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Double Florin

bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,686 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Been wanting one of these for a long while, finally got one.



GB Double Florin.



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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,949 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice original example - congrats!
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,011 ✭✭✭✭✭
    These can often be found with stellar toning in the MS grades. I bought an UNC 1888 raw at a show a few years ago which had pretty pastel pinks and greens over ample cartwheel luster. ANACS gave it MS64. I should have sent it to PCGS and gotten TrueView pix.



    That is an appealing circulated example with the contrasting "CircCam" toning I like on circulated silver. This is a neat denomination. The tiny nick under Vickie's chin does not bother me. Congrats. Cool pickup.

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  • Jackthecat1Jackthecat1 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭
    A nice coin with honest wear.
    Member ANS, ANA, GSNA, TNC



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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,378 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love the British coins! image

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  • mnemtsas2mnemtsas2 Posts: 745 ✭✭✭
    I found out last week these double florins were known as the "barmaid's curse". The size was so close to that of a crown that it was often passed off as such by customers which resulted in barmaids in busy pubs unwittingly giving 1/- too much in change. And in the late 19th century 1/- was not an insignificant sum.
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool info Mark. Reminds me when the Susan B. Anthony dollars came out in the US. People were confusing them for quarters.

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