mand98

Hello all, my father in law has two Victorian coins of which he has no idea of value. We are complete novices so I will explain as best I can. We believe one is a silver penny bearing the date 1837 which seems to have a young Victoria one side & an older Victoria on the other side. This doesnt seem to make sense to me though as I cant understand why they would depict her as older on one side when the date of the coin is only 1837. It is a very worn coin but it does seem to say 1837 on it. The second coin is also silver. It is a fourpence bearing the date 1837 with Britannia on one side and what we assume to be Victoria on the otherside but that side is particulary worn unfortunately. Any information anyone can give about the coins generally or values (if any!) would be much appreciated.

Great. At least we can say we know what it is now ! Are they quite common ? Not common as in coin-common, but not rare either, and with only a small collector base anyway. To be honest, yours is too worn to be of any interest more than scrap value ... but I've never seen a worn example before! So it's interesting purely from that perspective. Thanks for everyone's comments & info. They have been much help to me as I will admit to being a complete and utter novice! Shame they are not worth anything but still interesting items. I did take pics of the four pence but unfortunately they wont upload I must admit I was looking at the four pence thinking it looked more like a man on the head side!

Great. At least we can say we know what it is now ! Are they quite common ? To be honest i could'nt say, but at least we have managed to sort out what it is. You said you had 2 coin/medals? Do you have a picture of the other? Unfortunately I dont at the moment. I will try & sort one out hopefully tomorrow. Thanks for your help

Great. At least we can say we know what it is now ! Are they quite common ?

thanks for the reply. Im not sure if these pictures will show up very clearly. I have taken them with my mobile but think I may need to use a digital camera to get a clearer pic. This is the one my father in law thinks is a penny but my mother in law has made a good point saying she wondered if it could be a later coin but bearing the date 1837 to Victoria's jubilee? Unfortunately I do not have the other coin to hand at the moment. I will sort out some good pics of that one too & get them posted.