I have read that silver threepences were more popular in Scotland in the late thirties and forties, this despite their English design. Londoners went for the new brass threepences.
'The year of the three kings' tradition has it, that on a new monarch the profile changes, thus George V faces left, Edward V111 was to face right, but he preferred his left profile and George V1 also faced left, thus three kings and three left profiles in 1936.
Not at all a bad price my Pommy Matey. Around about what one would have to pay, here in the colonies, for 'junk' silver by weight, at the current silver price!! Probably add 10-15% for UK silver here in Australia, as you guys would probably add 10-15% on Oztralian silver of the same weight in the UK!! Good work, you will have a nice 'Win' in the not to distant future!!
I dont really stack the 50% but ive been pondering with the idea of perhaps melting some down and throwing some fine silver in to try get the purity up to .750-.800
Very fair prices. Some of the 1920 3d pieces were actually .925 and a few of the 1920 6d also. Few dealers or collectors seem to differentiate and I'm not sure how you spot the difference. I remember when you could still pick these up in your change (not the silver 3d) and have a cocoa tin full of ones I collected as a kid. The 1920-26 silver wore badly as the mint was experimenting with the alloy composition and they are great if you can find them as UNC/EF. Keep up with the interesting videos, I have been collecting coins, mainly UK, for nearly 60 years.
The increase in the price of silver was only part of the reason for debasing the currency. They did it to pay for the wars, selling off the family silver if you like. They certainly won't be able to do it again!
The 1928-1936 half-crowns with that little 'kitten tail' on the R are so funny. 😆 That was a good period for UK coin design with the oak branch threepence and sixpence too. You're right, it's amazing how much silver was used in ordinary coins back in the good old days.
very interesting to hear you talk about the coins like you do. even though you bought these for junk silver, I was hoping that you would rescue some of the nicer ones, especially that '39 florin.
Love to see that monster box fill up👏🏻 couple of really good grade coins there,will definitely go up in value faster than bullion price in my opinion 👍
Very nice pick ups I’m a big fan of pre decimal coins 😊🧲⚓️👍
Very nice stack of silver. Are you able to melt these coins for scrap?
I have read that silver threepences were more popular in Scotland in the late thirties and forties, this despite their English design. Londoners went for the new brass threepences.
Nice! Quite the hoard of silver you got going on!
Wow amazing coins
'The year of the three kings' tradition has it, that on a new monarch the profile changes, thus George V faces left, Edward V111 was to face right, but he preferred his left profile and George V1 also faced left, thus three kings and three left profiles in 1936.
awesome coins
Not at all a bad price my Pommy Matey. Around about what one would have to pay, here in the colonies, for 'junk' silver by weight, at the current silver price!! Probably add 10-15% for UK silver here in Australia, as you guys would probably add 10-15% on Oztralian silver of the same weight in the UK!! Good work, you will have a nice 'Win' in the not to distant future!!
A smart way to stack. Well done 👍
I would not buy any Silver less than 90% Silver,unless there UNC.Thats me.
I dont really stack the 50% but ive been pondering with the idea of perhaps melting some down and throwing some fine silver in to try get the purity up to .750-.800
Good evening.! Nice collection of old British coins. Congratulations.!!!
Very fair prices. Some of the 1920 3d pieces were actually .925 and a few of the 1920 6d also. Few dealers or collectors seem to differentiate and I'm not sure how you spot the difference. I remember when you could still pick these up in your change (not the silver 3d) and have a cocoa tin full of ones I collected as a kid. The 1920-26 silver wore badly as the mint was experimenting with the alloy composition and they are great if you can find them as UNC/EF. Keep up with the interesting videos, I have been collecting coins, mainly UK, for nearly 60 years.
The increase in the price of silver was only part of the reason for debasing the currency. They did it to pay for the wars, selling off the family silver if you like. They certainly won't be able to do it again!
A good buy I would say. Both designs on the Florins are really cool!
The 1928-1936 half-crowns with that little 'kitten tail' on the R are so funny. 😆 That was a good period for UK coin design with the oak branch threepence and sixpence too. You're right, it's amazing how much silver was used in ordinary coins back in the good old days.
very interesting to hear you talk about the coins like you do. even though you bought these for junk silver, I was hoping that you would rescue some of the nicer ones, especially that '39 florin.
Love to see that monster box fill up👏🏻 couple of really good grade coins there,will definitely go up in value faster than bullion price in my opinion 👍
Love to start collecting those coin but have no idea where to start or how much is each coin to buy ???
Nice video 👍