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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 1890667, member: 42034&quot;]This is actually a very interesting and important question.&nbsp; As we all know these critters were .925 fine silver and quite large.&nbsp; Don&#039;t have the mintage figures handy but my guess is that they were &quot;show pieces&quot;.&nbsp; I.e. they didn&#039;t circulate very much and mostly everything was handled by shillings and gold sovereigns.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everybody else who made coins that actually circulated used .875 to .900 silver and lower weights, like 25 grams.&nbsp; Even Latin American crowns (8 reales of this time) were mostly made for non-circulating bullion payments!</p><p><br /></p><p>But what do I know, I collect Ancients &amp; Latin American.&nbsp; However I do have a a British crown or two but only cheap ones!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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