coins silver content

[hamnegg 0]

I would like to know the silver content of coins in general cause a lot of mine are bad condition and I'm wondering if I'd be better selling them for scrap. Old Irish florins up to the sixties. Victorian florins and fourpence etc. Any ideas.

[Rob 3,152]

I would like to know the silver content of coins in general cause a lot of mine are bad condition and I'm wondering if I'd be better selling them for scrap. Old Irish florins up to the sixties. Victorian florins and fourpence etc. Any ideas.

UK silver pre-1920 is 0.925, 1920-1946 is 0.500. Some debased issues from Henry VIII & Edward VI will always be worth more than melt. Irish early is 0.750, but the 1966 Easter Uprising 10/- is 0.833. These are quite popular too & likely to sell above melt whatever the condition.

[Peter 615]

Silly money is being paid for scrap silver on the bay and even coin news.In 2007 I did a charity car boot with a box of coins and £20 of scrap silver...I was only after 5x face and this included pre 1920.Glad it didn't sell

[Peckris 579]

I would like to know the silver content of coins in general cause a lot of mine are bad condition and I'm wondering if I'd be better selling them for scrap. Old Irish florins up to the sixties. Victorian florins and fourpence etc. Any ideas.

Check your Irish florin dates. Some from the 1940s are VERY rare indeed.