100oz of silver

Just noticed I hit 100 Oz of silver in my collection.🥳  the coin that put me there was an italian 1875 5 lire, and hopefully tomorrow my 1892 south African 5 shillings will arrive and put me over. I'm wondering if anyone else wants to share their recent collection milestones.  N#2290.      N#29505

Very nice indeed. 🥳

I'm at ~34oz of silver at the moment - trying to get full run of the 1oz bullion-issue Silver Britannia. Bit annoying really that they started doing the standard bullion ones with a fairly same design (Britannia standing, though with a few different field backgrounds over the years), and then started releasing BU/Proof coins with much nicer designs since 2013. Much preferred getting a new design every year like they did 1997-2011. Don't think I can justify the expense on the BU/Proofs, they trade at too high above the bullion price for my liking.

In terms of personal milestones, don't think I've reached any recently. 😐

Still missing a handful of 50p/£2 circulating commemoratives. £1 has been completed for ages. Missing loads of the alphabet 10p. Ah well, maybe next year!

I love the new Britannia but it was neat when they had different ones every couple years… I think the 2005 is my favorite 😍 

Don't get me wrong, the wave effect on the latest Britannia is pretty awesome - I also love the starburst background that preceded it. And I can tell you, they look so much cooler in real life. No image can do them justice.

But yes, the unique design every year was much preferred. Admittedly, some of them I do dislike; I'm not a fan of 2008 or 2011, or the proof 2017. 2005 is gorgeous (I'd certainly put top 5, maybe even second), but I think 2007 beats it. I'm also a fan of the 2013/14/15 proof coins.

Even if they did something like alternating between fully unique design and the “standard” standing Britannia with a unique background [Or even a special trim like they did with the 3 oriental borders], that'd please me. But right now, we've had 4 wave years in a row with 6 variants (EII 2021/22/23, and CIII 23/24, plus CIII 23 crowned). They're so same and boring. Makes collecting them less exciting when only the date changes.

(Link for easy access to the 1oz Britannias which includes every unique design: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=royaume-uni&r=&ct=coin&im1=&im2=&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=2.00&i=&b=&ie=&u=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&mt=&g=&se=Silver+Britannia&d=&c=&wi=&sw=)

the brittanias have become popular with silver stackers here in the US.  I think the royal mint is just trying to keep up with the demand. Who knows, now that premiums on American silver eagles have come back down maybe that will change. I'm afraid that's the only way the Britannia will go back to being a collectable coin again.

Overall I have 656 ounces of silver (20.42kg) in 3,400 coins - but only have 7 actual 1 ounce rounds, nearly all of my coined silver is actually old circulation coins (98%) or proof coins (2% if that).

I know some people buy like 100 ounce bars and 1kg bricks of silver though, cheap yes - but a lump of metal in my opinion, a worn coin made out of 50% to 95% silver, will always have a story.

My rounds include

2 x Britannias (2023 Charles and Elizabeth)

1 x Krugerand (2017)

1 x NZ Silver Fern Leaf (Undated generic)

1 x Austrian Philharmonic (2014)

1x Kangaroo (2007)

1x American silver eagle (1993)

I'm at 105.1164oz (2.98Kg) in 461 coins (97% circulated) of different sizes. 

Wow, you have a giant collection. Too bad I can't see what you have… I'm up to 185oz now, with 480 silver coins. You can look through what I have on my profile. Happy collecting 👍

I just added 10 silver eagles and 10 Britannias to my collection all 2025, so thats 27 ounces of rounds now!

I know its a silver thread, but have to brag, I also bought an ounce of gold to keep them company!

Wow! You have an enormous collection… I hope you never have to move it anywhere.😁  

I just spent some time looking and you have some really great coins. Very impressive. Happy collecting!

Thanks - Its taken 6 years and a lot of money (Mostly earned and inherited), I just like to buy a mix of what interests me and stuff I know will keep its value. Gold and silver bullion is only the past 2 years though. At heart I am more a numismatist than stacker, but it makes me happy.

Coins and notes are a big coping mechanism for my autism.

Plus its the solidity of owning precious metals, much safer than paper money, which is just printed arbitrarily by governments and banks. 

Your stack is impressive too and you are hitting the milestones (Its always fun when you put it all together in a big heap!).

A Collector, I noticed someone showed me a Britannia from 1997 and was suprised to see back then, they were not full bullion. This one was a grade called Britannia silver, which is 23 carats and thus .9583 or something like that. So these coins were 1 ounce of silver but weighed a bit more to accommodate the one carat of non silver (Copper or bronze I think).

Since the 2000s though I am sure my Britannias are all .999 silver.

2025 Britannia with the latent image in the small circle (Apologies for bad picture)

Silver Eagle 2025, these coins have had the swooping eagle since 2021.

My older Elizabeth memorial Britannia (Even worse photo).

I do the same, although my silver stack isn't  included on my numista page. It's about half US junk silver and half bullion. (A mix of brittanias and maples mostly)  saving in fiat currency is a losing proposition. For me it's  #1-bitcoin, #2-gold, and #3-silver. It's worked out pretty well the last few years.😊  

Moneytane - Britannia grade (.958) silver is actually a weird grade. It was actually created for use in silver non-coin items (e.g. trays, ornaments) by law around about 1700.

The idea was to stop people melting the sterling (.925) coins into items. Pure silver required to increase the fineness was near impossible to find at the time.

It didn't last long before being repealed but it's a weird titbit of history.

In 1997 when the mint decided to start making silver bullion, they used the Britannia grade in part for similar reasons. Harder to forge than sterling. And it was about the highest grade available at commercially sensible prices.

1997 was issued proof only (about 16k pieces), but the success encouraged them to make bullion pieces too starting in 1998. 1997 prices are always much above melt because it's proof only. I do have one 😁

We changed grades to fine (.999) in 2012 with the first bullion britannias struck dated 2013. By now fine silver was much more commercially affordable. They became about 1.5mm narrower across the diameter accordingly.

Cool, I could imagine too, as pure silver would just be too soft for anything requiring constant use like trays, ewers, mugs, cutlery etc, so Britannia silver at least you had an alloy of a harder metal.

The most bizarre high grade silver coins I own outside bullion are a £1 and £2 silver coin of Malta from 1972.

These show Fort St Angelo and some Maltese guy and were .987 silver or some 74/75.