Silver Saturday

[trout]

1787 Proclamation Shilling

 

[duggee27]

i need one of those trout

nice

can we guess the grade ?

[ausjack]

So you finally got your first pay graded, well done and good to see Lucky I'm here and your there or I think I'd get a slap for that one :friends:
MS62/63 at a very rough stab in the dark

[trout]

i need one of those trout

nice

can we guess the grade ?

If you like
I'll post the grade this arvo :ok:

[ausjack]

Now what's the point in me trying to stir you up if you won't bite, your no fun so come on bite little fishy bite..do I need to put out some more bait :laugh2:

[trout]

Actually my first pay was indeed in Shillings and Pence

I did a paper round 7 days a week in the UK , all types of weather for 5/- a week and I also worked on a milk round Saturday and Sunday mornings and got 10/- for that.
Not Bad Quids for a 14 year old Kid in 1968
The horrible thing is that I probably handled hundreds of these types of coins back than and didn't have a bloody clue :dash1:

[ausjack]

gee this threads been a bit quiet so even though it's not quite saturday I'll rehash it now as I hope to be in brissie for anda then
Now I think I might have got this 1954 royal visit off PP a little while ago, even thought it's only light but nice die crack running from the left of the bust to the writing

63 florin, another light die crack running along the bottom of the bust
 
53 shil, bit of doubling on the next two pic's of the same coin


53 shil, tiny die crack from the A to the rim

and another from the A to the rim but on the obverse

[robbiegal]

the hubby picked this up recently
1814R BRAZIL    960 REIS - overstamped on an 8 Reales (8 reales = 1 silver peso  - piece of
we think that the host was a Portrait Pillar Dollar

[serial]

That's nice! Love the toning!!

[Triggersmob]

Thanks for showing the coins guys and gals.
Nice to see this thread moving again.
50 Zombucks.

[ausjack]

Wow RG that's different :good:

:laugh2: now that's a pearla of a coin for dooms day Steve

[robbiegal]

yeah I like the dooms day coin
is it real silver or cyanide disguised as a coin?

thanks AJ - the hubby's coin - he likes all that odd sort of stuff (for me - if it's not a penny ..... meh)

[ausjack]

gee RG we're gonna have to change your wicked ways and get you into all sorts of coins

[Triggersmob]

yeah I like the dooms day coin
is it real silver or cyanide disguised as a coin?

LOL, no it's real silver.

[Australian coin]

cool coins