Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2034150, member: 71234&quot;]I&#039;ll not comment on the weird US numbers game played with the native coins, but I have spent a long time with British coins (as a child I could collect silver 3d bits by going into shops and asking for them, the same applied to farthings, and Victorian pennies were common in pocket change, occasionally you&#039;d find Victorian silver in change, very rarely&nbsp; well worn William IV and George IV shillings or sixpences) and I have been collecting and buying and selling coins, off and on, since then.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just about every oldish coin I have ever seen has had some circulation, however light. Only in the most unusual circumstances have coins come straight from being new at the bank to&nbsp; being tucked away in a coin cabinet. More usually they&#039;d be around for while, however short, before being snapped up by a collector and squirreled away. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am of course not speaking of modern stuff, concocted to extract money from the more gullible collector, but proper real live circulating coins of the 50&#039;s and earlier.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in