Chris Perkins

That's interesting. I like errors and always try to buy errors that are anounced in the forum. So the coin is like a moon shape? Can you post a picture. What I offer will depend on how much of the coin is clipped.

In 1752 the Maundy coins given out in the ceremony would have been the same as the ones circulated. So it's not strictly speaking a Maundy coin unless it was once part of the set of 4, or becomes at some point in the future part of a set of 4! Welcome, by the way.

Looks and sounds pretty convincing to me!

Images don't work because they are still set to your local path. They will work with the website on your PC, but won't to anyone else.

It couldn't be anything else! You better post pictures though if you can. Most half guineas are brass imitations (or even forgeries). I hope that it is a proper one, although it sounds very worn if you can't see the III so will probably only be worth bullion value (around £50).

The only coins I can think of with the spade shape coat of arms just like that one are the Spade guineas and half guineas of Geo III. And that would fit too as all Geo III coins faced to the right. The spade shape shield should also be crowned. But....I'm sticking with brass gaming token. Does it have the weight and feel of gold, or is it most definitely brassy? Do google searches on George III spade guinea and Victorian imitation Guinea gaming tokens, or words to that effect.

As far as I know there are no albums with pages made specifically for dated British coins (apart from the older albums).

I don't think it's meant to be a coin, just a coat of arms. That coat of arms (with Hannovarian stuff lower right) was never used in that shape on a Geo II coin. The spade shape like that was used on the spade Guineas of Geo III and, much much more commonly on the spade Guinea imitation Victorian gaming tokens. Are you sure it's not Geo III? Ignore the date as they often read 1701 instead of 1791 and are not always actual dates.

Red Riley, I do believe I have an 1860/59 kicking about somewhere (in England). It's lowish grade so may well be up your street. I'll try to get its current custodian to send me pictures of it. Did you get my recent emails? The cover chap is wanting to push on with the cover design.

Yes, the prices are too low in CCGB for 1840s pennies. I've been told about this. As an Englishman in Germany I always try to hush my location a bit. I think people imagine it to be enormous hassle buying things from abroad and the other way around; some are no doubt distrusting (I've had people refuse to send me very low value items) but I think some are just put off by the perceived extra 'hassle'. Some people still think that a customs declaration has to be stuck on the envelope and of course they all think the post between Germany and the UK is going to take at least a month to arrive as if they march it over on horse back with spiked helmets or something ;-) And they think it will be massively expensive too, when in reality it isn't and many of my customers don't notice they've bought something from Germany until it turns up very promptly with German stamps on the envelope (and then they often purchased again). Selling things is the easiest part. They get sent off and always arrive unless the Royal Mail cock up at their end (and the parcel ends up returned to me). Getting people to send things to me can be a struggle. I suppose it's logical....why send 'valuables' abroad when you could probably find someone nearer and in the UK and have less postal worries. I'll touch wood while I say this, but no coins have ever gone missing that I've been sent or sent out (to and from the UK). Obviously for Italy, Russia and Poland the situation is a bit different!

It's just worth £2 - £3 if truly as new with full lustre. There is an error one struck on a much thicker piece of metal, I've never seen one though! And all 1973 50p's are thicker than the current smaller ones.

The upside down thing is normal for then (and a very popular forum and email observation from novices that think they have something unusual). The missing letters could be due to those letters of the die being filled with crud, or it could be wear. I can't really see from the picture. It certainly looks like a farthing though.

And it has George III on it? Is there a date? If between 1791 and 1798 or 1810 to 1815 then it's probably a Provincial (merchant) token, and probably for halfpence going by the size.

No, nothing like that. That could be collar damage I suppose, I would think it would make it harder to sell not easier (which isn't really an issue for low value coins like this). I think there are pictures somewhere else in the Forum. All the writing was in the wrong oder, the Latin dates were superimposed etc.

There are also a couple of documented edge errors caused by slipping of the 3 part collar which surounded the blank as it was struck. I sold one like this once for over £300 and it's listed in my book Collectors Coins GB, linked to from above and also available on predecimal.com.

Lots of people gathered some coins in the 60s and naturally a few thought about just keeping the best ones. Usually though, the best ones from change are not always that great in the eye of a collector, especially after such a long time in circulation. I expect some of the 30s coins are VF or even EF. The 60s ones will be as new (and are very common). The 1920s coins may well manage Fine and the Edwardian and later Victorian will be all readable and not unattractive, but usually less than Fine. All that is quite normal. I would be very surprised if any are worth £50 each, but you never know. Can you post some pictures of what you think are the best ones? You can do it on here by using the Attachments/Select a File below the text box. I always seem to come across a bit negative when accumulations of coins like this are concerned. Or perhaps not negative, but not exactly overwhelmed with excitement! I'm sorry about that, it's nothing personal it's just statistics! Over the years hundreds of people have contacted me after saving some coins when the old money was about to be demonetized. Often it's the people themselves but mostly it's younger relatives or heirs. In over 95% of cases the coins are all simply run of the mill and are of extremely high sentimental value and very low monetary value. Each time I hope it will be different, but there's a little voice in my head that tells me it's probably the same again. So melancholic already and I'm not yet even 30!

With this kind of accumulation the bulk of the value is usually in the silver. What you could do is split the silver coins into 3 catagories: 1. Pre 1920 coins, 2. 1920 to 1946 coins and 3. 1947 and later. From that I can make an offer based on the silver content. The chances are that the bronze coins, if normally circulated (as most would have been in the 60s) will just be worth a few pee each. In fact, unless your granddad carefully selected high grade coins they may all just be worth a few pee each! Is it a postable quantity and where are you?

Yes they did have the normal one for those years. Source: My book, Check Your Change linked to above!

That bearded geezer looks like one of the Egyptian Ptolomy's. They were all called Ptolomy and all married their sisters!

JMD, I have a 1953 2+A Proof farthing available. Do you want it for £90.00?

It's because its very worn and only worth scrap value (around £7). They are very common in that condition, in fact the 1821 Secundo is the most common GeoIV crown. Truly brilliant ones will of course sell for more. Condition is the main factor for 'modern' British coins, always.

That'll be a sovereign then, not a guinea (20s, not 21s). Post pictures if you can.

Looking again, that's 1887. That was the jubilee year and a lot of 1887 coins were enamelled and sold as souvenirs. I've even seen 1889 coins enamelled to look like 1887.

Or, more accurately, enamelled. The Victorians did that a lot to their own coinage and to those of previous reigns. They are not really of interest to most numismatists but very pretty ones or completely intact ones are saleable.

Take no notice of £1650! That's just someone quoting you the EF price from the Spink book! That coin is not EF, more like VF, albeit an attractive VF. I'd offer £450 for it and hope to eventially sell it on for £600. PM me if that sounds worth doing.