Chris Perkins

Hello William, If the volume of Victorian coins you've bought in the past from me is anything to go by then you've probably got more than most people in a 50 mile radius of your house! Everybody: Young William has been a good customer of mine for some time, so look after him.

Well if you do find one more reputable than Predecimal.com they will probably charge you an arm and a leg to even breathe anywhere near your list! If not, they may make up for their time by offering you very little for them, in the hope they can get them cheap. Are you anywhere near Swanage? I must visit Mother soon, and could kill 2 birds with one stone (so to speak). Regardless, very good luck.

You're welcome. Do you have a list of these coins as a computer file that you can email me? That would be the next step. If not, can you create one containing as much detail as possible, with the rough conditions of each coin (poor - excellent, for example)? I can certainly glance at it and give you an opinion, but to attempt to individually value each one, I would charge my small fee. You see I get a lot of people with long lists contacting me, and most of the time the coins are rubbish and not at all exciting for me to look at. What kinds of boxes are the Elizabeth II coin sets in? We are all very helpful here, and doesn't it sound so much nicer with the background information.

Yes, especially when it isn't offset by any positives! I got an 1868 RRITANNIAR error threepence today off ebay.de Looks nice enough.

Is that so. Well it was my first in the UK, and that's probably why Richard Varnham (long established London/Kent dealer) who I was helping, had never heard of him!

I feel a little better because it was probably done at the time. Or at least made into a brooch at the time, so could never have been saved!

That's what I have to battle all the time! Whenever I offer a fair price for some old coins, the owner will often exclaim...'But they're 200 years old they must be worth a fortune!' Nooooooooooo, you can get 400BC greek coins for £30! People associate age with value, but for something made 100-1000 years ago in very large quantities, and that no one has ever thrown away, that just isn't the case. At least not with the worn ones. Only the very best 5% are really collectable.

I had an AVF W&M tin farthing on the side recently, did you see it? It sold quite quickly for £150.

Was he at the Bloomsbury Coin fair the other week? I really must meet all these well known names.

I thought about Anchor money too, but they normally had the amount expressed in Roman Numerals, not as a fraction. I bet the asker of the original question never looks in here again, to see all out efforts and we'll never know any more!

It's not done, I'm afraid. At most you could perhaps lightly brush it with a dry tooth brush to remove loose dirt. Water does copper no good in the long run, and polish will make it look awful. And yes, it is Geroge III, and should be 34mm to be a penny.

You hang out with Colin Cooke do you Geoff? I've had enormous trouble in the past trying to pass off Crowns, 47-67 florins and in fact all kinds of Predecimal currency at banks. I think I succeded some time ago with florins because I was able to convince them that they were legal as 10p until 1993, and that they would take large 10p's surely! And I get people too that seem to want to upgate their 25p coins to £5 face value.

Was that a little harsh do you think?

Mrs Gallop, Thankyou for your wonderfully detailed description of the number and types of coins included in your sets. Shall I assume they are British and not colonial, and shall I assume they are the complete type sets for those years, not Maundy sets, or any of the other infinate number of different sets that you could be referring to?! I also get the impression that you don't really care about exactly what they are, and all you see when you look at them are possible floating Pound signs before your eyes, hence your direct and not very well thought out question. If that is the case, my valuation fee is 20p per coin, with a £2.00 minimum and I'll need some further details. ------------------------------------------------- If that isn't the case and you want to try again and get the benefit of the forums knowledge base for free, perhaps you could ask again, supply all the relevant details and bearing in mind we take this quite seriously, perhaps try to come accross like you give a shit, that sometimes helps when requesting free information!!

I'd love to sell you a book. But to my knowledge none of the standard fractional Half, Third or Quarter farthings actually stated a value on them in relation to the Penny. The Half Farthings had 'Half Farthing' stated, the Third Farthings were 'denominationless' and the Quarter farthings had 'Quarter Farthing' written on them. Never an 'Eighth of a Penny', and no Half Farthings were made in 1824 anyway. We're barking up the wrong tree chaps.... it's foreign.

Well, I'm trying to give it up myself too, but so many people seem to have these kinds of things lying all about the place!

It could also be one eigth of a Dollar, could be spanish or South American, could be an early American forgery, could be god knows what else. Need a picture really, unless you can read it fully.

Dear Norman, Thanks very much for the compliments, but I cannot of course take all the credit for the various contributions within the forum. I must admit I have nothing against David Dickenson, I think he has a great personality (in small doses perhaps!) and I love his bow ties. Your small coin is probably a Britannia groat, so called to distinguish it from the manudy type groat which was bigger, doesn't have Britannia on the reverse and didn't normally circulate. It is indeed a young Victoria on the obverse. Values start at £3.00 for a Fine condition 1840 groat and of course rise as the condition gets closer to uncirculated. Less than fine and it will just be worth 10p or so for silver content. I'd like to buy it, people like those!

I think they would only slide ariound if you jolted the tray, but placing them all together on one surface would not be ideal. The 6368 tray (not shown on site) contains 6 compartments of 23mm, 5 of 28mm, 4 of 31mm, and 4 each of 34, 36 and 39mm. I hear what your saying about it needing to be more customisable, I just use a few general sizes because the smaller coins will obviously fit in anything. I think i'll get onto Nichols and see if I can't provide those wonderful cabinets on the website somehow. Not wishing to plug, but as I say, the NOVA's are the biggest sellers.

I find that the most popular selling coin storage method are the SAFE NOVA coin trays. People seem to like them because of the large varieties of sizes, stackability, and price among other plus points. I sell far more of them than all the other trays put together, and people always come back for more! Plus you can put them in a leather/Alu lockable case and carry them around. I use them myself to house some of the stock.

Dear Joe, Talk to me, or have a look at www.coinvaluation.com. I'll charge depending on how long it takes and how much detail you want.

Well I never, so although double florins were not in general circulation in 1971, they are still in fact legal tender as they were never demonetised. Unless they were demonetised long before, of course, perhaps even in Victorian times when the public didn't like them and they were confused as crowns?? But I have never heard they were immediatlely demonetised. And I know there were pattern versions made at later dates. Right, tell you what, I'll give everybody double face value for their double florins!!

Here's one!: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...46&category=547

How much does it cost to start an item at £1000? I bet ebay don't get paid by that shady (and obviously completely unserious) ebayer. Waste of space all round.

Sounds like a Dubya quote to me! In fact I'm pretty sure of it. Don't start me off on that man, I'll probably offend a whole heard of his followers (pun intended).