Query From A Newbie!

[Jacamo 0]

So, I'm a newbie to the forum and not a coin collector....YET!

For those that read my "hello" thread in the newcomer section, you will know that I bought 800 or so coins a few days ago at auction.

Well, I have spent hours looking on the net, going down to my local library trying to find out about one coin I found amongst them all. There is something about it, that is baffling me, I want to show you a picture of it, to see if anyone can shed some light on it. My current opinion of it is that this coin is either a reproduction or FAKE but I am yet to find another like it.

Please take a look at the pictures.

[azda 979]

Probably a repro of a James II shilling or halfcrown

Edited March 2, 2014 by azda

[HistoricCoinage 146]

Looks very much like a modern reproduction.

[Jacamo 0]

Glad we're on the same wave length...I don't suppose King James would of wanted that big hooter printed onto thousands of coins after all!!

[Peter 615]

Anyone with a brain bigger than a pea wouldn't sell 800 coins as a job lot without taking out the goodies.

I reckon you have bought junk.

[Peckris 579]

That's actually a very nice repro, especially the reverse. I'd be quite happy to have it in the absence of any decent James II silver. Not worth anything much, but nice.

[Jacamo 0]

Anyone with a brain bigger than a pea wouldn't sell 800 coins as a job lot without taking out the goodies.

I reckon you have bought junk.

I know what you mean and I did think that AFTER I bought them but having paid a mere £30 including the auction fees I thought it was worth a gamble. Fortunately I sold a small brass token from 1797 today on ebay for just shy of a tenner, so I'm giving myself a glimmer of hope that I'll make my £30 back plus maybe a little more...

They were all in a deeds box

[Rob 3,152]

When you have a very large pile, something is always missed by the vendor. The bigger the pile, the more likely there will be something desirable.

[Garrett 76]

30 bucks for a few hours fun sorting thru coins is not bad even if you don't find anything.

I've spent the same for a few hours fun on a decent golf course.

[jaggy 528]

And , ultimately, the main thing with this hobby is that you enjoy it.

[Peckris 579]

When you have a very large pile, something is always missed by the vendor. The bigger the pile, the more likely there will be something desirable.

Regulars will be tired of my recounting this but...

...in about 1998/9 I was at the Midland Fair and one dealer had a large plastic drawer full of coins, priced 25p each or "5 for £1". When I started poking around in it, he said "It's worth having a good look in there - I bought it as a job lot and it hasn't been sorted." After a few minutes of poking around I'd found a NBU 1951 brass 3d, an EF 1888 sixpence, several pre-1920 silver shillings and florins, and a few other bits and bobs.

I then went to Stephen Lockett and showed him what I'd found. Whereupon he hightailed it over there and bought the entire drawer! Probably made the other guy an offer he couldn't refuse.