World silver crown-size type coin collectors?

1697 Hohenlohe thaler

 

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1708 Piastra, Ferrara,very rare

 

1764E,Kalinigrad thaler,one of the rarest prussian thalers of Frederick the Great!

 

Welcome aboard! I didn't see your other pics, so certainly feel free to repost them here.

 

1620 St.Gall bear thaler. Probably one of the best preserved examples of the type,at least from what i've seen until now and i've seen quite a few!

 

Is it OK to post British half crowns? I see the 1919 and earlier George V half crowns contain a tad over 13 grams of pure silver, same as the Victoria half crowns. The 1920 and later, at .500 only have about 7 grams of silver.

 

I am, so feel free! (Even the pre-1920 florins have 10g.)

 

Actually, 'pure silver' is not accurate. The pre-1920 coins are 92.5% silver (aka sterling).

They're nice regardless. I try to buy sterling coinage whenever possible at a good price.

 

Beggin' yer pardon, Sir Flute, do the math. I did. 14.14 grams x .925 fine = 13.0795 grams of silver. Meaning no offense, just my engineering background showing...

 

1911 GB half crown. Yes, I have a proof of this one, but the thread calls for business strikes, etc.

 

Understood...but I'm sure a metallurgist would likely refute your statement of 'pure' when the entire coin is a silver alloy.

I'm not a professional in the field, but I'm pretty sure you can't call any portion of an alloy 'pure', because the entirety is a mix of two or more metals.

But...regardless...such coins are still fun.

 

OK, I do not like to argue, especially on here. I only meant that the content of the coin has theoretically 13+ grams of silver plus the alloying metal (s). It could conceivably be refined to the pure state, but then the coin would be gone.

 

Spanish Netherlands BRABANT Albert & Isabelle 2 Ducatons 1618 Antwerp mint



Spanish Netherlands BRABANT Albert & Isabelle 2 Patagons 1618 Brussels mint

 

1963 Greece 30 drachmai

 

1957 Ceylon 5 rupees, 39mm, 28.2757 g, silver .925. 2500 years of Buddhism.

 

^High on my wishlist.

Here's an Ottoman Empire 1327/9 (1917) 20 kurush. Some die cracks on the obverse. I imagine they were skimping on everything then near the end of World War I.

 

1944 D Netherlands Antilles Curacao 2 1/2 gulden. Just came today.

 

Germany BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH Georg Friedrich the Younger Taler 1694

Georg Friedrich succeeded his elder brother Christian Albrecht as Margrave of Ansbach in 1692 at the age of 14. This Taler was struck to commemorate his taking over the government at Ansbach on reaching his majority (which was defined as the age of 16).

 

1884 O US one dollar, pretty clean specimen...bit of luster and some bag marks...

 

Got a couple of new ones: