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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2097614, member: 71234&quot;]That shilling would be in my odds and ends box. EF and better silver from the war years is uncommonly common, possibly because a lot was hoarded because of wartime uncertainty and black market activity. Much of it did not come out of hiding till many years later, and it is still routine to find 1940s 50% silver coins looking remarkably presentable.</p><p>Another factor was the Bunker Hunt silver ramp. Really huge amounts of coinage was trawled through to find pre 1947 silver, I did some myself, and even the greediest silver picker would put aside any high grade coins found, when the average circulated stuff entered the bullion trade. It made sense because you could get a small numismatic premium above the silver value. This meant that a lot of coins that would otherwise have circulated for a few more years stopped getting any wear at an unnaturally young age, and now exist in disproportionate numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The events of history and other extraneous factors can have huge effect on the rarity and otherwise of coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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