A friend of mine has an ' Engelhard 1 ounce .999+ silver' medal or something, it doesn't look like U.S. currency, maybe something made by the Engelhard company for employees? Does anyone have any information on this piece? She also has an Italian coin commemorating the navy, and one that appears to be a British coin with Elizabeth II on the front, from 1969, below are pictures, any information would be appreciated. Thank you.
Here is the reverse of the 10 new pence. The first two pics are of the obverse and reverse of the 'american prospector ' silver piece. It looks a bit like a different coin in the first pic due to different lighting scenarios.
The Englehard is simply a silver round, a commercial product. The American Prospecter was used for a couple of years, 1984 and 1985 if I'm not mistaken. B
They are silver rounds, not legal tender. Engelhard is a company that produces silver rounds and silver bars for commercial sales.
As stated, the prospector is a silver round - value is the silver content. The Italian coin is a 200 Lira issued 1989 with a mintage of 50 million, value is about $1. The British coin is as it says, a new 10 pence with a mintage of about 314 million, value is about 25 cents.
The british coin looks like a standard 10 pence, I have a lot of those I belive its in standard circulation in england. I have no idea what the Italian coin is, lets wait for some of the international collectors give an opinon on that.
Thanks alot, to everyone, for the quick replies, I didn't think any of them were too unique, but at least now I have some answers for my friend. She also has a 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar, with the filled in 'S' mintmark, in quite good condition, is this at all unique?
Is silver up that high now? I was thinking around $7. So the filled in San Francisco mintmark doesn't make it worth any more than any other Susan B. Anthony dollar? I still really enjoy the look of the Susan B. Anthony dollar, nice lookin' coin.
Spot price of silver as of today from Kitco: 10.18 per ounce. http://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html I dont know much about SBA's other than that the 1979 variety is really common, I have about 30 of them in a drawer somewhere.
1979 Susan B. Anthony Dollar in PR 63 with a filled S is going for about $20, I do not know how many of mine have a filled S or a clear S or any other mint mark because I dont really pay attention to the SBA's that much, Im more of an Ike, Peace, and Morgan collector.
That 10 pence coin dates back to when the UK was phasing in decimalization, going from the old system of 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound (or 240 pence = 1 pound) to the decimalized system of 100 pence = 1 pound. To try to minimze confusion, pre-decimal coins would be treated as being worth the same fraction of a pound as before; so the old shilling was worth 12 old pence, would now be worth 5 new pence. To further ease the transition, new decimal coins were initially minted the same size as what they replaced. Thus the 10 pence coin was initally minted the same size as the florin (2 shillings). In 1971 the decimalization was complete. (1969 and 1970, they minted some of the new ones to help ease the transition.) I think by early 80's they new longer called them "new pence" just simply "pence" and they started minted them in their current sizes. You can still find a lot of the pre-decimal and transitional (decimal coins in old sizes) in circulation in the UK. I was there about 1992 and still found a bunch. Took a while to get used to, lol, but most of the older ones I took home as souvineers rahter than figure out what they trade as. After studying older British coins as I put a few in my collection I got used to figuring out the old system.
That is normal for a proof and business strike coin for this year....but the coin in this thread isn't proof...so the priceing here isn't good its just what GDJMSP said....$1. Speedy
I see, well, thanks for the responses. Troodon, that's some interesting history on the pence. Thank you. It is much appreciated. Have a good day.
I have several Engelhard American Prospector silver rounds. A couple of years ago they commanded a slight premium of about $3.00 over the spot price of silver since there were fewer of them around than some other silver round designs and some people collect them. I don't know if that is true anymore. I'd do a little research before selling it for spot.
Typically Engelhard rounds go for a slight premium over other bullion makers but it ranges from around $1 to $5 depending on where you get it from.
engelhard silver round engelhard american propectus might be the best seller in case the american eagle did not came out. others such as sunshine mining and franklin mint.
