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Mined Games | 04-02-2007 06:37 PM
British Silver Coin I was going through the box of generic rounds at the local coin shop and one round caught my eye. Upon inspection, I realized that it was British currency. It's a 2002 two pound denomination coin. It's marked "one ounce fine silver." The front has a profile of the queen, and the back has a robed woman clutching a trident and a sheild. It's a very attractive coin. Has anyone seen these before? I thought it was a good find, compared to what is usually considered to be generic silver.

AgAuGal | 04-02-2007 07:07 PM
Re: British Silver Coin Is it a Britania? On second thought probably not because Britania I believe is made of sterling. Never mind I don't know but if it says .999 I suspect it is just a round replicating British currency and not actually leagal tender. Maybe some of our British friends here at GIM can clarify.

Raccoon | 04-02-2007 07:14 PM
Re: British Silver Coin It is the Great Britain 2 Pound Silver Britannia. Mintage 100,000/year. It contains 1 troy ounce and is made of .958 silver. A very beautiful coin. APMEX sells the uncirculated 2002 Britannia for $31.30.

mjk1971 | 04-02-2007 07:37 PM
Re: British Silver Coin Quote:
Originally Posted by Mined Games (Post 559160) I was going through the box of generic rounds at the local coin shop and one round caught my eye. Upon inspection, I realized that it was British currency. It's a 2002 two pound denomination coin. It's marked "one ounce fine silver." The front has a profile of the queen, and the back has a robed woman clutching a trident and a sheild. It's a very attractive coin. Has anyone seen these before? I thought it was a good find, compared to what is usually considered to be generic silver.
It's a Britannia, my preferred UK coin. :proud:

goldminer | 04-02-2007 09:06 PM
Re: British Silver Coin IMO one of the best looking bullion coins. .958 fine is called "Britannia Silver". Great find!

mjk1971 | 04-02-2007 09:14 PM
Re: British Silver Coin Quote:
Originally Posted by goldminer (Post 559300) IMO one of the best looking bullion coins. .958 fine is called "Britannia Silver". Great find!
2003 is my favorite.

Wyldwil | 04-02-2007 10:45 PM
Re: British Silver Coin 1 Attachment(s) Quote:
Originally Posted by mjk1971 (Post 559305) 2003 is my favorite.
Me too.....

TomD | 04-03-2007 08:43 AM
Re: British Silver Coin 1 Attachment(s) Oh yeah, check out the gold proof version

Mined Games | 04-03-2007 03:59 PM
Re: British Silver Coin Yeah it is a Brittania. I'm a little surprised that it's not .999 silver, but at least it contains a full ounce overall. Thanks for the feedback and info guys!

flash91 | 04-03-2007 04:11 PM
Re: British Silver Coin small world - I ordered 20 of these the other day. Bad investment in bullion terms, but they were pretty so I picked some up.

goldminer | 04-03-2007 09:25 PM
Re: British Silver Coin There's a good story behind .958 Britannia Silver. Seems some time back folks were melting silver coins to manufacture "Sterling" items. .958 I understand was introduced to bring the melting to a halt.

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