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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 2955865, member: 40017&quot;]Whilst I agree with most of what you say, the Churchill Crown was exactly the same size as previous Crown coins back to Charles II in the 17th century. Yes, we were still pre-decimal in 1965 but we had given up using silver in our coins in 1947, so it was not unreasonable that we did not put silver into the Churchill crown. It&#039;s aim was to be a souvenir for all the people, so keeping the value down to five shillings meant silver would have been out of the question. I would agree it is not a handsome coin and it is ludicrously common still over here![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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