Any Information On This Coin/Value?

[Guest Jay]

I found this in amongst my coin collection. It's a one penny coin, date on the bottom reads 1863

Sorry about the quality of the photo, best I could do with my blackberry

Front of coin: http://www.sad-clown.com/Front.jpg

Back of coin: http://www.sad-clown.com/Back.jpg

[Peter 615]

I found this in amongst my coin collection. It's a one penny coin, date on the bottom reads 1863

Sorry about the quality of the photo, best I could do with my blackberry

Front of coin: http://www.sad-clown.com/Front.jpg

Back of coin: http://www.sad-clown.com/Back.jpg

Its an extremely poor example of a 1863 bun penny and of negligable value.

Back to work tomorrow I'm afraid.

[Peckris 579]

I found this in amongst my coin collection. It's a one penny coin, date on the bottom reads 1863

Sorry about the quality of the photo, best I could do with my blackberry

Front of coin: http://www.sad-clown.com/Front.jpg

Back of coin: http://www.sad-clown.com/Back.jpg

Its an extremely poor example of a 1863 bun penny and of negligable value.

Back to work tomorrow I'm afraid.

{Waits silently, without saying a word}

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"Hey, do any of you guys see a die number below the date ... ?"

"Where? Where?"

"Just appearing out of the grot just below the 6 to the left a bit"

"Oh God, yeah I see it!"

"Nope sorry, guys, I don't see anything there"

"Well *I* think it's there, but I wouldn't bet my life savings on it"

"Hm, what does Gary say?"

[azda 979]

Just as a comparison Jay, here's my 1863 Penny

[Red Riley 2]

Just as a comparison Jay, here's my 1863 Penny

Show off.

[azda 979]

Just as a comparison Jay, here's my 1863 Penny

Show off.

[Cerbera100 0]

Just as a comparison Jay, here's my 1863 Penny

Show off.

lol - exactly what I was thinking! Nice penny though - Azda's that is... Sorry Jay, yours is a touch umm beaten up?!

[Gary D 76]

Just as a comparison Jay, here's my 1863 Penny

Show off.

lol - exactly what I was thinking! Nice penny though - Azda's that is... Sorry Jay, yours is a touch umm beaten up?!

Nice rub with a bit of Duraglit and you could put a good shine on it. Probably make a extra grade with ease.

[Accumulator 52]

You might want to think about upgrading that 1863 Dave

[Peckris 579]

Just as a comparison Jay, here's my 1863 Penny

Show off.

lol - exactly what I was thinking! Nice penny though - Azda's that is... Sorry Jay, yours is a touch umm beaten up?!

Nice rub with a bit of Duraglit and you could put a good shine on it. Probably make a extra grade with ease.

You might want to think about upgrading that 1863 Dave

Why??

[Accumulator 52]

You might want to think about upgrading that 1863 Dave

Why??

I was showing off my 1863 so Dave could see how shabby his really was :D It was a joke!!

[Guest Jay]

Thanks for all the positive support

I know mine is a bit beaten up, wasn't expecting to retire... just a bit of information really, I didn't know much about coins and I've got a bag full of oldish coins to go through

[azda 979]

Thanks for all the positive support

I know mine is a bit beaten up, wasn't expecting to retire... just a bit of information really, I didn't know much about coins and I've got a bag full of oldish coins to go through

Don't give up Jay, its normally people like you with a bag full of coins who have something thats rare who don't realise it. We were only teasing the newbie, so, welcome to the forum, what else ya got?

[azda 979]

You might want to think about upgrading that 1863 Dave

Thats a no bad coin Steve, we could open an 1863 penny shop along with Jay i like mine with a bit of toning old bean i got the joke though

[Guest Jay]

I have:

A very small coin thats silver, about 1cm in size and very thin, with 1 1/2 written on it and the date is 1843, Victoria is on the back..

The battered 1863 penny shown earlier

A 1903 half penny with Edward VII on the back

1914/44/61/63/67/27/35/28/66/12/17/18/45/62/40/22/16/10/21 one penny

Six pence, 1957/58/64/63/61/24/66/54/53

Three pence, 1944/43/66/64/45/60/63/67/42

Half Crown, 1943

Two Shillings 1959/48

Half Penny 1976/71

One Shilling 1953/63/55

Two pound coin 1986

5 Pence 1978

Farthing 1939

10 Pence 1968

I aslo have a silver coin, just over an inch wide and about 2-3mm thick.

Its 1887 with Victoria Dei Gratia written on the front around Victorias head

[SionGilbey 1]

I have:

A very small coin thats silver, about 1cm in size and very thin, with 1 1/2 written on it and the date is 1843, Victoria is on the back..

The battered 1863 penny shown earlier

A 1903 half penny with Edward VII on the back

1914/44/61/63/67/27/35/28/66/12/17/18/45/62/40/22/16/10/21 one penny

Six pence, 1957/58/64/63/61/24/66/54/53

Three pence, 1944/43/66/64/45/60/63/67/42

Half Crown, 1943

Two Shillings 1959/48

Half Penny 1976/71

One Shilling 1953/63/55

Two pound coin 1986

5 Pence 1978

Farthing 1939

10 Pence 1968

I aslo have a silver coin, just over an inch wide and about 2-3mm thick.

Its 1887 with Victoria Dei Gratia written on the front around Victorias head

the 1 1/2 silver coin: That's a threehalfpence. They're quite collectable.

Your pennies are of little value but check the 1918 for a mintmark on the left of the date. Should be a H or a KN.

The rest of your coins, I'm afraid are not worth very much apart from the £2, which is worth £2.

Sorry,

Sion

A scan of the 3 halfpence would be good though, I could give you a valuation on it.

[Guest Jay]

Thanks,

The silver coin I have which I don't know what it is looks like below:

Front: http://www.sad-clown.com/Sil1.jpg

Back: http://www.sad-clown.com/Sil2.jpg

I also have another very odd looking coin... it looks like it should be a penny, but it's around 3mm wider than a penny and three times as thick...

Front: http://www.sad-clown.com/Bro1.jpg

Back: http://www.sad-clown.com/Bro2.jpg

The Coin with a 1 and 1/2 on it is here... sorry about the quality, these are phone photos

Front: http://www.sad-clown.com/Sil11.jpg

Back: http://www.sad-clown.com/Sil22.jpg

The 1918 penny coin is below, I couldn't find the letters:

Front: http://www.sad-clown.com/Pen1.jpg

Back: http://www.sad-clown.com/Pen2.jpg

And finally, the last one I was curious on was this silver one with a "3" on it... (Quality awful on these photos)

Front: http://www.sad-clown.com/Sil3.jpg

Back: http://www.sad-clown.com/Sil4.jpg

Thanks in advance!

[Red Riley 2]

The first is a half crown in fair condition and probably woth little more than silver value in that state. It was minted in the first year of a new coinage to celebrate Victoria's golden jubilee and is way the most common year for silver coinage encountered in the entire 64 year reign!

The second (assuming you are comparing it to 1860-1970 pennies) is a copper penny of George III and would have been dated 1806 or 7. The same basic design was also used for farthings and halfpennies in different sizes obviously. No value, but big enough to make a useful paper weight.

The 1918 penny is the standard Royal Mint version and sadly the world is awash with these.

Haven't time to consider the other 2 coins at present. Will revert later if somebody hasn't beaten me to it.

[Cerbera100 0]

Haven't time to consider the other 2 coins at present. Will revert later if somebody hasn't beaten me to it.

First is the threehalfpence that Sion mentioned - 1843 as you say! In condition, a pound or two if you're lucky!

Other is a threepence of George V - I'm guessing 1917, but could be any 1st coinage (1910-1920) 3d given the blurring of the pic!). Even in tip-top condition these dont fetch much more than £10-15, and in VF a few pence... even with the blurring, this is almost certainly closer to the VF end of the market!

Very nice little pieces (especially the threehalfpence - weirdest denomination coin in 1500 years of Sterling!) but nothing to retire on... sorry!