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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tulipone, post: 2193247, member: 71656&quot;]I had never really considered coins in the first 50 odd years of my life an then, by chance, went to the Philadelphia Mint and purchased a proof US Silver Eagle.&nbsp; I&#039;m not really sure why as I had a greater pull to the uncirculated Eagle, possibly my wife showed more interest in the proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>We returned home from the holiday and I started looking into the uncirculated Eagles, bought the latest along with some other new bullion coins, Maples, Britiannia Panda etc.&nbsp; That started the craze.&nbsp; I &#039;had&#039; to have a complete run of Eagles (now complete) and still buy modern / recent bullion coins.&nbsp; Not to stack as I only buy one of each year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I realised that circulating coins are interesting.&nbsp; I have the majority of UK £1 and £2 coin different designs and always check my change with the fervour of a 6 year old looking for better or not yet obtained designs.&nbsp; This led to sixpences.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone gave me a sixpence as &#039;I collect coins&#039;.&nbsp; These coins went out of general circulation in 1970 but they and I have a history.&nbsp; When I was a small kid it was a decent amount for a relative to hand over &#039;for sweets&#039; and was sufficient money to buy pretty much what ever I needed. They were first produced in 1547 and at that time must have been a significant lump of money.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A sixpence could have been a mans wages for a week.&nbsp; It would have been cared for and looked after.&nbsp; It could have been sufficient to get drunk on.&nbsp; It could have fed a family.&nbsp; What ever it was used for it has a story and was quite possibly spent many times over its useful life until someone put it in a pot to save it.&nbsp; Or hid in in a tin in the back garden/under the floor/in the pantry/sewed it into their coat until needed.&nbsp; <b>How can you get an EF example of a 1547 coin?&nbsp; That coin had a wasted life.&nbsp; I want one that lived and has some wear (and is cheaper).&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Coins have taught me more about history than school did.&nbsp; Sixpences have monarchs heads on and reading up about LIMA silver and the reasoning behind other UK historic coins has been </font>fascinating.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">I now prefer circulating / circulated coins than bullion but no thoughts of getting before 1500s.&nbsp; Yet.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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