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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 8124505, member: 102103&quot;]The last 3 silvers:</p><p>Belgium <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7285.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7285.html" rel="nofollow">1949 20 Francs</a>.&nbsp; Dutch lettering.&nbsp; 0.835 Ag.&nbsp; $6 is about $1 over melt.</p><p>For some reason I was not familiar with this type.&nbsp; I don&#039;t collect post-WW2 silvers very often.&nbsp; I&#039;m mostly into 1700-1800s world coppers these days.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1414829[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bremen <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces31530.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces31530.html" rel="nofollow">1 Groten 1748</a>.&nbsp; $2</p><p>I didn&#039;t even realize this was silver when I got it.&nbsp; Maybe billon from the color?</p><p>Like many of older German states minors, it&#039;s seen a lot of circulation.</p><p>At least the date is clearly visible.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1414831[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hesse-Darmstadt <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces29839.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces29839.html" rel="nofollow">1 Kreuzer 1872</a>.&nbsp; 0.166 Ag.&nbsp; $0.50&nbsp; (holed)</p><p>A tiny little silver coin with an even tinier silver content as it&#039;s only 0.166 fine.</p><p>The early days of the German Empire are fascinating to me because so many of the substituent German states still made their own minor coinage.</p><p>Shame about the hole, but how often can one get a silver coin these days for $0.50?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1414837[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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