Sylvester

Don't worry about it at all, you younger members are all regular customers, you really help me out with the Book research and I wouldn't expect the you to pay anything towards this forum, which is basically shaped by you lot. When you're famous collectors you can show me your appreciation by selling to/through me and carrying on buying the odd coin from me. Ah well i've already sold you one sixpence collection what more do you want?

Oh can i see a picture of that coin Chris? I always like non-copper, copper coins cos they just look odd in the white metals. (Well grey really if it CuNi)

Seaby's i think they are now somethink to do with Spink. Auctions, catalogues, books you name it they've done it.

Probably? who knows... She was a big name in the Coin business a few decades ago, i believe she was a Seaby director as well as a coin dealer. I dunno about farthings but i tell you what she did have... an Henry III gold penny. Now when it comes to jaw droppers you can't get much more jaw dropping than owning the most expensive British coin of all time can you? She bought it at auction and it held the record for the most expensive British coin ever sold... since then it's been beaten but by another Henry III Gold penny of all things!

it was me it was me i tell yer!!! Alright it wasn't really... but you almost believed me didn't you? what you didn't? hmmm <_

Who said she was sending you one? I know i wasn't...

i'm not far off 20, 19 at this present moment in time.

yeah some dullness is unavoidable, but 1 mill or so is nothing to worry about, as i say pretty unavoidable due to the way they are stored (in a cardboard holder). PM me with your addy and i'll get £2 off to you probably tomorrow. At least then you've got rid of one of them and i've got a replacement for the one i lost... Honestly i put anything down for a minute and it's never seen again

I'm sure he'd manage that without much trouble. (Sorry mate... Now look what happens when a pretty face shows up. Straight away friends can become competitors, and slightly nasty posts are exchanged. Sam, at this stage I think it's probably best if you email me to save us offending each other ) well was thinking of putting an offer in for the 1968/71 specimen set since i've lost the one i had, but i'd need to know what the coins in that look like. Are the 1/2p, 1p and 2p coins still bright and shiny as they were when new, or have they gone dull like the regular 1971 pennys etc that we see in our change?

Chris i hate to say it but that chat up line is almost as good as 'get yer coat you've pulled' What's wrong with 'Get yer coat, you've pulled'? The subtelty is astounding Chris... (i've probably spelt that wrong and Oli will perpetually show me up for an idiot)

Chris i hate to say it but that chat up line is almost as good as 'get yer coat you've pulled'

I'll not lie, they are pretty common coins but there is a market for them... it's because they are common that the grade is ultimately important [not that it's not important anyhow] it's just more so with modern coins cos there's just so many of them, only the best will sell. And they are alot better than some of the stuff people have tried to ask us about before... e.g "how much is this battered 1969 old size 50p worth?" [well erm about 10p in that condition, but vending machines sometimes take them as £2 coins... and they do! ]

Good for you!

Ah the Coincraft didn't state... oh hang on a minute... bugger i would be looking in the wrong section, yes apparently they do exist... well blow my theory Chris! I'm afraid modern coins aren't really my area so i'm swimming a bit out of my depth here.

i didn't say they weren't worth anything, i just meant they are silver if all else should happen to fail... not that it did.

I make it about £27 based on the values my catalogue quotes. Those are however the higher end dealer selling prices, the dealer buying prices are lower possibly only £17 or so, £20 on a very good day.

Right the 1953 ones aren't bad actually! Quite good the usual weak strike for the 1953 issue... (for everyone else... see here) http://asksam2.tripod.com/Scan0002.jpg I'll have to figure that 1953 average price out by going through the catalogue and adding them all up... The shilling is a bit dark to see but it is lower grade than the ones Chris has for sale on here. My grading skills on Edward VII coins are not fantastic, so i'll let Oli or someone figure that one out... Needless to say the shilling does have it's silver value though cos it's a pre-1920 coin which means it's sterling silver (92.5% silver). Coins from 1920-1946 are 50% silver so are worth less than the earlier ones in the lower grades but will always have some metal value unlike the coppernickel post 1947 issues.

hmm i'm not sure about that maybe, maybe not...? shrug?

Although there was someone on RCC (Rec. Collecting Coins) who actually did like Churchill Crowns and he had a fair few.

if it was Bakeded he was just winding me up by posting the pic over and over again. It worked... <_<

1937 2/6d is condition dependent. The 1960 5/- likewise... they are common but not as common as most of the crowns. 1977 25p or 5 shilling in old money, is worth 25p... i'm afraid these things were minted in the millions for the Silver Jubilee i had a few knocking around, i really should take them to the bank. 1953 will be worth a few pounds, anything upto £5 or £6 if in top condition. The 1986 is worth £2... actually you can technically spend those. If it looks brand new and has a case or something it might be worth anything upto £5.

Well if it looks like this one... http://www.predecimal.com/forsale/es/shilling1910.jpg The i think you've got a good coin. The 1953 coins may indeed be worth something but only if they are high grade examples that look absolutely brand new (like they were minted this morning) and have not been cleaned. Whether they are in a set or not is coincidental as it's an unofficial one. (There are many unofficial ones of all years, doesn't mean they aren't worth anything though). The 1937 stuff likewise would have to be in top condition to be worth a great deal, which i'm afraid is the story of most coins since 1911. (Or even 1887 if it comes to that, with a few notable exceptions). I'm not being funny or anything but i've answered quite a few of these where people have said coins are in good condition (too right they were, 'good' in a numismatic sense = terrible, worn, polished etc). High grading coins in Good Very Fine and higher are where the money is, which translates to a coin that has seen limited wear, has alot of detail remaining in the hair on the heads side of the coin and hopefully original lustre and is totally problem free. If you can figure out a way of posting pictures i can give you accurate quotes for whatever coins you want valuing. But from experience of doing this before, i must stress don't expect them to be worth a fortune as alas they usually aren't.

what condition is that 1910 shilling in?

I like it! Straight to the point... Well i don't think the 1953 one is an official one as the crown is missing (and i don't think they issued them without the crown), thus i dunno the value of that cos it would depend upon the grades of the coins. The 1968/71 decimal set though i bought one of these last summer from a market for a whole of £1 so there you go. You might get £2 for i if you're having a good day. I dunno about the other one though.

like the late Ms Amstell then...