New British (maybe world) coin record

[Master Jmd 80]

Apparantly, according to my local 'sunday express', a british gold coin was found metal detecting and it is believed to have sold for about £150,000 which would beat the charles II petition crown that went for £138,000!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Which coin would this be.........if it was a new coin, the numismatic community would have been informed surely. It would have definately been very famous if it sold for that much.

[Chris Perkins 228]

Whatever it was, it's not a World record because Americans pay ridiculous amounts for some of their rarities.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

It could have been a hammered coin............

[Sylvester 15]

If it's English then to go for that much it would have to be one of the following.

Florin, Half Florin or Helm. But those don't come on the market often, at all? I've never seen one for sale they're probably all in museums.

My bet is Henry III Gold Twenty Pence, the last one of those sold in 1996 for £159,000.

I've never even seen one in the flesh! (I'd like to!)

[Sylvester 15]

Well if it's only £150,000 then it's not bet the British coin record, the most expensive British coin record has been held by the Henry III Twenty Pences for... well put it this way my 1985 Spinks said a Twenty pence had just made the record back then, i'd bet that it's just these Twenty pences that keep re-breaking their own recrds over and over again.

[Coppers 58]

Here's an article on it....

New Discovery

[Half Penny Jon 0]

It hasn't sold yet though JMD.

[Master Jmd 80]

It hasn't sold yet though JMD.

it differs from what the express said, it says that it sold for £150,000 and that it was a british record

[Emperor Oli 0]

I saw that article in the saturday papers, I thought it was old news!

JMD, the world record is $7,300,000 for a 1933 Double Eagle.

Edit: It's expected to sell for £150,000 on 6th October at Spink's. The current record for a gold penny is £149,500 for a Henry III piece. British record for a coin is £170,000 for a George III crown.

Edited September 12, 2004 by Emperor Oli

[Coppers 58]

The gold "penny" has now been now been written up and is pictured on the Spink website.

[Sylvester 15]

Anyone got a link to that article? I can never find my way around the Spinks website...

[Master Jmd 80]

Here

[Sylvester 15]

I like that! If only i had that kinda money...

[Emperor Oli 0]

Anyone got a link to that article? I can never find my way around the Spinks website...

It's right on the front page

[Half Penny Jon 0]

That is a wonderfully preserved coin! A credit to numismatics!

[Guest Jennings_I'm_a_Guest]

Whatever it was, it's not a World record because Americans pay ridiculous amounts for some of their rarities.

You can say that again! That's why this Yank has decided to collect British coins instead of the home grown varieties. Prices are much more sane, and the varieties and mint marks are far fewer.

I'm starting with Farthings from 1860 and newer and we'll see how it goes from there

J

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Nice bit of bronze, good on you!

Btw, welcome to this forum!