Chris Perkins

Well it lists at $14,500 in MS65. I wouldn't....Simply becuase it's American and I'm biased! US coin prices have been shaky in the past few years and when I think how much cheaper a 1927 MS65 Shilling would cost, which is a similar size with only 3x the mintage it is not comparable. I mean $14,500! WHY? is that an aftificial bubble that will burst or am I talking rot. is it really that rare with a mintage of over 3million? If you need it and can afford it for your collection then buy it, but if you intend to make it an investment never bet with more than you can afford to loose. Thanks for using the forum, great name by the way. Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com

Rob, I'm not sure if it should have stops, although the picture has one after the GVLIELMVS. It doesn't specify the type in this years Spink book which I imagine is what you have. To investigate further you'll need the very expensive 'Peck' Copper bible. Chris www.predecimal.com

Can you attach a scan in your next post? It may be a Nüremburg type jeton. Chris www.predecimal.com

Dear Paquita, You only get 26 unwanted emails a day! At one stage i was getting over 1000 thanks to that bloody virus the other week. I would help but am unable to as I only have non UK coin books stretching back to 1800. Perhaps you could send a message to the forum member 'bob-e'. Bob is a diver and may know more about shipwreck finds of that nature. Thanks, Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com

No there isn't! And you probably could have found that out quite easily if you'd looked around some coin sites, including my own. Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com

Love to help Marie, but I feel a little naked without my books! I'm away from my base until the 5th but may be able to provide your answer regarding said commemorative medal when I return. Chris www.predecimal.com

Jeff, Well it could be a sovereign. If it feels heavy like gold then it probably is. To verify you need to find out what it weighs, tell me its diameter and provide a scan good enough to grade it by. Forgery was quite popular then so it could be a silver of other less expensive gilded coin. Chris www.predecimal.com

To speculate Jeff it could be a locally (nottingham) issued condor farthing token used in the 1790's or perhaps 1810's but of course it could be much newer and you unfortunately don't have much to go on. Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com

You'll need to verify it's genuine. I have seen a lot of pennies that have been cleverly cut and stuck to other pennies. Sending it to the RM would most likely get a reply stating it was an error. It's unlikely they will want it or put any kind of figure on it. A normal auction would be fine but would probably have a limited audience. From personal experience very unusual things do better when they are exposed to a much larger interntaional market. You are welcome to send it to me for verification and if it is worth 50p i'll send it straight back with no charge! I could also arange to either advertise it on my website for an agreed price or put it in one of my reputed online auctions. Of course I would charge an agreed commision for selling it via either method but have high enough morals to not charge a penny should it be worth very little! Be good to hear from you, perhaps you can email me personally or use the forum messenger service. Thanks or using the forum, Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com (cp@predecimal.com)

Sounds like the standard WWII medal that all servicemen were presented with after the war. If you register you can upload a picture. Chris www.predecimal.com

You are very welcome, Please feel free to use this forum for any other questions you may have! I want to get it filled with lots of useful reference stuff for my visitors. Chris www.predecimal.com

Good god no!! don't do it, it'll ruin any value they do have and render them lumps of artificially altered copper. As they are maybe mucky you should never go futher than a bit of soap and water to remove loose dirt and a very thorough drying. There is a little about not cleaning coins in the advice hub. Just don't do it! Collectors want originality. Chris www.predecimal.com

Dear Ruby Rose, Yes, a popular request they are! It's a Victorian brass gaming token made in the style of a George III Guinea or Half Guinea, circa 1850. Quite common I'm afraid but I imagine perfect ones would be pretty collectable. Thanks for using the Forum. Chris www.predecimal.com

Dear Caroline, Sounds like a perfectly sensible thing to me! You're right, they are unlikely to be worth more than face value in the short term unless in mint condition but It'll certainly be fun rooting through your change for the odd NHS 50p, or DNA 2 pound coin! People do collect them. The member Shezz is trying to amass one of each different 50p from GB, Channel islands, Isle of man...well read his post. There is a market for them in mint condition which should mean you can pick up Extremely fine, not quite mint examples for face value or a tad more. Ask family and friends too, I'm sure they'll save 'em if they knew. It would be cheap to do and the coins will still be spendable if you don't have any change to pay the window cleaner and have a double! Watch out for the Euro though. If we go Euro during your lifetime you may have to choose between paying them in or keeping them forever. Chris www.predecimal.com

Dear VS, It's probably an S391 (From Spink 2003) but I'm no expert on Celtic coins and they tend to look very similar to me. Grading is always trouble with coins made before more modern striking processes were employed so I would imagine it's value would be dictated by how much someone would be willing to pay for it bearing in mind its unfortunated lack of obverse. Book price is GBP300 Fine and GBP800 Very fine. Thanks for using the forum, Chris www.predecimal.com

Alan, I don't know much about Celtic coins myself but if you attach a picture in the forum, using the 'You may attach a file to this message.' prompt perhaps I'll chance upon it in a book I have featuring Celtic coins. Make sure it's a good quality jpg picture and not too large. Although I imagine it's not that easy to scan a concave coin and you'd need a very good digital camera! Chris www.predecimal.com

David, Values start at US$375 for a coin in VF(20) condition and not ever mounted as part of jewellery so I would imagine if it's the same with US gold coins as it is with British ones, that it won't be wanted by coin collectors and will default to it's gold content value. Which of course changes every day but the coin should consist of 0.9677 onces of pure gold. The coin is .900 fine and weighs 33.436 grams....Off the top of my head Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com (Source: Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-2000, latest edition)

Dear Andrew, I have a few of those myself. it's a jeton made by Lauer of Nuremberg, Germany. Jetons were counters first used in Europe for doing sums, basically as an alternative to the abacus and Nuremberg was one of the centres of european jeton manuafacture. They were used mostly I think in the 16 and 1700's but remained popular until within the last 100 years. I think some of these smaller coins were used as toy money, for dolls houses and the like. Also perhaps they were made to show off, because the detail and likeness to the original coins are superb! They are collectable and I'm sure just like with real coins the value will be hinged more on the closeness to as new condition than on age, but I'm afraid I don't know of their exact values. I'm sure a few search engine searches will bring in lots of info if you use the phrase 'Lauer Jeton'....In fact I just found this: http://www.users.bigpond.com/gcates/jetons/ Enjoy! Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com

Shezz, I have checked the book and there are over 80 different 50 pees from the countries you specified. Those are all non proof coins but I'm not sure how many of them were actually circulated to be spent. I have scribbled it down on 2 sheets of A4 and to save time wrinting again here it may be best if I just send it to you in the post. email me your address if you like. Chris Perkins cp@predecimal.com

The only book I know of that will show you all of them in English up to 2003 is the Krause 2003 catalogue, but that's very expensive and covers all World coins from 1900-2003. I happen to have a copy so I'll have a look. You just want the GB, Eire, Channel Isles, IOM and Gibralter types? Chris www.predecimal.com

Dear Donal, Yes it's certainly an Irish coin not an English coin, although at that time Ireland was completely 'British' so that explains the British King on the other side. I'll need more info on the coin, especially the size to be of more help. Thanks, Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com

Dear Trisha, Unfortunately the info you provided describes about 70% of all the Roman Bronze coins! Most of them had Imperaors or an abbreviation of that, most also had Augustus, and most of the earlier ones had SC on the back as that was the Roman equivalent of 'Promise to pay the bearer'. if you register you can post a picture with your listing or I would recommend the online attribution system of: http://ancient-coin-forum.com/ Thanks for posting. Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com

Right you are Bob. Chris & Kylie

Well worth risking your life for numismatic history Bob, are we supposed to be impressed?

Dear Bob, No problem, go here: http://www.predecimal.com/collectors/shop.htm Then click on 'specials' in the left pane. Scroll down a bit and the capsules are second from the bottom on the left (and on the right for the super sized ones). You'll be able to see the pictures and prices when you click on them. Let me know personally should you wish to order any, as personal cheque payment saves me money! cp@predecimal.com Chris www.predecimal.com