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2 x Edward VII Florins 2 different grades,

Several days ago, Heritage USA had a sale and in it was a specimen of the 1962 halfcrown in proof. I was rather astonished and had assumed it might not exist in commercial channels as I had never seen one on the market before, nor seen one period. Perhaps such coins escape much interest as they certainly are not gold or even silver; also currency versions are easily had. Anyway, just wondering if anyone has seen or heard of such before?? How about any other proof half crowns from 1963 to 1967? Heritage Auction 3122: Lot 34640 Coin graded proof cameo 63. I will see if I can post pictures in thread to follow.

They look to be where a brooch pin and catch were soldered. Jerry

Either that or an illegal firearm.

Another coin I noticed with the pattern struck in line. This time an 1899 florin CGS 60. As remarked before this damage has been noticed before on other coins from Victoria to George VI.

I've delved back into my Grandads hoard and picked these out as i thought they were of interest, I was caught by the obverse of the 1723....until I had a look on the E(vil)Bay now.... to be honest the 1826 George IV Milled Silver Shilling is probably the nicest .... £20.....ish 1816 George III Silver Shilling is probably the most worn.... silver weight scrap.....not that I'm looking to do so.. 1723 George I Silver Shilling... again I seen others and record prices.....Yes £145 would been a nice example to own however... £20.....ish To close, many thanks for the comments and do keep them coming, I hope the listings of the show & tells are of entertainment for you, this really is an education so thank you one and all. 👍

Yes, looks to be an 1852. None of the other dates for the 1850s could possibly match. Here is mine for comparison. I picked this up, unidentified, in an album of threepences and fourpences in a local auction nearly 20 years ago,

Yes. I have tried to blow up the date and especially the last datal "2" which is usually slightly tilted and set downward from the other digits. Can't quite make it out on yours, so might you be good enough to blow it up to larger size? 1852 is considered a scarce, and at one time rare date. With the advent of the internet, it likely still is but many more have shown in the last couple of decades. Most are much better preserved than your specimen & so the wear on yours will tend to draw value down to likely the 50-75 Quid range most likely. I must confess I have never seen one so worn. M. Gouby has an internet site where you may look up further details as one example.

Just as a matter of interest an ord soldiers pay was around a shilling a day which meant a days pay was four of these little coins . Few soldiers took their full pay with most signing it over to their mother to save up for them when they came home

I was given my Grandfathers brass badges I guess I was 10, in my 20's I rediscovered them and kept searching, pre computers.. The RA Museum told me the file to look at and spent a whole day at the public records office as the day was closing I was 3 pages away from finding the war diary entry with his name written as wounded. what a day when I was able to show my mother. It also kick started collection medals from the WW1 and the researching of them. I was also able to work with the commonwealth war graves commission as 2 medal receivers were kill in action but wasn't mentioned... you have to provide information evidence etc to have the names added it was very rewarding in knowing It wasn't just collection...

Excellent, sorry should have said Bombardier but my eye-sights no where near good enough to have got the shoulder titles and wound stripe. Get all the details together as soon as you can it's very important. I was lucky enough to be able to talk to my Grand-dad about his service in the second World War although sadly he was completely paralysed with a stroke just before we go to the end.

Wasn’t aware of these - thanks for sharing.

Nice collection! I don't believe any of the dates indicated are special. I used to find that silver threepences sold fairly steadily on the market stall at about £1 each, so that is a reasonable valuation for your records. As to whether to break them out into your collection or not, I can hardly advise! By the way, the Queen Mary box has value too. With none of the original contents they typically go £20 to £30 depending on condition.

My Grandfather,

For @Citizen H, Yes, it looks like there are problems with a number of the letters on the 1776 twopence, but that is not scarce for that era. Interesting, but not changing the value enormously. For @DaveG38- Does your 20 missing include 1 and 2 pence coins? I left those out - they are so small they drive me up the wall! I only went for the 3 and 4 pence coins - missing both the 1765s, which are always very scarce, the 1792 3 pence (wire money), and then for some reason 1743 and 1703 4 pence. I haven't searched for these for years, maybe I should have another look. For @Mr T, I agree on patience. I got the majority of my collection through serendipity rather than great expense. Many came to me when I was dealing as part of bundles offered to me for sale in the markets, or in response to general newspaper adverts. These days too many people are internet savvy and so these bargains don't happen much anymore. Recently I have had to lay out more serious money to fill the remaining gaps!