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1898 One Penny

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TJsCoins
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 Posted 03/02/2012  10:00 pm Show Profile Check TJsCoins's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add TJsCoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Message

I have an affinity for American coppers and found out today that that affinity extends itself to this British 1898 One Penny. I picked this up $4.00 at a shop.

British are a bit foreign to me;) Are these normally this affordable? What grade would this coin be?


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 Posted 03/03/2012  01:38 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Mr T to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/va...nny.html#QVb seems to suggest that they are that cheap (I'm guessing the prices are in GBP but it's probably near enough). I don't know much about British pennies, but a lot circulated Australian pennies are sold in bulk by the kilo. If anything, British pennies would have higher mintages than their Australian counterparts and thus be similarly cheap.
Not sure about the grade but I'd say either Fine or Very Fine.
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 Posted 03/03/2012  11:32 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Anaximander to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Spink lists this coin in VF at £10. ( No F listing for this coin ). Comparing Spink prices with small local dealers I find prices to be around 50% to 75% of Spink's. Quite often I find boxes of old pennies of F or lower for just a few pence.

I would agree at somewhere around F to VF for your coin, making it a reasonable deal if bought here in the UK. Are UK coins more expensive in the US because they are out of their home country and possibly harder to find?
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 Posted 03/03/2012  2:48 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nancyc to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
$4 is a reasonable price for that coin. I would pay that price gladly if I was after one!
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 Posted 03/04/2012  11:28 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Gothic Florin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm finding the same thing - plenty of good stuff out there for cheap.
Oldest Found:

Cent: 1899
Two Cents: 1867
Nickel: 1916
Dime: 1943
Quarter: 1964
Half: 1917

Canadian silver:
Quarter 1966
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 Posted 03/30/2012  4:44 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add britcoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
nice addition
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 Posted 03/14/2013  2:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add durfcoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have recently acquired one myself. The pricing is reasonable and I would say F?VF as well.
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 Posted 03/15/2013  4:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Coinaholic73 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
VF/F - a bit too much wear on the reverse to make VF on that side.
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