1948 SILVER British shilling

[Guest sorryjoe]

I have read that the production of silver shillings stopped in Britain before 1948, yet I have one which, I am 99 percent sure, is silver. It shows the classic signs of worn silver- how can this be? I have attatched a picture of the coin. Please help!

[TomGoodheart 447]

Most metals tarnish and coins pick up dirt Joe. So while your coin may look like aged silver that's no guarantee I'm afraid. And while more recently some coins have been struck especially in silver I'm not aware that this was the case for coins of this date. So although you could get your coin analysed, I'm sure it will turn out to be the normal cupro-nickel. Sorry!

[Guest sorryjoe]

  TomGoodheart said:

Most metals tarnish and coins pick up dirt Joe. So while your coin may look like aged silver that's no guarantee I'm afraid. And while more recently some coins have been struck especially in silver I'm not aware that this was the case for coins of this date. So although you could get your coin analysed, I'm sure it will turn out to be the normal cupro-nickel. Sorry!

nice one