3 victoria coins,two old head one jubilee

[Catcat 0]

Hiya guys, i have a bag of coins which were my grandfathers. I havent a clue how much there worth or anything else. I have listed some of them on ebay as of today for 1 week if you wanna have a look at those ones (user id is katyme4u). Trouble is, im using an alcatel mobile to take pics and they arent very clear. Anyway, I have 3 queen victoria coins/sovereigns??? One is roughly 2cm diameter(same size as the 1957 shilling i have), dated 1887, jubilee head, reverse has a shield with 4 sections, top left is the 3lions, top right lion rampant,bottom left is a harp and bottom right is the three lions again. Its silver in colour...but it looks as though someone has made a keyring out of it as it has a hole to the top left of the heads crown. Is it worth my while putting it on ebay lol? The next coin has the old head, 1897, gold, george slaying the dragon on the back, looks in pretty good nick ie not very many scratches and no notches around the edges. Its about 1.5cm diameter. I believe thats a sovereign. From what i have seen it appears to be worth about £100 but i dont really know...problem being i dont have a good camera and cant really list it anywhere as i dont know how to describe its condition lol..the last coin is probably 1cm diameter, silver colour, old head (appears slightly worn on her veil, gold coin has much more detail on it than this one)dated 1897 with a crown and the number 3 under it. Im guessing this is a three pence of some sort since its the same size as the 1938 three pence i have. Im going to try an upload pics if i can, after i type this, though they arent very clear.

Basically, whats a rough estimate of their worth? How do i describe them? Would i be better taking it to someone? I have no idea who or where....a jewellers?? Dont think we have a coin place anywhere near me. Any input is much appreciated and thanks in advance

[Peckris 579]

Hiya guys, i have a bag of coins which were my grandfathers. I havent a clue how much there worth or anything else. I have listed some of them on ebay as of today for 1 week if you wanna have a look at those ones (user id is katyme4u). Trouble is, im using an alcatel mobile to take pics and they arent very clear. Anyway, I have 3 queen victoria coins/sovereigns??? One is roughly 2cm diameter(same size as the 1957 shilling i have), dated 1887, jubilee head, reverse has a shield with 4 sections, top left is the 3lions, top right lion rampant,bottom left is a harp and bottom right is the three lions again. Its silver in colour...but it looks as though someone has made a keyring out of it as it has a hole to the top left of the heads crown. Is it worth my while putting it on ebay lol? The next coin has the old head, 1897, gold, george slaying the dragon on the back, looks in pretty good nick ie not very many scratches and no notches around the edges. Its about 1.5cm diameter. I believe thats a sovereign. From what i have seen it appears to be worth about £100 but i dont really know...problem being i dont have a good camera and cant really list it anywhere as i dont know how to describe its condition lol..the last coin is probably 1cm diameter, silver colour, old head (appears slightly worn on her veil, gold coin has much more detail on it than this one)dated 1897 with a crown and the number 3 under it. Im guessing this is a three pence of some sort since its the same size as the 1938 three pence i have. Im going to try an upload pics if i can, after i type this, though they arent very clear.

Basically, whats a rough estimate of their worth? How do i describe them? Would i be better taking it to someone? I have no idea who or where....a jewellers?? Dont think we have a coin place anywhere near me. Any input is much appreciated and thanks in advance

The gold sovereign would be worth at least bullion value which is quite high right now. But you would need a decent picture of it for eBay (the sellers who post pictures like yours don't do very well! unsurprisingly). The other two are also only bullion value for silver. The 1887 shilling is the commonest Vic silver coin, and holed it would have no collector value at all. The 3d I can't see too well but it doesn't look high grade, so would be worth little. I would forget the silver and get a decent picture (both sides) of the sovereign for eBay.

[Catcat 0]

Thanks Peckris...need to try and find someone who can loan me a decent camera. Im not really too bothered about the silver, im clearing out alot of things and have no intention of collecting coins so either i try and sell the silver ones for whatever they may or may not go for or keep them and pass them down...and maybe they will be worth more to someone else in another few hundred years lol...the other coins i have on ebay arent probably worth anything either, some shillings,half pennies, crowns and three pences. I wont try and sell the gold one without doing it justice

Thanks very much for your quick reply

[Catcat 0]

[Peckris 579]

The gold sovereign would be worth at least bullion value which is quite high right now. But you would need a decent picture of it for eBay (the sellers who post pictures like yours don't do very well! unsurprisingly). The other two are also only bullion value for silver. The 1887 shilling is the commonest Vic silver coin, and holed it would have no collector value at all. The 3d I can't see too well but it doesn't look high grade, so would be worth little. I would forget the silver and get a decent picture (both sides) of the sovereign for eBay.

Hiya again, got £100 for the gold one which i thought was quite good, since im pretty skint lol(that'll do my wee girls birthday next month)....though she did try to tell me she was only giving me £40 'hahahaha' was my reaction (nice try misses). Just shows you, they try to rip folk off. The other coins are doing terribly on ebay like you said

£100 - good result for a fairly standard sovereign! Mind you, not being a gold collector, I have no idea if that's a fair reflection of current bullion values? But £100 is a LOT better than £40

[argentumandcoins 70]

The gold sovereign would be worth at least bullion value which is quite high right now. But you would need a decent picture of it for eBay (the sellers who post pictures like yours don't do very well! unsurprisingly). The other two are also only bullion value for silver. The 1887 shilling is the commonest Vic silver coin, and holed it would have no collector value at all. The 3d I can't see too well but it doesn't look high grade, so would be worth little. I would forget the silver and get a decent picture (both sides) of the sovereign for eBay.

Hiya again, got £100 for the gold one which i thought was quite good, since im pretty skint lol(that'll do my wee girls birthday next month)....though she did try to tell me she was only giving me £40 'hahahaha' was my reaction (nice try misses). Just shows you, they try to rip folk off. The other coins are doing terribly on ebay like you said

£100 - good result for a fairly standard sovereign! Mind you, not being a gold collector, I have no idea if that's a fair reflection of current bullion values? But £100 is a LOT better than £40

Around £130 for a half sovereign and £260 for a full is the current buying price in sale rooms.

[Red Riley 2]

Around £130 for a half sovereign and £260 for a full is the current buying price in sale rooms.

Suspect it was a half sovereign although the size you gave doesn't tally (1/2 sovereigns are just short of 2mm.). If it was a full sovereign, you were well and truly screwed!

[Peckris 579]

Around £130 for a half sovereign and £260 for a full is the current buying price in sale rooms.

Suspect it was a half sovereign although the size you gave doesn't tally (1/2 sovereigns are just short of 2mm.). If it was a full sovereign, you were well and truly screwed!

Yeah, looking at the comparative pictures above, it has to be a half sov. It's significantly smaller than the shilling.

[Catcat 0]

Hiya, yeah it was a half sovereign however she said it weighed 3 point something grams when i had read that gold half sovs like that one, weighed 4.3grams(she didnt turn the scales around for me to see)....she was trying to pull a fast one lol. My measurements are just guesses, didnt have(couldnt find) something to measure with. I think the big silver one that has the hole in it is a full sovereign size but im guessing, again. The refinery(britishgoldrefinery) wouldve gave me £130ish for it, but that wouldve needed posted and so just took it to the gold(rip off merchants)place. Thanks all

[Peckris 579]

Hiya, yeah it was a half sovereign however she said it weighed 3 point something grams when i had read that gold half sovs like that one, weighed 4.3grams(she didnt turn the scales around for me to see)....she was trying to pull a fast one lol. My measurements are just guesses, didnt have(couldnt find) something to measure with. I think the big silver one that has the hole in it is a full sovereign size but im guessing, again. The refinery(britishgoldrefinery) wouldve gave me £130ish for it, but that wouldve needed posted and so just took it to the gold(rip off merchants)place. Thanks all

Yes, a sov is approximately the size of a shilling.