Chris Perkins

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).

Only our ancient forefathers communicated using Latin, no one speaks or writes with it now. It used to be taught quite widely in British schools, but nowadays is important only for Biologists at A Level and above. Should Latin be part of the national curriculum, so that kids can enrich their lingual skills and get an idea about where many modern English words derive from? Or is it a complete waste of time, with no possible use in later life whatsoever? Your votes and opinions please.....

Well what do I know! But at least you knew what it was supposed to mean. I'll change it. Actually that's a good idea for a new Poll....'Should Latin be taught more widely in British schools'? I think the only ones still doing it are the very posh private ones, and even in Eaton, I imagine it's only an option.

Custard, It can only be tied to one particular forum, I happen to have chose the forum at the top as at the time it contained the most frequently updated posts. Unfortunately it can only be tied to one particular forum area. I thought it was strange too when I learned how it worked :-S

Well I never, Still no sign of it under Germany in my book. I can only suppose it's maybe unofficial or some kind of token issue. I would hazard a guess that yours is worth about 1/10th of the one you linked to, as normally gold coins contain fractions of gold in relation to the denomination. eg if that 10 Ducat is one ounce, yours is probably 1/10th Ounce. Sorry I can be of no more help.

The 1920 florins and pre 1920 threepences are really VF? I'd like to see pictures if they are.

All I can find out courtesy of Spink, is that he was born in 1895, died in 1970, and that his designs first appeared on the coins of George V.

Yes and it's possible that it may have been sold to a Museum by your thieving school friend (or teacher!) at a later date. A die comes in 2 parts. The bottom is fixed to a hard surface, the piece of metal, or blank goes on top of it, then the top die part is placed onto both the coin and lower die part. A hammer is then used to to strike the image of both sides onto the blank piece of metal. A mould would usually be 2 parts too, but they would be squeezed together and liquid metal would be poured it. The Romans never made coins this way.

Well that is often the case I'm afraid. If you're sure they are all circulated and well worn, you may as well put them in a charity box.

I'm back from the UK and I've bought some coins with me of course. They need a lot of sorting at this stage. The most interesting purchase was a 1713 Pattern Queen Anne farthing....Yes 1713, it isn't even in Spink. It is however in Peck and is definately the real McCoy. I also picked up a 1714 Farthing contemporary forgery and lots of general stock items. Sylvester, do you want an 1849 Godless florin GVF-NEF?

And they haven't even noticed yet!

Pehaps people born on that date are more likely to be interested in coins. By the way Olli, got the cheque etc.

Carol, To be honest, none of those are sought after at all unless in as near mint condition as possible. The silver coins older than 1947 contain real silver so have a slightly higher value for bullion content. So the threepences you first mentioned and the 1920 Florins, 1922 Sixpence sound the best, and will be worth a small amount (and I mean small! Unless in near mint condition) Thankyou,

Germany were not issuing Ducats in 1963, and of the countries that were, for either currency or as bullion coins I cannot find any with Kennedy on them. Is it heavy like real gold? The fact that the legend is entirely in English/latin smells fishy to me. Could it be a privately issued American coin? Sorry I can't help further.

Phillip, That sounds very interesting...Let me go off on a complete 180 degree angle first. Is there a Nicola Greenhalgh in your family? She's about 29, very attractive and lives near Stockport somewhere. She's a friend of mine. Just wondered as you were also a 'Manchester' Greenhalgh. Anyway, I would imagine that would have been a very rare find and would be far more valuable now. Collecting the coins themselves has gone crazy these last 2 years let alone 30, and of course there is no way anyone can be accurate with an unusual item like that, but the circumstances were very unfortunate and it's a shame you no longer have it. The fact that it was so large could possibly mean that it was a mould/die for making something other than coins/medals, I don't know, perhaps decorative bits of military armour or something. I am certainly not aware of any Roman coins being that large. In fact it would have been very difficult for them to strike such a large object with the force needed to imprint the design, so was it more likely a mould, not a die? There are many questions that will remain un answered. I am not aware of any mints being in the Manchester area, but my Roman coin knowledge is pretty limited.