ozjohn

Thanks.Perhaps I should submit one for grading with NGG or PCGS. It's something I have been reluctant to do given potential issues with customs.

Thanks for the information I already have a couple of 1916 florins in reasonable condition but I was trying to complete the series with a MS 63/4 encapsulated coin to join the other George V encapsulated florins I have. So there's no hurry and I will bide my time.

I've been looking for a MS 1916 for a while as an upgrade to my AU58, the bottom coin. Finally I see one on Ebay Top coin. When I looked carefully at the coin I was truly unimpressed. Although the coin looks to be mint state from the patina but the strike quality lets it down badly. The reverse is similar. Like they say judge the coin not the attributed grade.

There's a lot of country's central banks buying gold and silver rather than US Treasury bonds. Food for thought. Australian one pound and ten shilling notes up to the 1930s had the inscription on them with a promise to pay the bearer the value in gold coin long after Britain stopped issuing gold coins for circulation. The Australian branches of the Royal Mint were still minting gold sovereigns.

A florin in 1912 is worth GBP 15.00 in buying power in 2026 . A silver florin contains one third once of silver worth about GBP 16.00 in 2026. Food for thought I think. The argument in 1919 was silver had increased in price so debase the currency. the truth was the pound had lost value due to the pressures of WW1 and with the withdrawal gold in 1914 by issuing paper promises despite a short lived return in 1925 until 1931

My example of seems to measure about 33 mm.

On this coin there seems to be a circular mark on the bottom of the obverse that may be a die crack and could account for the double striking of the date.

I decided to look at my 1845 half crown after seeing an example of a 1845/3 for sale. On this example the date seems to be double struck. Any thoughts?

Noticed on Ebay

Further investigation suggests that the 1927 proof set was released in the cardboard case for 15/- per set with and additional 6/- for a set housed in a leather case.

I have a 1927 set in an identical box even down to the remains of tape on the back of the box. I don't know if any 1928 proof sets were ever issued but this looks like a cobbled together set of 1928 coins presented in a 1927 proof set box to trap the unwary at a high price.

And Florin.

One proof set in original cardboard box 3d to Crown 6 coins for sale at the Wynyard Coin Center, Sydney $A1500 or GBP 750.

Like I say Coin King has 2 for about GBP 160 and one for GBP 150.