August 17, 2009 One half pound of silver is worth $102.50 today. The date of mintage and the name of the private mint does not increase the value.
The silver eagle one troy pound round is equivalent to 13 regular ounces, or 12 'try' ounces of 99.9% solid silver. The use of the walking liberty is legal as long as it is produced noticeably larger than US minted, these are the work of a private mint.
There was no 1977 British One Pound coin minted. The first general circulation One Pound coins was minted in 1983.
If it does not say .999 on it somewhere, then it is probably not silver.
About $200
This would have 16 ounces of silver. The spot price of silver is $28.08. So a 1 pound silver coin is worth $449.28.
If you refer to the British 1999 cupro-nickel Five Pound (Crown) coin "In Memory of Diana Princess of Wales" commemorative, there were over 5 million minted.
There was no British 1888 Five Pound coin minted. The Five Pound coin with the Jubilee portrait of the Queen was only minted for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee year of 1887. During her reign the only other dates, with different designs, were 1839 and 1893. A number of forgeries dated 1888 are known.
British coins minted from 1885 to 1930 would include - Five Pound (gold) Two Pound (gold) Sovereign (One Pound)(gold) Half-Sovereign (Ten Shillings)(gold) Crown (Five Shillings)(silver) Double-Florin (Four Shillings)(silver) Halfcrown (Two Shillings and sixpence)(silver) Florin (Two Shillings)(silver) Shilling (silver) Sixpence (silver) Groat (Fourpence)(silver) Threepence (silver) Maundy Sets (4d, 3d, 2d and 1d)(silver) Penny (bronze) Halfpenny (bronze) Farthing (quarter Penny)(bronze) There were other coins minted by the Royal Mint during this period, but they were primarily for the use of some of the Colonies and were not circulated in Britain.
Sorry was working off memory- there are only 14.58 troy ounces in a pound- therefore half pound = 7.29 trou ounces and value = silver value per ounce * 7.29.. Actually, the Giant half-pound Golden Eagle minted in 1996 has 8 Troy Ounces of silver and is coated in 24k gold. The one that I have is from the Washington Mint. It is in "Proof" condition with the certificate of Authenticity. It's Silver weight value as of right now is around $263.00-$264.00 dollars. However, a coin like that in mint, proof type condition has sold for up to $440 to $600.00 to collectors.
The first Eire Punt (One Pound) coin was minted in 1990, the last was minted in 2000.
Old English Pounds (Sovereigns) were minted in 22 carat gold, not silver.
There was no 1886 British Two Pound coin minted. During the reign of Queen Victoria, they were only minted in 1887 and 1893.