Silver coins at face value

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by moneditis, Mar 2, 2017.

  1. moneditis

    moneditis Reales de a 8

    paddyman98 likes this.
  2. Avatar

    Guest User Guest



    to hide this ad.
  3. moneditis

    moneditis Reales de a 8

  4. sakata

    sakata Devil's Advocate

    Is that really a face value coin. 20 Euros would be over an ounce of silver. 50% bigger than a Morgan dollar. That seems like it would be a little unwieldy to use.
     
  5. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Nahhhhh - a Morgan is 38mm, an ASE only 40mm. So this coin, I expect is about the same size.
     
  6. sakata

    sakata Devil's Advocate

    I meant 50% more silver than a Morgan. And no one uses an ASE as pocket change.
     
  7. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    You might be surprised. This is just ONE of those that I used over the years -

    AGE.jpg AGE rev.jpg


    No, it's not silver, but I think it makes my point ;)


    As for the 50% more silver, an ASE has more silver than a Morgan too. A Morgan has .75 oz, and ASE 1 oz. I agree the 20 euro would be bigger, just not very much bigger.
     
  8. scottishmoney

    scottishmoney Buh bye

    I used to collect the 5 and 10 guilders coins from Netherlands when they were still silver. Then they went to plated and selling above face value and all interest was lost.
     
Draft saved Draft deleted

Share This Page