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<p>[QUOTE="wyvern, post: 1890773, member: 42577"]you find these today showing plenty of signs of use,to find one in very high grade is rare.mintage figures are high for the time---for example 1889 1,807,22 -1890 99,862------the double florin 1887-1890 was taken out of use because it was confused with the crown in the taverns and wrong change was give-hence the knickname BARMAIDS RUIN--at a time of wealth in the country a crown was not that high a value and I think that they would have circulated a lot[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wyvern, post: 1890773, member: 42577"]you find these today showing plenty of signs of use,to find one in very high grade is rare.mintage figures are high for the time---for example 1889 1,807,22 -1890 99,862------the double florin 1887-1890 was taken out of use because it was confused with the crown in the taverns and wrong change was give-hence the knickname BARMAIDS RUIN--at a time of wealth in the country a crown was not that high a value and I think that they would have circulated a lot[/QUOTE]
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