Any rare POST-1947 british coins?

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  1. hertsmatt

    hertsmatt New Member

    I have a big box of post 1947 shillings/florins etc and i cant find ANY info on wether or not there are any rare post 1947 dates??

    obviously there is no silver content but im speaking purely from a collectors POV

    any ideas?
     
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  3. jello

    jello Not Expert★NormL®

    :thumb:Yes + No
    Some date are very rare 1921 one is 1
    but post some photos like this We or I can tell ya mintage $$ maybe.
    as there was so many country UK had coin minted for that the Key to how Rare they can be
     

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  4. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    If it is just Florins and shillings, the short answer is "no". One or two are over face value if they are EF or better (using European measures, so you need AU or MS and above using US gradings to feature). If you have copper/brass in there as well, you may have more luck - the 1950, 1951 and 1953 pennies are all of interest, and also the 1946 and 1949 threepences in Brass.
    But unless something grabs you as stunning condition, most are around face value or scrap metal (whichever is higher) only.
     
  5. Derick

    Derick Well-Known Member

    Rare is a strong term here. Post 1947 in regards to Shillings and Florins not really rare circulation coinage in my opinion. The rare items are mostly the proofs.
     
  6. peter1234

    peter1234 Member

    The 1959 Scottish shilling is a low mintage "key" date but the last couple I have sold was hardly worth the effort of posting.:(
    There are some variety collectors but the market hasn't taken off yet.
     
  7. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    For the shillings several of the Scottish varieties are more collectible, but they will only fetch a few dollars. If you don't know the difference, there are two different designs for each year, the English and Scottish. For the earlier dates, the Scottish has the lion sitting and facing outward, while the English is standing. On the later dates, I think the English has three lions and the Scottish has one.
     
  8. TheNickelGuy

    TheNickelGuy Well-Known Member

    There are a lot of recent Royal mint proof coins that are of very limited production in the past 20 years. I have a number of these with mintages of 5000 or 10000 but they are not fetching the money they were originally sold for by the Royal mint. Most of these have turned out to be poor investments as much as I have learned from them. The only ones that have increased significantly that I have are the gold coins, and that is only because of the rise in gold bullion prices since the time they were issued. Even with the beauty of them and the low mintages, they still are only worth a small amount over bullion.
     
  9. hertsmatt

    hertsmatt New Member

    Hey guys thanks for the replies, guess ill just pop them in the loft for a couple of hundred years then! haha even the older ones i have dont seem to command much value, thank you fro taking the time to reply and thank you for the offer of having a look jello but i fear, due to some further research of the coins, i may just be wasting your time! :)
     
  10. jello

    jello Not Expert★NormL®

    :thumb:

    Thank you!!!
     
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