So my mum and i were searching through some old boxes in her garage. There was a ruck of old commemorative coins my mum had bought celebrating the Queens silver jubilee. This is the 25th anniversary of her coronation.
There were other coins for random events as well but none of them are rare at all and they have no intrinsic value being made of nickel and copper. While they look nice it was quite disappointing to find out that they had no silver in them whatsoever.
I was set to give up when a darker coin that I had at first missed, caught the light and i saw it glinting.
I won't lie i don't know much about old coins and i had to google it. At first i saw that it was 50% silver and i was thrilled with the estimated £6 bullion value, but then i started to delve a little deeper knowing it could have some numismatic value and i found that good examples of this coin sell for £150 - £200 on ebay. I am very happy with this find!
Unfortunately someone has attacked the obverse with a sharp object scratching away at the petina and obviously damaging the coin beyond repair :(
I am very upset about this but there is absolutely nothing i can do. I can also see some slightly orange colouring where it has been scratched and was wondering if this could mean the worst...
I am very happy with finding it anyway, if anyone has any information on this coin or would care to hazard a guess at its value i would be very appreciative.
Thanks very much for reading