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Thank you for the history of the coin @lordmarcovan, and thanks for makes me write correctly the King's name.

 

I've always admired this coin design both sides.... I have had this one in my sights for awhile...was looking for one in honest condition.

 

If I told you I paid $20....

 

I knew nothing about British coinage but picked up this "mint set" 1964 for $4 today. I did a little googling and now know next to nothing about British coinage. However I did read that silver was dropped starting in 1947 so these are clad. I still can't figure out what the face translates to in $US; I do know that these are demonitized and that Britain went on the decimal system. So any value would likely be as numismatic pieces only as there is not much metal value. One other stat I read is the half crown of 1964 is the second lowest mintage to 1970. Any other information is welcomed!

 

They're common but people still collect them. I sell these types of coins on eBay all the time. One other thing if you're curious is that there are two shillings because one has the English crest and one has the Scottish crest. This started in the 1930s and continued until this series ended.

 

... and just to sort out the monetary value for you, you have seven shillings and fourpence hapenny there, as it would have been said at the time, or £-/7/4 1/2 as it might have been written. This is a total of 88.5 Old pennies or 36.875 new pennies. This is just over 48 cents US on today's exchange rate!
However inflation means that it was worth a lot more in buying power at the time. A typical chocolate bar would have cost you about 6 old pence, and so you would have got about 15 of these for your money. Using this as a measure of inflation, your coins would have the equivalent buying power today of around £12.50 or $16.40.

 

Thanks for the info Paddy!

 

Great thread idea. You should start it!

 

I wear my two trophies in my sig line. My 1st win was in NG III (Pre-1964 United States coins under $25.00) with an 1851 cent that cost me 25 bucks. Then to my surprise LM held a "Championship" round, NG X (ANY coin, token, or medal under $10.00) in which I won overall with this $8.50 eBay pickup:

Ancient Roman silvered bronze AE3 of Constantine I, ca. 328-329 AD​

If it hadn't have been for @lordmarcovan 's great "Cheap Coin Challenges" I never would have bought an ancient. Now, I've all but given up on US coins and have been collecting ancients ever since.

 

2 packets came today. One contained this tiny AE 1/2 Larin from Maldive Islands, which I have tentatively identified as 1806-1813.

 

LM, you the man!

 

A few others that came today. I gave away the 1934 Australia penny already.