WEEK #489 YES, A COIN QUESTION... :-)

[LISA B]

This weeks First and Second place winners will be picked at random…The question must be answered by Saturday at midnight EST.

 

QUESTION:

 

What term was applied to the standard for British silver coinage made before 1920?

 

Our first place winner will receive a copy of A Handbook of 10th Century United States Gold Coins 1907-1933, 2nd Edition by David W. Akers

 

There will also be a runner up prize given to a selected player with the correct answer.

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details

 

[ritter]

sterling silver standard.92.5% silver and 7.5%copper

[noow]

Sterling Silver, Crowns, and Half-Crowns.

[rrantique]

The Sterling standard.

[MercuryMan]

Maundy Coinage or Sterling Pounds

[$ilverHawk]

Sterling Silver.

 

Carl

[physics-fan3.14]

British coins were sterling silver. Hence the term "pound sterling".

[Coindude]

From 1658 until 1920, British silver coins were made with 92.5% silver - known as "Sterling silver".

[jtryka]

I will guess "sterling"

[bsshog40]

Sterling Silver Standard?

[tomyhok]

silver crown

[Ducksoup]

This is probably the wrong answer but im guessing, Sterling (silver).

[mhardin2413]

sterling?

[nunfa0]

Sterling

[dan8402]

Sterling?

[rja1-migration]

Was it sterling silver?

[rja1-migration]

Was it sterling silver?

[mtnstyne]

Sterling silver of 92.5% pure silver coinage that was predecimal coinage.

 

That's about as good of guess as I can muster at the moment.

[e1cnr]

missed you a couple weeks back Lisa,

 

sterling silver is my guess

92.5% by mass of silver and 7.5% by mass of other metals

 

[coinman_23885]

Pounds Sterling

[LISA B]

Question:

 

What term was applied to the standard for British silver coinage made before 1920?

 

The Answer is… Sterling

 

Our first place e1cnr has a copy of A Handbook of 10th Century United States Gold Coins 1907-1933, 2nd Edition by David W. Akers

 

Our second place winner rja1 has won an NGC Single Coin Display Box

 

Thank you for playing and please stop by this Friday for the PMG Numisma-Quest question