Help needed please

[cpringle1965 0]

Hi to all, I am new to this forum, i have been having a clear out and come across various british coins, could you kind people please tell me if the coins i list have any value, thank you for taking the time to look, i can send photos if it helps.

One Pennny 1861-1891-1903-1926-1928-1944-1966-1967

Half Penny 1882-1900-1936-1936-1965-1967x2

Farthing 1919-1938-1953

Three Pence 1967

One Shilling 1950

Two Shilling 1966

Thank you Chris

[Rob 3,152]

Hi to all, I am new to this forum, i have been having a clear out and come across various british coins, could you kind people please tell me if the coins i list have any value, thank you for taking the time to look, i can send photos if it helps.

One Pennny 1861-1891-1903-1926-1928-1944-1966-1967

Half Penny 1882-1900-1936-1936-1965-1967x2

Farthing 1919-1938-1953

Three Pence 1967

One Shilling 1950

Two Shilling 1966

Thank you Chris

Nothing stands out that would be worth a great deal. The 1861, 1903 and 1926 pennies have rare types, but the crucial word here is rare. They would need to be in a good grade to be worth much. Pictures always help.

[cpringle1965 0]

Hi Rob I will take some photos can you take a look i have no idea of conditions of coins, thanks Chris

[scott 144]

yea get photos up,

also the 1953 farthing has scarcer types.

[cpringle1965 0]

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[cpringle1965 0]

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[Peter 615]

Hi Chris

The coin you are showing is what we would classify as poor condition and worth a few pence at most.

Condition is the key.

The modern coins would really have to be as they left the mint.

[Red Riley 2]

I would go a little better than that, the legend is readable and the main points of design visible, so on wear alone maybe Fair. The photos are however rather blurred and it is possible that there is some damage that I can't see - or perhaps it has been cleaned? Given that it appears to have a convex shield, it is most likely F33 and worth a pound or two at most; a clearer photo would confirm.

As a penny collector, probably the most likely to turn up a rarity is the 1926.

[cpringle1965 0]

Thank You Red Riley, the 1926 penny seems in better condition than the 1861, only problem i have is reducing the size of the images to upload to this site??

[scott 144]

i dunno that 1861 is upper fair... and there are so many types... something i wouldn't mind owning myself

isn't 1926 scarse on its own even without modfiied effigy

[Red Riley 2]

i dunno that 1861 is upper fair... and there are so many types... something i wouldn't mind owning myself

isn't 1926 scarse on its own even without modfiied effigy

Yes, it is scarce but not really enough to make it worth much in average condition. The official mintage of 4.5 million is probably correct as no pennies were minted for the previous 3 years. Standard 1926s would turn up occasionally in change, but I never saw an ME in circulation. I have seen estimates that approx. 1 in 10 or 1 in 15 were MEs, but by the time I started looking for them, most had been whipped out of circulation by collectors.

[Chris Perkins 228]

I'd say the ME's are much much rarer than the already scarcish 1926. One in 100 even! I rarely get them and when I do, average circulated examples always sell for at least £20.00.

[scott 144]

can i see the farthing from 1953?

[Red Riley 2]

I'd say the ME's are much much rarer than the already scarcish 1926. One in 100 even! I rarely get them and when I do, average circulated examples always sell for at least £20.00.

That would make them more than twice as rare as 1951s, and put them in 1860/59 territory. Like 1950 and 1951, it is conceivable that they all went to a specific location, and if anybody knows where this was, would they please enlighten us!

[RLC35 288]

Red,

I am not sure about the 1950 Penny, but the 1951 Penny went to the Bahamas, if I am not mistaken...the whole issue. At one time the 1951 was much more common in the USA, than the UK. They were brought back to the USA by vacationers, returning from there. I think that was also where the Duke of Windsor resided at the time (King Edward the VIII). I have about a dozen of each!

[Red Riley 2]

Red,

I am not sure about the 1950 Penny, but the 1951 Penny went to the Bahamas, if I am not mistaken...the whole issue. At one time the 1951 was much more common in the USA, than the UK. They were brought back to the USA by vacationers, returning from there. I think that was also where the Duke of Windsor resided at the time (King Edward the VIII). I have about a dozen of each!

From what I have heard, most of the 1950 batch went to Northern Ireland. Although the mintage given is twice that of 1951, they seem to be less common in the higher grades. I guess being closer to the centre of the empire, they became dispersed more easily and were hence more difficult to track down. I would be surprised though, if many were melted down in 1971.

[Peter 615]

I've picked up a few 26 ME's and even my 2 daughters have examples in their 1d runs.

It would seem that the advent of decimalisation brought such a hunt out for the rarer dates/varieties that these were stashed away in vast numbers and probably exist in greater nrs than mintages would otherwise indicate.

I've got more 1946 3ds than you could shake a stick at (thanks to my grandfathers)

[Peter 615]

I would hasten to add.....Why are there so few 1946 or 1949 in Unc about......rare as hens teeth.

[scott 144]

not really anything special about the date, most people keep coins from key dates, not much happened in 46 and 49 that warrented a keepsake from the year?

[Red Riley 2]

I would hasten to add.....Why are there so few 1946 or 1949 in Unc about......rare as hens teeth.

1946s were mint toned (as were 1944s and 1945s), so only the odd one or two which somehow escaped the treatment will be found with lustre. 1949 from memory was not an especially common year when compared with 1947 or 48, so that may explain their comparative scarcity in higher grades.

I do however agree that collector activity skews the apparent rarity of coins with short mint runs. Try looking up 1918 and 19KNs on ebay.