The collection is supposed to be all silver, but I couldn't pass up that Sovereign and Fantasy Crown. Top row silver: Crown (5 shillings), Double Florin (four shillings), Half Crown (2 1/2 shillings) Bottom row silver: Florin (two shillings), Shilling, Six Pence (half shilling), Four Pence Groat (third shilling), Three Pence (quarter shilling). The hardest one to find in good shape is the half crown. It was apparently a popular coin for circulation and most are very worn. Half Crowns in good condition are $$$$$ I still need to find a two pence and a silver maundy penny. Those are hard to find!
the double florins were named-the barmaids ruin-they were so near in size to the crown that barmaids in taverns gave change of five shillings---they were only issue 1887 to 1890 in fairly low numbers
People apparently didn't use the Double Florins much. The ones I have are in pretty good shape with all the small details intact and no rim damage, and they were not very expensive. Half Crowns seem to fetch a heftier price for the same condition, even though there were lots of them made.
