I Purchased a Collection of Pre-Decimal British Silver Coins

[@Єнот-т4й]

I say this in comments on many channels - but NEVER apologise for "rambling" about your subject. I love hearing your very obvious enthusiasm for these coins ; although not the rarest or most valuable, they're still beautiful pieces. I still remember the one shilling and two shilling pieces circulating when I was a kid (born in 1973) - so these were legal tender well into my teenage years ; I recall thinking at the time that they were more beautiful than the newer coins which replaced them.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thank you very much 👍

[@LigniteMiner]

Good evening.! Nice collection of old British coins. Congratulations.!!!

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@jontaylor9112]

Very fair prices. Some of the 1920 3d pieces were actually .925 and a few of the 1920 6d also. Few dealers or collectors seem to differentiate and I'm not sure how you spot the difference. I remember when you could still pick these up in your change (not the silver 3d) and have a cocoa tin full of ones I collected as a kid. The 1920-26 silver wore badly as the mint was experimenting with the alloy composition and they are great if you can find them as UNC/EF. Keep up with the interesting videos, I have been collecting coins, mainly UK, for nearly 60 years.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thank you very much Amazing

[@Pureblood10000]

@@jontaylor9112 I didn’t realise that some of the 1920’s silver coins were 925 silver,I suppose without a xrf tester it would be difficult to ascertain and most wouldn’t bother to find out👍

[@jontaylor9112]

@@Pureblood10000 Hi, sorry I can't remember where I read this. I guess the XRF would be best, but a visual check may indicate also. I have just checked KB Coins (of Stevenage) webpage and they have 1920 3d's stated as pure and half silver, which would seem to back this up. Have not checked their 6d's of that date.

[@d-hat-vr2002]

The 1928-1936 half-crowns with that little 'kitten tail' on the R are so funny. 😆 That was a good period for UK coin design with the oak branch threepence and sixpence too. You're right, it's amazing how much silver was used in ordinary coins back in the good old days.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Absolutely 😁💯 Lots of Silver

[@darkelf2674]

A good buy I would say. Both designs on the Florins are really cool!

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Absolutely 💯

[@jasonblum8288]

very interesting to hear you talk about the coins like you do. even though you bought these for junk silver, I was hoping that you would rescue some of the nicer ones, especially that '39 florin.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

I will keep the better ones to the side

[@ouchthathurts6350]

A smart way to stack. Well done 👍

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thanks 👍

[@peterperigoe9231]

'The year of the three kings' tradition has it, that on a new monarch the profile changes, thus George V faces left, Edward V111 was to face right, but he preferred his left profile and George V1 also faced left, thus three kings and three left profiles in 1936.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very true

[@Pureblood10000]

Love to see that monster box fill up👏🏻 couple of really good grade coins there,will definitely go up in value faster than bullion price in my opinion 👍

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Fingers crossed! Thanks 🙏👍

[@jasonparr4275]

Not at all a bad price my Pommy Matey. Around about what one would have to pay, here in the colonies, for 'junk' silver by weight, at the current silver price!! Probably add 10-15% for UK silver here in Australia, as you guys would probably add 10-15% on Oztralian silver of the same weight in the UK!! Good work, you will have a nice 'Win' in the not to distant future!!

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thank you very much indeed 😁

[@darbysdownhomedetecting]

Nice! Quite the hoard of silver you got going on!

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thank you 👍🙏

[@PeteTong-f4j]

Love to start collecting those coin but have no idea where to start or how much is each coin to buy ???

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Just buy scrap weight to begin

[@david_porthouse]

I have read that silver threepences were more popular in Scotland in the late thirties and forties, this despite their English design. Londoners went for the new brass threepences.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very interesting Thanks 👍

[@coinstruck6079]

Very nice stack of silver. Are you able to melt these coins for scrap?

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Refiners do melt them but I won't get them melted

[@-.milo.-5863]

Wow amazing coins

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Glad you like them!

[@charlesadkins7067]

awesome coins

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thanks 👍👍

[@JoshuasOfficialChannel]

Nice video 👍

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thanks 👍

[@JoshuasOfficialChannel]

@@BitsAndBobsCoins your welcome

[@UncalBertExcretes]

I dont really stack the 50% but ive been pondering with the idea of perhaps melting some down and throwing some fine silver in to try get the purity up to .750-.800

[@d-hat-vr2002]

It seems when you go to sell your silver that 50% coins and .999 bars would be more easily marketable than a homemade bar of odd purity.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

I wouldn't suggest melting better to keep as coins

[@UncalBertExcretes]

@@d-hat-vr2002 It wont be an odd purity if you calulate the weights correctly. It wouldnt be hard to get it pretty much bang on .800 then pour lots of little 1oz bars and stamp them .800

[@d-hat-vr2002]

@@UncalBertExcretes If you are going to go to all that trouble, you might as well make some proper artistically gorgeous coins. 80% silver coins with 1oz fine silver within, and same thickness as a silver eagle, would work out to a 45.4mm diameter coin -- lots of space for an ornate and intricate design, shimmering and lustrous. When you melt down these British coins you are throwing away some of our precious heritage, destroying a remnant of an earlier, more civilized era and culture. Although as I have noted in a previous comment, when it comes to really worn coins (VG or worse condition) I think it can be an OK trade-off to make the silver available for current artists.

[@DEFENDER-lx2hs]

I would not buy any Silver less than 90% Silver,unless there UNC.Thats me.

[@d-hat-vr2002]

I've been buying various world silver coins, but only in unc. for numismatic & artistic interest. Here in the USA with all the silver coins at 90% (except the 35% war nickels), it's a fun novelty to have examples of all these 'weird' purities (50%, 83.5%, 80%, 92.5%, etc.) It's interesting to see the gradation of color and reflectivity with various purities, with copper the most common alloy, and comparing to aluminum coins.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

A valid strategy

[@blisteringbarnaclesmagnets6364]

Very nice pick ups I’m a big fan of pre decimal coins 😊🧲⚓️👍

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Same here!