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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2222997, member: 71234&quot;]It&#039;s not silver but oxidised steel, often referred to as &#039;gunmetal&#039;, because of the &#039;blued&#039; colour. It is meant not for small change but for half sovereigns in this case.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are fairly common and better ones are made of sterling silver, sometimes as a double holder for full and half sovereigns, with the same general construction, and sometimes combined with a vesta case.Gold ones also exist, the only ones I have seen were 9 carat gold, but higher carat such as 18 ct. probably exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were always carried on the end of a watch chain in the waistcoat pocket (vest pocket for Americans).</p><p><br /></p><p>It would date from around 1900 and is properly referred to as a sovereign holder or case. They died out almost instantly in 1914.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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