Happy weekend Steemians!
I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend! Yesterday I decided to go on a trawl of our local antique shops to see if I could spot any silver that was begging to come home with me.
Hurrah! I found two pieces... but deciding whether to go for it or not was another matter.
The first was this VE / VJ commemorative 1995 coin (this pic is an example) It was in gorgeous condition but was quite pricey.
The second one was this 1967 Canadian Dollar.
Anyway... after sleeping on it and taking some great advice from @monsterjamgold and @saffisara who told me to follow my instinct on what I liked when it came to stacking... I bought the dollar.
Yay! My stack may be tiny, but it's growing!
So here's today's question for the SSG community... when it comes to UK commemorative coins, it seems many were made in both silver and coppper-nickel versions. How do you tell the difference? Is it just the overall look or is there a mark to look for?
Evie x
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Any silver is good silver .
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Tis true! Sad to have to pick and choose 😂
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Happy weekend to you, too, @eveningart! Thanks for the show. Yup... stacking is slow and steady. Just keep on stacking... before you know it, there will be no room to store them, you'll have a secret room built just to keep them together and safe! STack on, my friend. Take care.
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Hi! Hope you're having a lovely day. Now... I'm loving the idea of a secret stack room #lifegoals 😁
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How fantastic that you were able to find two good pieces right at the local antique shops. And getting only one means you have something to set your sights on later! 😍
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I'm so lucky- my town has about 10 antique shops and one guy is a coin specialist. Fingers crossed lots more tasty pieces will arrive ... e x
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Nice score just from an antique shop. When I go to the few rare shows in my area Commemorative coins often come with a COA, Certificate of Authenticity. Canadian RCM commemoratives have been either 92.5%, 50% silver and Nickel Steel and always issued a COA. Bullion coins will always have a 0.999+FS somewhere. If not, then I resort to some kind of test (I'd carry a Neodymium rare earth magnet or a regular magnet) especially Nickel clad steel coins. There are various tests if the dealer cannot help you but it always pays to do a little research first.
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Thanks- I'm super lucky with the shops in our town! Okay... so I hadn't even considered a magnet- simple and genius and easy to take with you!!
A lot of the coins I'm finding are just loose in the bottom of the bits and pieces trays. No box or packaging- and most likely nickel... but it would be fun to find a silver one amongst them! E x
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You Got GOOSED !!!
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Woop!!
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