1843 sixpence copper .

philip72

Hello there I have a 1943 copper sixpence and can't find any copper sixpence for 1943 on line or anywhere there,s a copper alloy for 1948.So please any help would be appreciated .

endacl

Question?

philip72

endacl wrote: »

Question?

Hello is there a 1943 copper George v1 sixpence I know that they have made of silver but never seen a copper one

Westernyelp

philip72 wrote:

Hello is there a 1943 copper George v1 sixpence I know that they have made of silver but never seen a copper one

You just said you had one. No?

philip72

Westernyelp wrote: »

You just said you had one. No?

Sorry yes I do a copper one I silver Victoria ones 1800,s but I have never seen another copper one can't find one on line either.any help please

Peregrinus

philip72 wrote: »

Hello is there a 1943 copper George v1 sixpence I know that they have made of silver but never seen a copper one

Is the one you have a UK sixpence, or is it issued by some other British territory?

philip72

Peregrinus wrote: »

Is the one you have a UK sixpence, or is it issued by some other British territory?

From what I can tell ya it,s UK issue I have some
quite early issue silver sixpence but never seen another copper for 1943

philip72

philip72 wrote: »

From what I can tell ya it,s UK issue I have some
quite early issue silver sixpence but never seen another copper for 1943

Any help please .

nim1bdeh38l2cw

1843 or 1943????

philip72

Jax Gray Cherry wrote: »

1843 or 1943????

1943 copper/bronze UK issue sixpence .George V1.any Help please

Pkiernan

philip72 wrote: »

1943 copper/bronze UK issue sixpence .George V1.any Help please

I'll give you 12 cent for it.

philip72

philip72 wrote: »

1943 copper/bronze UK issue sixpence .George V1.any Help please

Yes 1943

coylemj

It may look copper but it's 50% silver, the rest is probably copper and nickel but it doesn't looks the colour it is now because of the copper (if any) content so if we're talking about the colour, it is not a copper coin, it came out of the Royal Mint as a shiny silver coin.



You mentioned a copper alloy for 1948, by that stage they had stopped using silver in coins and all silver-coloured coins were cupro-nickel (copper & nickel) with no silver content.

coylemj

It contains 1.4 grams of silver (half the coin's weight of 2.8 gms). At 47 US cents per gram, that means it's 'bullion' value is about 70 US cents or about 61 euro cents.

Given it's condition (fairly worn), it's value as a collectible is less than one pound sterling, about GBP 65p. Although a lot of them were melted down for the silver, there's still an awful lot of them about, given that almost 47 million were minted.

The UK pre-decimal sixpence (the 'tanner') was a survivor for a particular reason. When the currency was decimalized in the UK and Ireland in February 1971, the Brits hung on to the tanner for everyday use. They continued to use it in shops and pubs for it's new (and exact) decimal value of 2.5p - two and a half 'new' pence. Any that got bagged and banked never saw the light of day again but the coin continued in unofficial general circulation for several years. So a lot of them ended up falling down the backs of sofas or got left in jugs and jars on the sideboard instead of going back to the mint to be melted. That's why there is still a huge number of them out there and is the reason why that 1943 specimen of yours is worth so little.

philip72

coylemj wrote: »

It may look copper but it's 50% silver, the rest is probably copper and nickel but it doesn't looks the colour it is now because of the copper (if any) content so if we're talking about the colour, it is not a copper coin, it came out of the Royal Mint as a shiny silver coin.



You mentioned a copper alloy for 1948, by that stage they had stopped using silver in coins and all silver-coloured coins were cupro-nickel (copper & nickel) with no silver content.

Thank you so much for explaining yes I done some research on the royal mint
.thanks again

Esel

Is it possible that it is that 'colour' because it was buried at some stage?

philip72

Esel wrote: »

Is it possible that it is that 'colour' because it was buried at some stage?

Hi there I really don't know it might have it,s amongst others dating from 1844 early Victoria there all silver and 1800,s shillings and it,s the only copper one amongst them or copper colour.Thanks for message