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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzjamesHorse, post: 2219152, member: 73793&quot;]Primarily a Stamp Collector, I have recently tried to find the British and Irish coins that I would have in my pockets in the pre-decimal age to 1971.</p><p>The British 3d piece of GVI and QE2 are totemic. </p><p>Not only did they look different to other coins but they bought so many comics, sweets etc ...a very standard coin for schoolkids.</p><p>I never saw a GV 3d (silver) in circulation....we only saw &quot;gold&quot; (as we called them) 3d coins.</p><p>I had always assumed there was a total change from silver to &quot;gold&quot; in the 1930s....so I was very surprised to see &quot;silver&quot; 3ds (GVI) from 1940s in a bargain bucket on a market stall yesterday.</p><p>Seemingly they circulated side by side.</p><p>I bought some for curiousity.</p><p>The Dealer said that the &quot;silver&quot; 3ds from this era were mostly sent abroad to colonies.</p><p>Is this the case?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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