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That's a good point and probably the truth of the matter. I still wish the Double Florin had been more successful, too. -
Yeah, my bad - though the 1900 mintage was twice as high as the previous two years; theory: after Victoria died, they decided to use up the 1900 dies and carried on minting with them in 1901. That would indicate that if she hadn't died, there would have been currency crowns in 1901 and maybe 1902 if she'd gone on that long? -
I had a chat the other day about these things..... payment on phones and plastic cards....by 2030 all coins are obsolete....black market etc still use coins... old silver / gold coins come into own and put back into service...could this be why I started hoarding 30 odd years ago? 🤔 always good to have a plan B,....C,D,E...etc etc etc.... -
🤔 this one looks like its been used 🤣 £50.66 in scrap prices value....I did read that mintage was 256 000, proofs 15 000, I did just read that Years GV 1927-1936 Generally struck late in the year according to demand and intended to be purchased as Christmas gifts, they did not circulate well, due to the low mintage. Proofs for all dates exist but are extremely rare, with no known mintage figures, as they were for V.I.P issue. This coin was not included in demonetization legislation when decimalization was introduced in 1971. It has been confirmed by the Royal Mint that the coin remains legal tender, having been remonetized with a value of 25 pence........all good stuff 👍
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Well, 1900 was currency. There was no 1901 crown. My understanding is that, much like in the US, people just didn't want to carry around the weight of the 25 g. coins. Here the casinos are the main reason they were in production as long as they were and were a big influence on the introduction of the Eisenhower dollar in 1971. Using the crown as the basis of a commemorative denomination was probably the best thing that happened to the coin. Of course, I don't tend to think they're too heavy ... Or too bulky... But then most things are paid for by me with the funny plastic card rather than from a bag of silver coins ...
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