Todays Random cool Silver Item! - 200 year old half crown with a difference...

Years ago I stacked silver, I quickly found that for me it is not the right investment tool and living in the UK gold being VAT free is at least 20% cheaper on the metal price than silver (unless you buy scrap) so I fell out of love with stacking, However I never feel out of love with cool collectable things made from silver!

I have a few bits I have picked up over the years and I will be sharing some of them on days I am not posting investment portfolio updates..

Today I'm going to share a curiosity that has had me stumped since I bought it about 6 years ago..

Nothing out of the ordinary so far, wear as you would expect for a 200 year old coin, the other side is where things get interesting..

As you can see the coin has had another cut and spliced in with it! I do not know why. At first I wondered if it was a magicians prop, contacting the magic circle did not bear any fruit and was not something they had seen.

Then I wondered if this was a silversmiths apprentice project to show the skill of their workmanship - cutting and splicing the coin like this is not an easy thing to do!

Or maybe just maybe this was a conman's piece for gambling or winning a few bets down the local tavern..

I still have no ideas but this was certainly of enough interest to make it into my collection. As always if you know anything about this peice please let me know!