Your thoughts on predecimal as part of a silver stash.

I'm interested to learn about people's thoughts on predecimal as part of a serious silver stash.

Do you keep some predecimal?

I keep predecimal because it's "real" to me.

I was born in 1954 and always lived in Australia so it's the coinage I knew as a kid.

I like it because it can be easily obtained and normally close to spot.

I keep more "post 1945" than "pre 1946".

But "pre" is cheaper to put in the letter box than "post" so I should buy more "pre".

Anyway there's some of my thoughts.

How about you.

Is predecimal a good thing or isn't it?

 

Love the stuff, mind you, I used to get it below spot so that may account for why I have so many kilos of it.

Mostly post because that is what you can buy in bulk.

Slight chance of a numismatic find but as most bulk lots are from dealers who have already picked through them this is not often, but still keeps me entertained for a few hours.

 

Pre-decimal is a good investment with little or no premium over spot. It's not as sexy as 999, but you get free copper!

 

Cheers Sammy

 

Yes I spend hours cleaning them, ho hum lol

 

I love the stuff. I especially like heading out with a detector for the day and coming back with 'free silver'.

 

Don't be afraid to share your favourite detector sites with us lol.

 

I have spent far more on cloudy ammonia and bi-carb of soda than I even want to think about, not to mention the tooth brushes and the cleaning cloths I have gone through, the backache from leaning over them for a few hours each night and the black thumb from rubbing the grime off them. They do look good all shined up but it sure upsets the numismatists.

 

Not to mention the toothpaste and the Goddard's Silver Dip!

And then there's the ultrasonic jewellery cleaner and the steam cleaner ... yeah ... I think I'm hooked.

 

Try puting them in the cutlery tray in the dishwasher!

 

Try explaining to my wife why there are dirty old coins in her dishwasher. I did think about it once but I was brought down to earth fairly quickly. In her defence it was about 23 Kg of the stuff and they had been kept in a cardboard box which had rotted onto the coins.

Edit: I was told by someone to put them in an old pair of tights before putting them in the dishwasher so that they could get a good clean without going all over the place but obviously I never got to try this.