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<p>[QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 932240, member: 9204"]But the US phased out silver coinage much later, and never underwent a major denominational shift. Some older coins still find their way into the tills, but that's generally only because they share a similar shape and color with the old ones (ie, farthings for pence or a shilling for tenpence). </p><p><br /></p><p>So essentially, its still possible. But finding ANYTHING older than 1967 in Britain is about as common as finding any silver in the US, making finding old British silver in circ extremely uncommon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 932240, member: 9204"]But the US phased out silver coinage much later, and never underwent a major denominational shift. Some older coins still find their way into the tills, but that's generally only because they share a similar shape and color with the old ones (ie, farthings for pence or a shilling for tenpence). So essentially, its still possible. But finding ANYTHING older than 1967 in Britain is about as common as finding any silver in the US, making finding old British silver in circ extremely uncommon.[/QUOTE]
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