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Silver Market values:

If you have a coin/coins that are British, silver coloured, and dated before 1920 the coin (assuming it's not hammered and a genuine coin) is made of Sterling (92.5%) silver. If you have a British silver coin dated 1921-1946 it contains 50% silver. Such coins do often have a numismatic value but if very worn are only worth their Bullion value. The live chart below shows the current value of silver in GBP(£) per KG:

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Identification:

Some British coins can be hard to identify. If you are not sure what denomination a coin is maybe my identification guide will help.

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Popular Valuation requests:

Lots of people are asking for valuations of coins not within my specialist area. I specialise in British Predecimal coins and also modern coin types (1800-date) of Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein and although knowledge on some colonial types may be in existence, my knowledge on other foreign coins is low and with the work load as it is, I regret foreign valuation requests will not be dealt with.

Very popular at the moment are enquiries about British 2p coins with the words 'New Pence' on the back. A BBC television programme seems to have started the confusion and to prevent people writing to me I have created this page. 

Something people ask about frequently, even after 6 years are concerning British £2 coins with the Queen wearing a necklace. It was a myth, a complete fabrication. As far as I am aware mintage numbers for the normal circulated issue were the same for this variety as the others (about 13,000,000) and this coin is not rare and has no extra value.

People regularly ask me about coins where the back appears upside down compared to the front. i.e when you hold a coin between two fingers at the top and bottom and rotate it, the reverse image is upside down. These coins are not fakes or rare, Most British coins dated before 1860 were like that and all American, and many other countries coins are still made that way.

Other popular enquiries are on the Elizabeth II commemorative crowns (5 Shillings or later £5.00, 1953 - date). These coins are generally worth very little as they were produced in such high numbers. The 'Churchill' Crown is a popular enquiry and is only worth about £1.00 even if in mint condition. Although there are many varieties of Crowns... Specimen strikings, Proofs, Silver Proofs, Gold Proofs etc and these are all worth more than their 'Standard' cousins.

Believe it or not some people even assume wrongly that I must know about jewellery, and ask me about rings, chains etc! If you ask a silly question, you'll either get no reply, or a very silly answer!

If you have any doubts (about coins!), do contact me!

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Useful Info Links:

Advice Hub. Links to all advice texts.

Gold, Silver and popular valuation requests - information on current silver and gold market values and some notes about popular valuation requests.

Grading guide - Grading British and World coins including grading chart from 11 different countries.

Denomination guide - Predecimal monetary system info.

Identification guide - Diameters and metal types of British coins to help identification.

Coin images - Nearly 600 pictures of most British coins from the last 100 years+.

Key Dates - An Important reference list of all the British key date coins 1821 - 1970. Great to help you when you find the time to sort through your accumulation!

Got a question? - Need personal advice FOC. You are welcome to email.