I'm taking a lot of interest in silver coins lately, since my local dealers sell them for cheap prizes. Any deal is a good deal for the prizes given to me, but I can't afford to buy all the silver coins I find.
Any suggestion what coins to look for? I'm talking about standard circulation coins of 5 and 10 g, post 1900 and pre 1940, European. Which country, apart from Albania, issued the best and rarest coins?
Thanks. :)
Many dates are common and easy to get, but some dates are very rare and coins in UNC condition are very expensive and rare before 1920.
Best buys for value are KGV and KGVI Shillings, Florins and Halfcrowns - worn examples can be found for most dates barely above melt price. VF examples are mostly 2 - 5x melt and EF about 10 - 15x, UNC coins can cost hundreds.
For King George VI (1937 - 1946), You can get EF and AU examples cheap, same with last coinage King George V (1927 - 1936), but earlier coins (KGV 1st and 2nd coinage 1911 - 1926), Edward VII (1902 - 1910), and Victoria if you want to go further back (1837 - 1901) are pricey.
Also with Britain, they made millions of them, as they went around the empire.
Be wary that coins to 1919 were .925 sterling silver, 1920 - 1946 are 50% and after 1946 (So 1947 onwards) are base metal and basically worthless unless UNC.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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King Edward and Queen Victoria then it is, I will keep that in mind the next time I go buying. I actually buy every one of them for 5€, no matter the weight, no matter the silver quality, no matter the country of origin or the year of issue.
