Standing liberty half, and two shillings? Never seen one

deedoubleyou · Mar 13, 2021

A couple good finds. Finding these in my yard. Every time I go out something better pops out.

Walking liberty...not standing, correct? First one ever

Never seen one of these but am pumped to find it.

I'm in love with metal detecting....

ArfieBoy · Mar 13, 2021

Great finds! Nice silver. Yes, it is a "Walking Liberty." Keep searching that yard. Congratulations! Thanks for sharing.

cudamark · Mar 13, 2021

Yes, walking liberty half. I wish I could find items like those in my yard! :icon_thumleft:

Red-Coat · Mar 13, 2021

Good finds. I assume you know the two shilling piece (florin) is Australian. Not hugely valuable, but 1926 is one of the scarcer dates. It will be .925 silver.

deedoubleyou · Mar 13, 2021

Red-Coat said:
Good finds. I assume you know the two shilling piece (florin) is Australian. Not hugely valuable, but 1926 is one of the scarcer dates. It will be .925 silver.

Thank you, I just found that out! Totally pumped to find such a beautiful coin and even cooler its silver. I dont know how it was there and it was only 3 inches down. Not far from where I found a V nickel last week that was also shallow. Both of them were next to a little brick building that used to be the milk house.

The coolest part to me is that I found all of that plus $2 in clad with my dads old White's 6000 di pro. He gave it to me the other day. I was just a kid when he bought that detector. Dad said he hadn't used it in almost 15 years. I put some C batteries in it, set it to preset mode and boom, it was nailing stuff. So cool that it still works after all those years sitting in his basement. The meter on it was very accurate on the targets. Dug very little trash

Digger RJ · Mar 13, 2021

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

jewelerguy · Mar 13, 2021

excellent finds!

JeffInMass · Mar 14, 2021

Fantastic finds, Congrats! Walking Liberty, also called Walkers- beautiful coin design.

against the wind · Mar 14, 2021

Congrats on the Walker. The same guy who designed the Walker,, also designed the Mercury Dime. Now get out there and find a Mercury,, lol.
Congratulations

E-Trac-Ohio · Mar 14, 2021

Great finds - congrats !

IDXMonster · Mar 14, 2021

Darrell Waltrip, is that you?? :laughing7:

The WL half is perhaps the most beautiful coin ever minted in the US, you did well to find one, especially in your yard!

deedoubleyou · Mar 14, 2021

against the wind said:
Congrats on the Walker. The same guy who designed the Walker,, also designed the Mercury Dime. Now get out there and find a Mercury,, lol.
Congratulations

That is good info to know, the same coin designer. I love both of those designs. I found a merc, it was my first hole this year, and the best condition merc I've found yet. The only other few I've found had way more wear on them. I found this dime about 30 feet from the Walking Liberty.

Trezurehunter · Mar 14, 2021

Congrats on that Walking Liberty and 2 Shilling. Those are a couple of very nice coins to find in your own yard.

Coinstar magnet · Mar 15, 2021

What a yard! Those are beautiful coins! Have you thought about digging a test pit?

Joe-Dirt · Mar 16, 2021

Nice hunt!!! I’m very jellie of that British silver, never found one. Great job!!

Red-Coat · Mar 16, 2021

Joe-Dirt said:
Nice hunt!!! I’m very jellie of that British silver, never found one. Great job!!

Australian!

unclemac · Mar 17, 2021

nice florin, florins were originally the British experiment with decimalization. They were worth 24 pence and circulated along with a slightly larger half crown coin which was worth 30 pence...except not in Australia, they never minted the half crown.

oldmxrat · Mar 17, 2021

Great finds, congrats!

Red-Coat · Mar 17, 2021

unclemac said:
nice florin, florins were originally the British experiment with decimalization. They were worth 24 pence and circulated along with a slightly larger half crown coin which was worth 30 pence...except not in Australia, they never minted the half crown.

Yes indeed, although a switch to a decimal currency system was actually mooted as long ago as 1682. When the Victorian florin was introduced in 1849, it bore the words "one tenth of a pound" and the experiment was extended by not issuing any further half crowns between 1850 and 1874. As an experiment it didn't get off to a good start, with the legend omitting the Queen's titular abbreviations D.G. for Dei Gratia (By the Grace of God) and F.D. for Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith). There was uproar in some circles and the coin was popularly dubbed the "Godless Florin"until the omissions were corrected in 1851. The experiment failed but the coin itself was retained, having proved to be a useful denomination in commerce.

There was never any provision in the statute books for Australia to issue its own half crowns. British half crowns (like all of our coins) were nevertheless legal tender in Australia and circulated there to some extent, although they were never officially or actively exported there by the Royal Mint.

unclemac · Mar 17, 2021

There was never any provision in the statute books for Australia to issue its own half crowns. British half crowns (like all of our coins) were nevertheless legal tender in Australia and circulated there to some extent, although they were never officially or actively exported there by the Royal Mint.[/QUOTE]

....while across the Tasman sea, New Zealand issued both!