Jump to content
British Coin Forum - Predecimal.com

50 Years of RotographicCoinpublications.com A Rotographic Imprint. Price guide reference book publishers since 1959. Lots of books on coins, banknotes and medals. Please visit and like Coin Publications on Facebook for offers and updates.

Coin Publications on Facebook

   Rotographic    

The current range of books. Click the image above to see them on Amazon (printed and Kindle format). More info on coinpublications.com

predecimal.comPredecimal.com. One of the most popular websites on British pre-decimal coins, with hundreds of coins for sale, advice for beginners and interesting information.

Sign in to follow this  
Voynov_BG

1862 penny - VIGTORIA or not?

Recommended Posts

Well ... after accidentally this weekend I realized that I owned 1862 penny 2 over 1, which has been staying with me for several months without knowing, I decided to open another purchase from the summer - a bulk lot of over 460 Victorian pennies bought from a stamp dealer from UK-ebay. I checked them quickly (1862) - yes, there is no other 2 on 1, but after visiting the site rarestpennies, I was intrigued by another easy-to-check error - VIGTORIA.
From about 20 pennies dated 1862, I found one where the letter C is very similar to G, but the coin is quite worn, so I ask for help - what do you think about this coin?

 

VIG-2.jpg

VIG-3.jpg

VIG-4.jpg

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I think you should buy a lottery ticket. It looks like one to me. :)

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
16 minutes ago, mrbadexample said:
18 minutes ago, mrbadexample said:

I think you should buy a lottery ticket. It looks like one to me. :)

God is my witness: about 7-8 days earlier, I dreamed that I was crying. I read in google that this could be a great luck, and after two days I bought the two lottery tickets in the photo below. Well - there was nothing there :)

 

16 minutes ago, mrbadexample said:

 

lottery.jpg

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
Just now, secret santa said:

Fancy finding 2 rare English pennies in Bulgaria !!!

Quite. Send them back home please Voynov! :lol:

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
1 minute ago, Voynov_BG said:

It's ok. I have one of yours. It was made here though. ;)

Bulgaria 10 stotinki 1881 (4).jpg

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Well played, Voynov. That's two incredibly rare coins you've turned up :) 

Not sure what the odds against that are, but they must be pretty long.

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Remarkable! Well done! Again you can reference the LCA site for value, one in poor condition recently sold at auction (from a forum member) at over £1000 , if my memory serves me.

Jerry

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

But the price is coming down with each new find ;)

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Yes if your lucky enough to find one early of anything supposedly scarce £1K + get rid of it :)

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Ok, for now I will not check the other unchecked bulk lots I've bought (and I have a lot of other work to do) so I will not drop prices anymore :)

If someone has relatives or friends in Bulgaria, or someone is flying here, they are available at a price of 1000 pounds per coin. I'm probably going to list them on US-ebay after 2-3 weeks, but since the sending of coins FROM Bulgaria to UK and many other countries is illegal due to a lack of agreement between the Royal Mail and the Bulgarian post ( our laws are a bit strange because of the roman coins ), the coins will be invisible from UK when searching directly in ebay.

This coin looks uncleaned. The 1862 2 over 1 looks cleaned in the past.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Good luck but after the weekend you have had i think i would check the others :)

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
5 hours ago, Voynov_BG said:

If someone has relatives or friends in Bulgaria, or someone is flying here, they are available at a price of 1000 pounds per coin.

I think you are slightly undervaluing them given recent sale prices.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
Guest Tim

Put on ebay and let us know. There's bound to be a fight with all the interest the forum members are showing.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
6 minutes ago, Guest Tim said:

Put on ebay and let us know. There's bound to be a fight with all the interest the forum members are showing.

Put it into a proper auction where the trust lies with the auction house and not the dodgy vendor on eBay. There will be a mechanism for transferring restricted goods abroad, you just need to ascertain the paperwork required.

An added bonus is that the premiums will stay in the UK as opposed to sending 15% abroad through ebay and Paypoo fees. Those two businesses account for a lot of unnecessary capital transfers abroad. £7.7m profit made by eBay last year in the UK? My a**e. This country needs to keep its money circulating internally, not shipped abroad never to return.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
1 hour ago, secret santa said:

I think you are slightly undervaluing them given recent sale prices.

Do not worry, the price only applies to members forum here if pickup in Bulgaria, before listed on ebay. When post on ebay, the price will be $ 2,000 per coin. :)

Otherwise, maybe January / February, one my friend will send coins to a specialized coin auction in UK, and if they have not been sold yet, I will give them to him.

1 hour ago, secret santa said:

 

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
Sign in to follow this  

×