Collection Insights

Coins in collection: 253
Chopmarks recorded: 839
Countries represented: 34
Date range: 1601–1934

Coins by Decade

Coins by Country

Chopmarks

The lists below show how often each chopmark occurs across the collection. Duplicate chops on the same coin are counted once. For many of these chopmarks, we're forced to guess, so browse with that understanding.

Average chopmarks per coin: 3.9
Highest number of (readable) chopmarks on a coin: 17

Hanzi Chopmarks (314)

221717171616131211111111
998776666555
554444444444
444444444433
333333333333
333333333333
333222222222
22仿2222222222
222222222222
222222222111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
11111111寿1111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
11

Compound Chopmarks - Assay / Banker / Multi-character (7)

Japanese Chopmarks (40)

644433222221
111111111111
111111111111
1111

Seal Chopmarks (39)

322221111111
111111111111
111111111111
111

Latin Letter and Number Chopmarks (9)

S6R4C2H1N1P1V1#12#22

Symbol Chopmarks (12)

763332211111

Chopmarks on Contemporary Counterfeits (82)

These chopmarks come from contemporary counterfeit coins in the collection, and thus are kept out of the totals and tables above and listed separately here.

433322222222
2U11111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
111111111111
1111111111

Silver

Analyzing silver content and weight exposes a few key insights. Silver content and weight were very consistent over time, although you'll notice a slight downward trend. Coins from certain countries such as the Netherlands are noticeable outliers.

Highest ASW (Actual Silver Weight): 1.0741 troy oz Lowest ASW (Actual Silver Weight): 0.7215 troy oz Average ASW (crown-sized only): 0.7840 troy oz
Highest silver purity: 0.945 Lowest silver purity: 0.833 Average silver purity (crown-sized only): 0.902

Silver Fineness Over Time

Silver Weight Over Time

Coins

Two ways to view rarity of chopmarked coins.