Stuntman

I think you've done well with your 1935 Crown. Better than I did for a coin from a dealer graded GEF but probably similar to yours in reality £24 delivered.

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This is good advice and something I've being doing more of recently. Regarding your shilling - the planchet flaw might be seen as making the coin more interesting to you, something to contrast against your other coins. But if you're not happy with the coin and it wasn't as described (or the coin wasn't fully pictured) then I think you're perfectly entitled to ask the dealer for a refund. The dealer probably has a returns policy on their website anyway?

I agree. I would always prepared say how much I've paid and to hear others' views on that amount. Most of my coins have come from 3 or 4 online coin dealers and I've made two visits to the Midland Fair as well although I only bought five predecimal coins during those two visits. Then again, the sums I'm paying for coins are an order of magnitude lower than some on here. It's enlightening for me to see pictures of the excellent coins in your collection and those of other forum members. I appreciate your opinion regarding my coin, it helps me live and learn, although I'm currently not actively looking to upgrade any of mine. I will be adding different types and perhaps hoping to buy more shrewdly on the price/grade spectrum. Cheers!

Very nice as usual Paulus, and I do agree with you about the grade of my own coin being GVF at best. I wanted a decent enough example of an OH crown that didn't break the bank. My current aspirations are more modest than yours! I paid £77 delivered, from CC about a year ago. Not too bad or did I overpay significantly? I never know whether it's considered poor form to talk about the cost on these threads so forgive me if so!

Here's the reverse of my 1895 crown showing the circular hairlines: The obverse doesn't seem to be as badly afflicted: Dealer graded it GVF but I think it's possibly slightly better (with my rose tinted spectacles on)!

Both coins look very pretty although I would agree about the hairlines on the crown. I have an 1895 crown graded GVF by the selling dealer which has circular hairlines on the reverse, in particular, that only become apparent on a large scale photo. The coin's perfectly nice in hand and I'm happy with it for the price I paid. Your shilling's very nice and pleasing in my opinion, the obverse is particularly crisp and sharp. Looks as if it has a slight pinkish tone on the reverse legends, does that appear to be the case in hand? At least aUNC for the shilling for me. The crown has virtually no wear but I don't know how those hairlines might affect the grading. As a general rule I would say that most most dealers in my experience, even the forum recommended ones, will grade the same coin at least half a grade higher than our forum sages would. The forum sages are strict and dispassionate whereas the likes of you and me probably have the rose tinted spectacles on being relative novices. Azda is right though, if you are happy with the coins you have for the prices you've paid then that's the main thing. T

I agree. The RM has really milked its potential market since about 2013 and as such has lost a great deal of its credibility for me. I bought the commemorative proof sets in 2013,14 and 15 which I thought were nice coins in nice packaging, but there's no way I'm paying £95 for the 2016 set when the price was £65 two years ago for an equivalent set. I liked the first two £20 coins but I have been less keen on the designs since, although I did buy a Longest Reigning Monarch one for £15 on eBay when I had a discount voucher! The £50 coin I think is a nice design, but the £100 coins don't appeal to me at all. I'd far rather spend that sort of money on some milled predecimal silver

I think bhx7's coin has the sharpest reverse so far. Here's my 1916, which is probably the least impressive specimen on the thread! Still quite nice in hand, though.

I think the 1912 coin is sharper than the 1918 coin. It has more eye appeal to me, from the photos.

I'm no expert, but Colin Cooke has one for sale at the moment which looks broadly similar in grade to yours, for £550. Theirs is graded 'About EF'. I think the reverse of yours is perhaps less sharp than the Colin Cooke coin and the obverse broadly similar. My first thought on your nice, honest, evenly toned coin was it would cost about £500 from a dealer http://colincooke.com/coin_pages/victcopperissue.html

I'm a relative novice but I think these are fairly key dates for shillings,, florins and halfcrowns: 1905 - for shilling, florin and halfcrown 1841 halfcrown 1850 and 1854 shilling 1854 florin but very rare. 1862 and 1863 also pretty rare 1892 and 1932 florin Wreath crowns from 1928-1936 are all pretty rare but 1934 is the key date If you go a little further back to William IV and George IV: 1837 halfcrown 1828 and 1829 for halfcrowns 1827 shilling

Might be worth a lot of money to a threepence error collector (if such a person exists). That 1966 nickel brass penny in the Copthorne collection went for what I reckon was an enormous sum, recently, but the pool of penny collectors is likely to be much bigger! http://colincooke.com/collections/copthorneelizabethii.html

Seems a bit harsh. I read through the thread on cointalk and I thought that the poster in question was merely expressing concern over the coin's genuineness and actually giving you some decent advice. I'm really pleased for you that NGC have confirmed the coin as being genuine and if you're happy, that should be the end of it from your point of view. But the poster in question's follow-up points about what has or hasn't been provided as evidence (etc) are well made too, in my opinion. I get why you prefer to have graded coins for the peace of mind it gives you. Enjoy cherishing them!

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In your posistion Pete, I think I would look to collect another denomination whilst waiting patiently for any further penny acquisitions. I'd choose one which I thought had plenty of visual appeal to me. Given you have some very high quality bronze (and copper too??), I would choose a silver denomination for a bit of variety. Florins and (particularly) Halfcrowns would provide you with plenty of interest I would think. I'd love to have nice examples of each type of halfcrown from 1817 to 1967, especially with some of the scarce/rare years thrown in. A similar size to your pennies as well

Definitely! Very nice.

^^^ Great spot. I would agree!

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I think lots of serious collectors would love to own a specimen like that. The obverse in particular is lovely. In deciding whether to keep it, I suppose it depends how much emotional or sentimental attachment you have to it, Adam? For example, if I wasn't particularly interested in stamps (I'm not) and someone left me some rare stamps, I wouldn't hesitate to sell them (and probably spend some or all of the proceeds on something I did want, like a sculpture or a painting, to remind me of the valuable original item). Good luck with your decision. You have something very special.

Well I'd be happy with any of them

That's fab, I'd been wondering what had happened about this coin. Really pleased for you!

I think this one is natural. I like it anyway.