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Frank,
Still nice to find, I dont think this would happen now, particullary on ebay!
BTW has anyone noticed how often these tins turn up on ebay now, always seem to be listed weekly.

Paul

Frank Kelley wrote: Gentlemen,
The only tin that I have that actually contained something was this one, a bit of a let down as the contents consisted of a handful of Repubulican sixpence's

Hello Paul,
I bought it many years ago from a church jumble sale, yes, not something you would find now, the coins are silver so they must have a value, even just for scrap.
kind regards Frank

The Tin I collected was at an estate auction in Longford Tasmania settled 1807 by free settlers and convicts under the then assignment system in Tasmania at that time. Equals Free House Servants & Farm Hands for Free British settlers to the new colonies!! Probably a better alternative for convicts than being housed in a prison hulk on some muddy estuary in England. I searched for other period items but to no avail, damn. Paid a tad below 40 GBP out of pocket for my efforts. I do wonder who owned it and the story, I doubt I will ever know.

Frank Kelley wrote: Hello Paul,
I bought it many years ago from a church jumble sale, yes, not something you would find now, the coins are silver so they must have a value, even just for scrap.
kind regards Frank

Frank

I do believe these coins are sort after, once again suspect more so out here than in the UK. I was given a few by my grandmother on my dads side. She had a gold ZAR coin but do not know what happened to that?

Mine are in a similar condition to yours.

Regards
Brian

Hello Brian
I have really no interest in coins at all, I just saw the tin and because it was so cheap I bought it, I knew what it was, I think I was still at school at the time.
Regards Frank

Frank,
So even in your school years you had foresight of a future investment

Paul

Frank Kelley wrote: Hello Brian
I have really no interest in coins at all, I just saw the tin and because it was so cheap I bought it, I knew what it was, I think I was still at school at the time.
Regards Frank