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Post  PreservingThePast Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:11 pm

Would this coin have any silver content, ie, 40%, 50% or maybe more, or is it a cupro-nickel composition?

Thanks for you help. sunny

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Post  Junk Woody Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:24 pm

.500 silver .0909 ASW
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Post  PreservingThePast Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:50 pm

Junk Woody wrote:.500 silver .0909 ASW

Thanks for the quick reply.

Would this coin be worth more, then, for its numismatic value or the silver content? I'm a very conservative grader and I would say it to be in G to VG condition. Maybe better since I don't know what they grade it on.

Do you know the year these were no longer 50% silver?

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Post  AGgressive Metal Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:07 pm

A 1940 British coin in G or VG would be considered junk silver the same as a 1950s quarter in the US. The last year for silver in British circulating coins like shillings, two shilling, etc was 1946. pirat
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Post  uthminsta Wed Jan 06, 2010 6:46 pm

If you want to sell it, be sure to specify one further thing.
If the lion on the reverse is standing on a crown, with his tail up by his head, it's an English crest.
If he's "sitting" on the crown, holding a sword and a scepter, it's a Scottish crest.
Either one is relatively common, but still has that silver.
Hope that helps.
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Post  AGgressive Metal Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:44 pm

I made a thread in the "obsolete; europe" section about these types of coins for everyone's future reference. Smile
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