Good day to you all and thanks for stopping by to check out some new pieces I recently added to the stack.
First up, we have the 1918 3 Pence piece from the United Kingdom. With it being over 100 years old, I feel that it's in rather fine condition considering. It does need a little polish but what the heck, it's silver and it's gonna live in a box for the rest of my life 😅
One day I will finally get all the pieces out and give them a good ol polish, but for now you get the raw unshiny versions to look at 🙃
The obverse of the coin: The uncrowned King George V
The reverse of the coin: A crowned denomination dividing the date within an oak wreath
Year: 1918
Value: 3 Pence
Currency: Pound Sterling
Silver: .925
Weight: 1.41 grams
Diameter: 16mm
Thickness: 0.8mm
This piece is a rather small one. I actually paid £3.20 for 3, 3-pence coins of differing ages. Which does seem a bit expensive, but I didn't own any so I chucked them into the buying pile.
Considering a quick browse through good ol eBay has them selling around the £1.80 mark plus, this has actually turned out to be a fairly good buy.
A terrible buy for the amount of silver within, but still a good buy considering there is an active market for these coins.
If the time comes that I need to sell some bits, having a healthy buying market really does help.
Next up is another 3 Pence piece, this time a 1919 dated one. Again it is in wonderful condition, a bit grubby, but I'm sure my polisher will be able to sort that out fairly easily.
The obverse of the coin: The uncrowned King George V
The reverse of the coin: A crowned denomination dividing the date within an oak wreath
Year: 1919
Value: 3 Pence
Currency: Pound Sterling
Silver: .925
Weight: 1.41 grams
Diameter: 16mm
Thickness: 0.8mm
The same composition as the 1918 piece above, but not as good a buying market for this one it seems.
Still though, they are selling at around the £1.60 region on eBay, so it's still worked out really well for what I paid.
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When I inherited my father's collection I found a few similar coins tucked away inside a cloth bag. I never noticed them as different from Canadian coinage at the time since some Canadian coins had the same kings and queens on them. The story is that these coins migrated over from Europe after the World Wars as Canadian solders came back home.
Oooo that's cool bit of history lesson for me 😃
Sweet old brit coin. The old silver coins just feel different, better, than New clad coins.
They are defiently a lot dirtier!
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