SimonLevey Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Hi all, I am a newbie, as my lack of knowledge will soon give away. My uncle sadly died a couple of years ago leaving his coin collection to me. It's been sitting in a safe since and I have just decided to have a look to see what he had. Some of them I knew and were easy to work out. I now have a pretty big box of £2 and £5 coins which I am trying to work out. I am going to start with the £2 coins. I know that he had some uncirculated and some silver proofs however I can't see a massive difference between them. I had hoped that they would be a different weight but apparently not. Does anyone have a surefire way of working out which is which? Sorry for such a dumb question but I'm a bit stuck. Many Thanks in advance. Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Silver proofs have a more mirrored finish than the regular circulation issues. Also, it's more of a white color rather than the greyish white of nickel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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