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Title: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Zeus (Joel) on September 15, 2011, 09:34:19 AM
To follow on from Rob's Copper/Bronze thread Whats your most Favourite Silver Coin and Why ?

Mine has to be these as they came from my Grandfather Who sadly passed away when i was very young.

(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/zeus98765/photo-25.jpg)
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/zeus98765/photo-26.jpg)


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: herbie on September 15, 2011, 12:54:13 PM
Lucius Verus Denarius, my first denarius and in amazing condition :)


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Chef Geoff on September 15, 2011, 01:05:15 PM
I'll have to find a better one as this is getting embarrassing, I always show the same one :-\ Found at a DW rally back in the spring of 09.

  (http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/Chef_02/groat.jpg)


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Techony on September 15, 2011, 01:18:48 PM
That would be my Stefan Uros II Milutin dinar found in march:

(http://finds.org.uk/images/jcassidy/medium/NARC-51E953%20a.jpg)
(http://finds.org.uk/images/jcassidy/medium/NARC-51E953%20b.jpg)

http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/442980 (http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/442980)


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Roman (Ray) on September 15, 2011, 03:34:12 PM
this is my favourite silver coin.


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: DEADLOCK on September 15, 2011, 03:48:10 PM
This mone my first hsmmy


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Mike on September 15, 2011, 04:10:01 PM
mine is my aethelred 11 helmet type penny in top top grade , no photo sorry as it now liveshappily in cardiff museum since 1993 , mr besly was rather please when he saw it  :o :o


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: heather on September 15, 2011, 04:26:16 PM
Mine is the Irish hammered, when it came up I thought I had found something extremely rare as I had never seen an Irish penny before, and was so excited, hay paid for, insurance paid for, kids sorted and holidays !  oh yess !! lol.  It was a great day until I found out that it was Irish and not rare !  :)

 


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Kev on September 15, 2011, 04:59:12 PM
my first silver denarius  found   april 2008 near abergavenny.
Hadrian Denarius   AD  136











 

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Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: geordiefred on September 15, 2011, 05:47:24 PM
still my favourite silver coin find.


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: staterchaser on September 16, 2011, 07:35:32 AM
Flavius Victor, Silver Siliqua 383-388 CE. Found last year, I love it cos of the detail is so fine. Was at a rally near Newbury, wasn’t finding much but regularly looking round and noticed that a guy was at the far corner of the field and didn’t move for over an hour. Digging plenty of holes all the time. I guessed he was onto something so casually made my way over. As I got there he was walking away. Within minutes bingo! Out came the Siliqua. I stayed there for some time but nothing else to mention. Intrigued with what the other chap had, I caught up with him later to find out he was a beginner and had found a George penny and stayed there looking for more.  :)
Last year I got some lovely denari even a lovely Republican, all very special but this is the only Siliqua. Well chuffed :)


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Dodger on September 16, 2011, 07:37:08 AM
My first Scottish hammered, a groat of Robert II 1371-1390. Had been a very quiet field and I was working my way back to the car when I got a good signal. I thought I had a bottle top at first until I seen the circle and cross on the reverse. I knew I had a groat but was even more pleased on turning it over and seeing the left facing bust of a Scottish coin. Still get a thrill when I pick it up.  :D


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: colin on September 16, 2011, 08:54:36 AM
this is my favourite silver coin because of the size and detail of it .


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: tyna on September 16, 2011, 10:35:29 AM
To follow on from Rob's Copper/Bronze thread Whats your most Favourite Silver Coin and Why ?

Mine has to be these as they came from my Grandfather Who sadly passed away when i was very young.

([url]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/zeus98765/photo-25.jpg[/url])
([url]http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/zeus98765/photo-26.jpg[/url])


My Grandfather was a collector of coins (hobby) but my Uncle (now dead) had them all -  don't know what hppened to them all Joel and don't really care that much  ???  Though Will (my Grandfather) may still have a different opinion  ???


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: jmhammered on September 16, 2011, 11:01:05 AM
unique coin ATHELRED 11 only coin recorded by monyer Grind , now resides in the Lincoln museum ,the waste out of a pond was deposited on the field in question

              good hunting John


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Mungo on September 16, 2011, 11:22:41 AM
i do like this Charlie Halfcrown .... ;D one of me first finds ........ :P


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Neil on September 16, 2011, 04:29:58 PM
For me its an unusual find for South Wales in the shape of an 1838 United states silver Half Dime. Minted before their Civil War, whilst slavery was still wide spread and in a year when the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern U.S. were forcible removed leading to over 4,000 deaths in the Trail of Tears.

Not that long ago when you think about it and what it was doing in a pasture in the VOG we'll never know.

 
Cheers
Neil


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Zeus (Joel) on September 16, 2011, 04:54:38 PM
ohhh i do like that...but with me being an American i would wouldn't i....lol


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: dances with badgers on September 18, 2011, 05:09:47 AM
my favourite silver to date is this charles 1st sixpence.its my first hammy from the beach


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Mungo on September 22, 2011, 08:19:02 PM
another Charlie , Charlie  11 this time , xxx halfcrown, a rewarding find ...... ;D


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: rjm on September 22, 2011, 08:38:11 PM
Some lovely coins. Keep 'em coming....


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: Mick on September 22, 2011, 10:20:15 PM
My most beautiful coin in the set so far, why ?- take a look  ;D

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7kGzqJK0_RE/Tm4lr3MfcJI/AAAAAAAACfM/P5i0QW5dPmE/s640/100_0403.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vG16S7JMSII/Tm4lmKG5DII/AAAAAAAACfU/CF_hm6qVbcg/s640/100_0401.JPG)


Title: Re: Whats your Favourite Silver coin in collection and why ?
Post by: rupertx on September 23, 2011, 07:17:52 AM
Wow !

That is an absolute stunner. Looks like it was made just yesterday.

Superb find.


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