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SILVER HALFCROWNS Mon 9th Jul 2007 16:39:54

Coinandstampman

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I have today listed a few more Silver Halfcrowns of the 1930's and 1940's ........... These are getting scarce now after sixty years when they paid well to melt down for their silver content !...... Could be worth putting a few away ..... I am only selling because of my advancing age

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SILVER HALFCROWNS Tue 11th Mar 2008 12:13:37

Coinandstampman

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In response to Coinandstampman [100% (229x)] :

I have today listed a few more Silver Halfcrowns of the 1930's and 1940's ........... These are getting scarce now after sixty years when they paid well to melt down for their silver content !...... Could be worth putting a few away ..... I am only selling because of my advancing age

I put that message here last July. Was I right about the price of Silver !!!

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SILVER HALFCROWNS Thu 26th Jun 2008 11:31:35

Kalavati

In response to Coinandstampman [100% (229x)] :

i am having silver half crowns of george vi king emperor (indian coin)1942 i want the good buyer ?

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SILVER HALFCROWNS Thu 26th Jun 2008 15:55:31

Cajunsr1

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In response to Kalavati :

i am having silver half crowns of george vi king emperor (indian coin)1942 i want the good buyer ?

hello Kalavati, the best suggestion here is to put them in the delcampe auctions. if you send images of them first, someone here can give you a catalog value on them. be sure to send obverse and reverse views. i have bought some of these coins a few years back for my brother who is a coin collector. they were very nice with a striking design. the ones i bought were earlier dates with the preceding king george V. regards, cajunsr.

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SILVER HALFCROWNS Thu 26th Jun 2008 20:09:12

Rogermo

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In response to Kalavati :

i am having silver half crowns of george vi king emperor (indian coin)1942 i want the good buyer ?

The Indian silver coins of George VI marked "George VI King Emperor" are not half-crowns. They are rupees. They were only 50% silver in 1942. Silver half-crowns marked "Ind Imp" etc are not Indian coins. They are mostly British coins. They too were 50% silver in 1942. It is just possible you may have half-crowns from Australia etc marked "Ind Imp" etc, and these are sterling silver, but they have the name of the country clearly on them , as do the Indian rupees. Actually, what fits your description best is the half-crown of New Zealand which is marked "George VI King Emperor" and also "half-crown", but of course New Zealand too. They are 50% silver. Similarly with Southern Rhodesia, marked Southern Rhodesia, sterling silver. Given these possibilities, Cajunsr's advice is obviously right, but you need to be sure of the country to put them in the correct category . Except for the British coins, it' s just a matter of reading the name of the country in English. Rogermo

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SILVER HALFCROWNS Fri 27th Jun 2008 05:45:36

Cajunsr1

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In response to Rogermo [100% (42x)] (Closed account) :

The Indian silver coins of George VI marked "George VI King Emperor" are not half-crowns. They are rupees. They were only 50% silver in 1942.

Silver half-crowns marked "Ind Imp" etc are not Indian coins. They are mostly British coins. They too were 50% silver in 1942.

It is just possible you may have half-crowns from Australia etc marked "Ind Imp" etc, and these are sterling silver, but they have the name of the country clearly on them , as do the Indian rupees.

Actually, what fits your description best is the half-crown of New Zealand which is marked "George VI King Emperor" and also "half-crown", but of course New Zealand too. They are 50% silver.
Similarly with Southern Rhodesia, marked Southern Rhodesia, sterling silver.

Given these possibilities, Cajunsr's advice is obviously right, but you need to be sure of the country to put them in the correct category . Except for the British coins, it' s just a matter of reading the name of the country in English.

Rogermo

bonsoir rogermo, yes, the coins i purchased from a person was indian, but living here in the u.s. , were rupees. i believe the silver content was greater than 50% in those coins of george V. yes, according to the krauss catalog, they were 91% silver. the same for george VI rupees up to 1938. in 1939, the silver content was reduced to 50%. amities, cajunsr.

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SILVER HALFCROWNS Fri 27th Jun 2008 13:20:18

Rogermo

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In response to Cajunsr1 [99% (502x)] :

bonsoir rogermo,
yes, the coins i purchased from a person was indian, but living here in the u.s. , were rupees. i believe the silver content was greater than 50% in those coins of george V. yes, according to the krauss catalog, they were 91% silver. the same for george VI rupees up to 1938. in 1939, the silver content was reduced to 50%.

amities,
cajunsr.

British coins changed to 50% silver in 1920 (and to an excellent cupro-nickel alloy in 1947). It's rather interesting how different countries changed at different dates. I think that, from the point of view of collectors, the importance of the metal used is often very much exaggerated. British half-crowns from 1920 to 1926 are actually worth more than those from 1914 to 1919 (1923 less, but 1925 and 1926 considerably more). And 1949 to 1951 are worth more than 1944 to 1946. Nor is it always easy to tell the difference between the metals. The superb 1951 crown looks very much as though it must be silver, but it isn't. Rogermo

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