Various coins from George III to Elizabeth II

[meikle10 0]

I am a coin collecting 'virgin' and have recently been left some coins by my late Grandmother and I'm not necessarily looking to sell these as I have some very fond memories of sitting on my Grandfathers lap looking at the coins.

I don't have the experience on grading them but I would appreciate any information on what coins to look out for?

I have chosen a few coins to list as these are the better examples of the whole lot.

1. Half Penny dated 1793. It has what seems to be two (2) peacocks entwined around a standard pole with wings at the top and on the other sid a protrait of Sir Isaac Newton with his name going around the outside.

2. Two quite large coins for George III. One is quite worn, dated 1797 and the other looks like it has hardly been used, dated 1807.

3. A Small coin for George III. Very worn but I believe the date is 1775.

4. A small coin which I can not really identify as it is quite worn. One side seems to have the picture of Britannia on it which disects the word Britannia around the outside of it, i.e. 'BRITAN' then 'NIA'. On the other side is a portrait of a man looking towards the L.H.S of the coin with the following words around the outside 'CAROLVS' tehn 'A' then 'CAROLO'?

[Master Jmd 80]

1. Sounds like a pattern or token (not fully sure).

2. Sounds like pennies to me. The 1797 would be a cartwheel penny, and looks something like this? The 1807 looking like this?

3. Could be a half penny or farthing (im guessing its copper going by your other coins) (example image).

4. Is probably a half penny or farthing of Charles II (reigned from 1660 - 1685)

Pictures would be of help.

Edited January 2, 2006 by Master Jmd

[Guest mayhawke]

Hi,

by happy coincidence, I was just looking for some info on a Georgius 3 cartwheel penny that my daughter found in the street.

For curiosity's sake only (wild horses wouldn't part her from it :-) ), how much would one be worth?

It's not in such good condition as the ones I have seen pics of - it's very worn

[Peter 615]

If worn probably nothing....( you won't be able to sell it).

Look at Ebay there are loads for sale & you should be able to pick out one in a similar condition.

[planz666 0]

Sounds interesting,though without pictures it would be very difficult.Look forward to seeing them if you are able....