Quote: "harryg"It still happens. Got this today.
Lucky you (because silver coins are still being used in North America).
Its virtually impossible to find silver in circulation in the U.K. (since the early 90s) apart from if someone would ever dump a silver proof coin into circulation.
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Quote: "Worldwide collection"Lucky you (because silver coins are still being used in North America).
Really? Where? More likely some kid has raided his father's silver coin collection for spending cash.
That’s Plausible.
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Nice find. As mentioned above, some careless kid probably took it from a family member's coin collection but at least it's in the hands of a collector who cares about it now
Quote: "Worldwide collection"Lucky you (because silver coins are still being used in North America).
Really? Where? More likely some kid has raided his father's silver coin collection for spending cash.
its just a random occurrence like finding wheat pennies in change or something, i remember working at a gas station ( Circle K ) id look through the change for old coins and my manager would allow me to trade for them. Once a dude came in and apologized for paying for a soda in change, among the coins were two buffalo nickels. But as far as silver is concerned i have gotten some quarters from the 90% silver era and 40% silver even some silver war nickels. However it may be more regional since more people = more coins in circulation thus less chance of seeing old stuff floating about. Also once i found a 1935 Silver Certificate in circulation, and another time i was at a drug store the guy checking out at the register next to mine got upset when he got his 20$ cash back he said the bill was fake i looked out of curiosity and i told him it wasnt but it was the old design and he looked at it was dated 1951. Our banks are not as well organized so this happens alot lol
In the UK, the last silver coins that circulated were minted in 1946. These were the sixpence, English and Scottish shilling, florin and half crown. From 1947 these were minted in copper-nickel.
As the UK went decimal in 1971, there is no chance of silver coins appearing in circulation.
Obviously, there are decimal silver coinage, so, if like above, someone broke up a set, it could be possible, but highly unlikely
Same thing here in New Zealand, like Britain who minted our coins, we switched to muck metals in 1947. However the old half silver coins circulated right through despite government attempts to get them and switch them out for newer coins in 1948/52. Silver prices never reached bullion value of the coins until 1969.
We switched to decimal currency in 1967, but the 6d, 1/- and 2/- were equivalent to 5c, 10c and 20c of the new money. As a result, the old coins of these values circulated right through to October 2006 when the old coins were replaced by smaller stainless steel ones (Even muckier metal).
99.9% of the old coins that still circulated were Cupronickel ones and nearly all were dated 1964 or 1965 (The last 2 years) hence why you can find many worn 1965 Florins. But occasionally older coins back to 1947 were found. However in September 2006 when I was working in a dollar store, poor and ghetto people brought in masses of old coins on the last day of legal usage and in these piles I found a very worn 1942 Silver shilling being used as a 10 cent piece. It was the first and only silver coin I found in change, the coin had survived 64 years in circulation!
Worn or not, it had about $5 worth of silver in it then ($3 now). I think I sold it as part of a junk coin lot years ago.
Today with our tiny muck metal steel and aluminium cheapies, the chance of finding precious metal is 0. The only precious metal coins put out are NCLT tatt and all of it is priced into the stratosphere. Not even the dumbest moron would put a 1 oz silver coin that costs $139 or more into circulation as a $5 piece!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Quote: "Moneytane"Same thing here in New Zealand, like Britain who minted our coins, we switched to muck metals in 1947. However the old half silver coins circulated right through despite government attempts to get them and switch them out for newer coins in 1948/52. Silver prices never reached bullion value of the coins until 1969.
We switched to decimal currency in 1967, but the 6d, 1/- and 2/- were equivalent to 5c, 10c and 20c of the new money. As a result, the old coins of these values circulated right through to October 2006 when the old coins were replaced by smaller stainless steel ones (Even muckier metal).
99.9% of the old coins that still circulated were Cupronickel ones and nearly all were dated 1964 or 1965 (The last 2 years) hence why you can find many worn 1965 Florins. But occasionally older coins back to 1947 were found. However in September 2006 when I was working in a dollar store, poor and ghetto people brought in masses of old coins on the last day of legal usage and in these piles I found a very worn 1942 Silver shilling being used as a 10 cent piece. It was the first and only silver coin I found in change, the coin had survived 64 years in circulation!
Worn or not, it had about $5 worth of silver in it then ($3 now). I think I sold it as part of a junk coin lot years ago.
Today with our tiny muck metal steel and aluminium cheapies, the chance of finding precious metal is 0. The only precious metal coins put out are NCLT tatt and all of it is priced into the stratosphere. Not even the dumbest moron would put a 1 oz silver coin that costs $139 or more into circulation as a $5 piece!
No offence but the current circulation New Zealand coinage is terrible (from the small variety of coins there is) only two commemorative circulating coins. If I was organising the coinage I would have of course made them out of cheaper metals but keep the older coinage circulating alongside the “new” coins to make it more interesting and issue various commemorative coins of course not go overboard but at least 2-3 commemorative coins a year with varying mintages each year.
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None taken, our coinage is boring, cheap and nasty. No wonder its unpopular.
All the good coins are NCLT and priced in the stratosphere. Both commems as you mention disappeared into collections and investors selling them at mark ups.
Today 2015 Anzac 50 cent coins go for $7 each
2018 Armistice 50 cents for $3 each.
You never see them in change, if it helps NONE of our coins or notes are made here, all made in Canada (10, 20 50c) and UK ($1 and $2). Many of the NCLT are UK Royal Mint, Canada, Australia or some Private German mint.
NZ could at least be like Australia which issues frequent circulating commemorative coins that are fairly easy to get in change and uncirculated versions are also cheap and easy to find. Many of the designs especially the colourful $2 coin are very beautiful. NZ could learn from that.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Quote: "Moneytane"None taken, our coinage is boring, cheap and nasty. No wonder its unpopular.
All the good coins are NCLT and priced in the stratosphere. Both commems as you mention disappeared into collections and investors selling them at mark ups.
Today 2015 Anzac 50 cent coins go for $7 each
2018 Armistice 50 cents for $3 each.
You never see them in change, if it helps NONE of our coins or notes are made here, all made in Canada (10, 20 50c) and UK ($1 and $2). Many of the NCLT are UK Royal Mint, Canada, Australia or some Private German mint.
NZ could at least be like Australia which issues frequent circulating commemorative coins that are fairly easy to get in change and uncirculated versions are also cheap and easy to find. Many of the designs especially the colourful $2 coin are very beautiful. NZ could learn from that.
Not as boring as here in Ireland. Only three circulating commemorative coins from 1928- 2000 plus only two proper Irish commemorative Euro coins. But do you not think that some countries release too many? In my opinion some countries devalue the idea of commemoratives by releasing too many.
Yes I do - The Alphabet series of $1 coins in Australia and British 10p Alphabets are excessive and silly - plus the designs are naff. The British ones have proven very hard to find and the Australian ones are also not that easy (Like A coins being at the Post Office only) - but they at least help attract a few collectors. A mate offered to get me a set of the Alphabet $ and I turned them down.
However some of these commems are great and have popularity still - look at the 2009 - 2011 Olympics 50ps of the UK, those coins have legs now! Things like the Kew Gardens 50p as well - then again you have the unpopular ones like the Diversity coin and Benjamin Bunny - both plain designs with excessive mintages that have little appeal.
The USA Quarters are better still, very generous numbers issued and nice designs (State quarters and USA the Beautiful series) plus you can buy silver ones or a polished proof if you want, otherwise perfectly acceptable examples can be had for a quarter each!
One of my favourites are the German 5Euro climate series, however I know these are not circulating and cost around €10 each. Plus in the European union I think €2 is their highest circulating coin and there are some Euro union series and individual country series circulating €2 coins.
That is just my opinion you may feel differently. New Zealand needs some more circulating commems, but not on the level of Australia or the UK. More like that of the USA and Canada.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Talking about luck, I was on vacation in America last month. While there my sister-in-law went to the bank for me. Got me a roll of dimes (10 cent) and Quarters (25 cent). The roll of dimes was a complete roll of 50 coins 1948 to 1964 all silver, even had the roll marked on the outside the dates. Offered to give them a little extra for the roll but they just wanted the $5 for the roll.
By the way, still got some for swap if you have any I still need to complete my set.
My dad got the following at his gas station job a few days ago, when someone just threw in the "heavy" coin to get rid of unwanted change. My dad knows of my hobby so he passed it down to me.
I doubt it's worth much in it's present condition, but anything above $0 would be a profit
Well yes 1922 is a common date and your coin is fine
BUT!!!
It contains around $17 worth of silver and is a very beautiful design. At the very least you would get around $25 American for it.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Quote: "Moneytane"Well yes 1922 is a common date and your coin is fine
BUT!!!
It contains around $17 worth of silver and is a very beautiful design. At the very least you would get around $25 American for it.
