A kings only silver CROWN....

Pinch, punch, first of the month.... or so they say!! Its been a while since I had the time to post regularly, but with the start of a fresh month, its given me rhe kick up the backside to start posting daily again(or so i hope).

A few weeks back I managed to aquire a little box of mixed coins from a work colleague. You see her late father had recently passed and she knew i had an interest in not just precious metals, but all types of coins too.

She had asked of I wouldnt mind going over a few of the coins and giving her my opinion as to thier value.

To be honest, the way she was talking about her late fathers collection, I was expecting to have to appraise a rare and valuable assortment of gold and silver coinage.

Unfortunately for her, the majority of his collection were cupro-nickel, low value, common coins. There were a few nice coins, and after using the power of google/ebay and some general knowledge, I was able to give her a value of the more expensive coins.

Were not talking £100s of pounds, were talking more £2, £4, £5, £20 (max) per coin, but it all adds up. Now she was a little disappointed, but thanked me for my honesty and help. So much so she offered to give me all her fathers coins for nothing. She knows I love coins, and I reassured her i wouldnt be selling them.

The first coin ill be showing from my newly acquired collection is a pretty decent 1937 CROWN coin. Whilst not worth a fortune, it is a pretty important coin in british history. The 1937 crown is a coin that nobody saw coming, and was in fact one of only two crowns that were produced during the unexpected reign of King George VI. Following the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII, George had no choice but to reluctantly step up to become king. The 1937 crown was minted to celebrated his coronation, but no more were made during his reign untill 1951, some 14yrs later

Most 1937 crowns that you will likely come across are the circulated version with a mintage of just 419,000. They are indeed made from silver, more specifically 0.500 silver. Weighing 28g, this give a grand total of14g of silver per coin

14g X £0.60 = £8.40 worth of silver (01/12/22)

Being a low mintage and the only silver CROWN of King George vi reign, its collectors value is just around double that of ots silver content.

A great little coin to add to my collection. Ill also be showing off the 1951 crown, its brother, as the only other crown coin of king George VI reign tomorrow. So tune in for another boring coin blog

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