,000), KM#18 (nickel clad steel 1954, mintage 700,000) or KM#19 (nickel coated steel 1954, mintage 20,000), 100 prutah. KM#14/18 are of nominal value, KM#19 is relatively rare and worth >$100. Unfortunately, I just can't get the hang of Israeli dates.
Thanks hontonai....Awesome info!!!! Can we get a read on the date of the 4th coin.....I'd love for it to be the $100 one (duh!).
Yeah if you want sterling silver in your Brit coins you got to go 1918 or before. They where about .93 fine. Traci
Traci: Help me out....what is considered "sterling" then? Does it have to be a certain percentage to cross that threshhold? Thanks.
Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% by weight of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925.
Thanks.....so by definition, the US 90% coins pre 65 were not sterling. (I still like finding them though!)
Correct. They were "coin silver", which is .900 silver with the other 10% usually, if not always, being copper.
