Silver Saturday

[trout]

I haven't seen one of these coins in hand, but my guess is that they are stunning coins to look at.

They Do look rather nice and they really stand out on the pages in the album I keep them in with the circulation issues and proofs.
I think that 1991, 2006 and 2016 are the only years that the 1c and 2c Silver Proofs were issued in.
I haven't got one of the 2006 2c coin with the IRB obverse though

[r9453]

omg its saturday again. Not the best 1917 florin that I have but its been in my possession for at least 50 years since it was given to me by my grandfathers brother, Charlie - a WW1 veteran who died in 1965.

[Triggersmob]

Nice coin. Quality does not matter, I'm sure it has so much more personal value to you.

[Unicorn]

:i_agree:

Yes, the provenance makes that a keeper regardless of grade! :good:
Afternote. I have a pocket knife that my uncle gave me for Christmas back in the 60's. (Imagine these days giving a 6 year old a knife). It is visible in my keyboard tray as we speak, a definate prized possession. :good:

[r9453]

I think I missed out last Saturday, whatever. 2003 ex Fine Silver set:

[trout]

I posted this one in the world coins section earlier this week But Hey Hey It's Saturday So .......

[r9453]

But Hey Hey It's Saturday So .......

Dei Gratia Regina (often abbreviated to D. G. Regina and seen as D·G·REGINA) is a Latin title meaning By the Grace of God, Queen.

This phrase still appears on the obverse of many coins, for example Canadian coins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dei_Gratia_Regina

[trout]

Dei Gratia Regina (often abbreviated to D. G. Regina and seen as D·G·REGINA) is a Latin title meaning By the Grace of God, Queen.

It is odd that we dropped that from our legends on coins when we went to Decimal coins in 1966.
We also Dropped "FD" or FIEDE DEFENSOR, Defender of the Faith in 1953 as well.

[Triggersmob]

R9453 and Trout, 2 very nice coins.
Thanks for sharing.

[p.gee]

I really like this coin that I found the other day and thought it would make a worthy addition to this thread. I think it's a British crown. Not great condition but a big chunk of silver.
   

[trout]

The old Brit crowns are a nice chunk of Stirling Silver and they do have a nice "feel" to them, Shame about the graffiti on yours though.
Unlike our 1937 and 1938 crowns the Brit crowns saw plenty of circulation and were quite a popular circulating coin.

[r9453]

I took this to show someone on a Facebook group, warning big coin, big image:
 

[Triggersmob]

Sweet coin and great pic.

[ausjack]

Yes nice pic Rob :good:

[r9453]

Here we are again, another saturday morning, the last one before daylight saving ends, so its still dark outside. I was doing some housekeeping with my files and I found this image, its not my coin and I have no idea who to credit. It looks like a nice coin: