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That's "electroplated" and that's what the first two letters E & P stand for. Electroplating uses tiny amounts of silver , the layer is extremely thin. So unless you want the item for what it is not its metal content steer clear.

Wow that's excellent , thanks Ronnie 666! If i could trade it with someone for 2 ounces id be mighty tempted but somethings telling me to keep it for the time being, my oldest coin by quite a long shot.

Hey all, so i was buying some coins as a job lot and noticed that one was much older than the others..They were advertised as pre 1947 50% silver but one was a 1817 sixpence. Very hard to tell condition from the grainy picture so i bid 10% above spot price inclusive of postage and took my...

Cheers guys, just wondered really because its the first time i had seen it happen. With my limited funds its hard to know when to buy every bit saved is more silver to my small 30oz stack.. Do I wait and hope it drops or do I jump in now and add more while price are lower than its been for ages...

I am also very interested in this, i was thinking about it the other day..Anyone?

How common of occurrence is this? I only started stacking back in december 2012 and only have a measly 30 oz lol, id like to get more, but im unemployed and so each and every ounce is a struggle through trading..Its the first time I have seen dealers stop selling and im wondering how often this...

I thought this would be how they probably come because for some coins on atkinsons it says 10+ where as others it does not (philharmonics) , but thanks sounds like it was a good idea I got the protective cases. Another thing i have been wondering is why is there so much variation in prices...

I understand what you are saying and agree, and in general I will certainly be going for price - weight ratio, But to have the bison's instead of the maples only cost me a extra 2.5% on the whole order to include postage and protective cases and I thought it was a fair gamble for the potential...

Thank you for the detailed and very helpful reply Photonaware. And for making me have more realistic expectations, i currently only have 1kg of 925 silver to my name so weight is what I am looking to build up more than anything, but I must admit I had a vision of the coins all looking like the...

Thanks for explaining that to me Photonaware:) I will be ordering from Atkinsons so will have to wait till the morning.:( Any rough ideas on how much milkspots can effect the value of a coin? out of ten coins could it just be one or two that have milkspots or is it more likely if one does the...

Ah yes I have heard about these being prone to this! Is this something that would happen strait from the mint? the coins are new, so I thought if i put them strait in protective plastic capsules they should be ok? Im guessing milkspots would destroy any added premium a coin may gain..Since they...

Great thank you RMP:) I thought at 45 pence per coin its well worth getting the capsules if they fit, otherwise was going to go for the maples but after some thought I think the Bison coins are for me right now. Whilst not as recognisable as the maple (I'm guessing) the premium the 2011 Timber...

Hey all, been lurking since about December, I don't really have anything to contribute as of yet but i enjoy reading the forums each day and watching the charts. So I am really small time silver collector and up to now have stuck to sterling silver whilst I save up for my first roll on ten...

Yep that's a good point, To be honest i would probably end up lugging it down the scrapyard myself in years time or something so it would be a set price and they would know what to pay for it, what interested me the most is its under spot i can buy it for where as silver is always quite a bit...

Sorry if this is in the wrong place as i know Brass is not a Precious metal! but i may soon have the option to acquire some. As someone who is unemployed my stack grows at a snail pace level lol, and sits at about 1KG of silver spread between jewellery and junk coins that i collected since...

I have a sovereign GT and detect the local beach often, i went for this model because for price/performance ratio for the wet sand its very good. last year the huge majority of finds were ring pulls and bottle tops, but there was 3 gems as well:)

Thanks for the advice and thanks for having a go at google translate soupdragon! - you certainly did better than me! I think it may be a "bar mitzvah" gift, as searching "bar mitzvah silver medal" shows lots of very similar ones but nothing the same. Id be interested in trying to find out its...

Can anyone help me ID this recently acquired coin/medal (I think) ? I have spend hours trying to work out what it is searching google and countless websites, google translate, with no luck at all. i am 99% sure this is solid silver but no idea about purity. it weighs 19.8 grams. Any ideas at...

Well done Taz and thanks for the game:)

welcome from another new UK member:)