avnt a clue need help

[Guest jillymac]

Hi people ime obviously a newbie to this but i need some advice from the experts, i have had some coins in my possesion for some time now and havn't got a clue about them.

They are a 1807 George 111 think its a penny

George 1vs 1922 half penny.

George 1vs 1944 half crown

Elizabeth 11 1965 half crown

Please advise if possible.

[Rob 3,152]

Hi people ime obviously a newbie to this but i need some advice from the experts, i have had some coins in my possesion for some time now and havn't got a clue about them.

They are a 1807 George 111 think its a penny

George 1vs 1922 half penny.

George 1vs 1944 half crown

Elizabeth 11 1965 half crown

Please advise if possible.

What do you want to know? History? Value? Grade?

Pictures would be necessary if either of the last two are required.

[Guest jillymac]

Hi people ime obviously a newbie to this but i need some advice from the experts, i have had some coins in my possesion for some time now and havn't got a clue about them.

They are a 1807 George 111 think its a penny

George 1vs 1922 half penny.

George 1vs 1944 half crown

Elizabeth 11 1965 half crown

Please advise if possible.

What do you want to know? History? Value? Grade?

Pictures would be necessary if either of the last two are required.

Ok i will try and take some pics and attatch them i want to know everything

[argentumandcoins 70]

Hi people ime obviously a newbie to this but i need some advice from the experts, i have had some coins in my possesion for some time now and havn't got a clue about them.

They are a 1807 George 111 think its a penny

George 1vs 1922 half penny.

George 1vs 1944 half crown

Elizabeth 11 1965 half crown

Please advise if possible.

What do you want to know? History? Value? Grade?

Pictures would be necessary if either of the last two are required.

Ok i will try and take some pics and attatch them i want to know everything

Sadly I think it is not possible for any of us humans to be able to know everything

[Peckris 579]

Hi people ime obviously a newbie to this but i need some advice from the experts, i have had some coins in my possesion for some time now and havn't got a clue about them.

They are a 1807 George 111 think its a penny

George 1vs 1922 half penny.

George 1vs 1944 half crown

Elizabeth 11 1965 half crown

Please advise if possible.

What do you want to know? History? Value? Grade?

Pictures would be necessary if either of the last two are required.

Ok i will try and take some pics and attatch them i want to know everything

The 1807 is probably a halfpenny (new collectors often assume they are pennies as they are quite large). The value of them ranges from about £1 in worn condition, up to near £100 for a really top grade specimen. George III issued halfpennies and farthings in the 1770s, then stopped, and there was a dire shortage of small change. Tokens (mostly halfpennies) filled the gap and are a specialist field all to themselves. Then Matthew Boulton got together with James Watt (yes THE J.W.) to produce steam equipment for automating coin production and got a contract to produce copper twopences and pennies dated 1797 (the so-called "Cartwheels" due to their size). Then the value of copper rose so the coins got smaller as they had to contain their own weight in copper - halfpennies and farthings were issued in 1799. Then slightly smaller again, and in 1806-7 pennies halfpennies and farthings were issued, which were the last coppers of George III. There was a huge redesign of the coinage in 1816, which didn't include copper. However, from 1816 it was decreed for the first time that coins didn't have to contain their own face value of the metal used, which is how it's been ever since.

The other coins you have are unremarkable predecimal 20th Century issues, unlikely to be worth anything much. The halfpenny would be worth something in really top condition, the 1944 halfcrown contains real silver (50%) so has an intrinsic value, and the 1965 is worth about £5 but only if in absolute gleaming mint condition.

[azda 979]

Hi people ime obviously a newbie to this but i need some advice from the experts, i have had some coins in my possesion for some time now and havn't got a clue about them.

They are a 1807 George 111 think its a penny

George 1vs 1922 half penny.

George 1vs 1944 half crown

Elizabeth 11 1965 half crown

Please advise if possible.

What do you want to know? History? Value? Grade?

Pictures would be necessary if either of the last two are required.

Ok i will try and take some pics and attatch them i want to know everything

Sadly I think it is not possible for any of us humans to be able to know everything

Apparently women know everything

[Rob 3,152]

Apparently women know everything

Correct.

Rule 1. What I should be doing.

Rule 2. What I should have done.

Rule 3. What I am going to do.

Rule 4. What I am not going to do.

And most important of all. Rule 5. I will invariably make the wrong call regarding rules 1-4.

Edited July 24, 2011 by Rob