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1920 Obverse & Reverse
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ST 1920 A - Obv.
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ST 1920 A - Obv. 3 - F. D.
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ST 1920 A - Obv. 3 - GEORGIVS
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ST 1920 A - Obv. 3 - The (upright leg ) D of F. D. points to a tooth in the border.
The (up right leg) E of GEORGIVS points to a gap between teeth in the border.
The tail of the R is pointed.
* 1920 is the year that the Royal Mint reduced the amount of silver in the coins, due to the
high price of silver on the London Commodity Exchange on 11 February 1920.
Coins were reduced from 0.925 silver to 0.500 silver (1/2 silver & 1/2 copper).
However, before the reduction in the silver content was made in the silver 3ds several
million silver 3ds had already been struck in 0.925 silver.
The only way that these coins two different silver content 3ds can be distinguishable
is by their "ring". This can be subjective unless one has either a pre 1920 or post 1920
silver 3d to compare the 'ring' tone with.
Now finding a way to test this "ring" is more difficult. I tried balancing on the end of my
finger and tapping the coin with a plastic toothbrush end. This did not work as my fingertip
was as large as the coin ! Next I tried dropping a silver 3d, onto the wooden edge of my
desk, from about 6 inches, this appeared to give a better indication of which was
0.925 silver and what was probably 0.500 silver. This is what I found.
A silver 3d with 0.925 silver gave a nice 'tingggg' sound whereas
A silver 3d with 0.500 silver gave a sort of "dull thud" sound !
The silver 3d with 0.925 also appear to have a high silvery colour whereas
The silver 3d with 0.500 can also have a silvery colour but also a duller greyish colour !
Neither of the above descriptions are completely helpful or possibly wholly accurate but
I cannot think of a more scientific or easier way to distinguish the between the two silvers.
If anyone has a better idea as to distinguish between the two silver types - "accurately" -
I would be very pleased to hear of it.
Probably 90% of collectors will not care whether the silver 3d is 0.925 or 0.500 silver.
This explanation is given for those who are interested in examples of either or both types.
The price given in catalogues or on dealers lists is meant to be for either type, however,
the silver 3d with 0.925 is the scarcer type - if one can figure out which silver type it is.
If in doubt - consider the silver 3d to be in 0.500 silver !
1920 Reverse
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ST 1920 A - Rev. C
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ST 1920 A - Rev. C - Top leaf stem is straighter
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ST 1920 A - Rev. C - The Top leaf stem is straight. Very similar to Rev. A except that
the top left acorn stem comes off the leaf stem above the right
acorn stem and the acorn stem is much shorter.
Whereas on Rev. A the two acorn stems emanate at the same
point on the leaf stem and left acorn stem is longer than that on
Rev. C.
For the differences between the reverses A, B & C - see this link.
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