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Pillar of the Community
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 It would be great to see some pics of the older coins. Edited by snowman
03/17/2009 7:52 pm
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100 pence of any time period ... not exactly. As kena said, the old pound was in 240 pence (plural for pennies). That means the penny today is actually worth 2.4x the big penny/coins you have in face. Plus, I think the melt value for the large penny is worth 7p GBP, but if it's not a flat disk then collectors would pay around 50c USD for it. |
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warjag- welcome!
Ultimately, all coins from the UK from before 1971 no longer circulate and would not be accepted. So now all UK coins from 1967 and before are purely numismatic items.
Please post some pics of some of the great coins you are finding in that room. As you can tell, we are quite curious what treasures have turned up in there.
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Hey all I tried to post some pictures but they were to big. I guess I have to go to Photobucket. I will be on vacation for 10 days starting Sunday.
I have not forgot you and will keep in touch.
I like this site. You all have helped me let me know that I do not know what I am doing!!
You will hear from me soon and with your help we will have some fun!
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Valued Member
United States
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I have gone through 5 bags now. All the copper/brass had some nice coins in them. I have started on the Nickle/Silver(color silver) and have not found much at all.
I plan on putting up some pictures this week of some of the findings.
I see there is a forum for Canadian,GB and Australia coins.I will put some pictures in there.I never realized there were so many countries.My closets are getting full. My day job stinks now.
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United Kingdom
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Yes. Your day job will definitely get in the way of your new hobby. I can vouch for that. So does sleep. Blimey is that the time I had better get off here and go get some!
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I have discovered two 1882 Great Britain one pennies. They are in remarkably good condition... easily VF or EF grading. Per R. S. Yeoman's 2009 edition of World Coins, these are worth $1000 each.
Is this an over-exaggeration? What is your input?
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Hi,
I'm not sure what book that is you are reading but my Krause says a GB 1882 penny in VF is $5 and EF is $45. Here in the UK Pennys are very common so the condition really would have to be spectular to get anything near that.
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Valued Member
United States
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I have all years except just a few. The book states only year 1882 VF $1,000. I have only 2. I need a 1894.
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United Kingdom
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There is a very rare variety with no Heaton mintmark (that's no H below the date) that is worth quite a bit - if that is your find that's great -- perhaps you could post a picture?
However, these really are very, very rare and it is not unknown for some people to try and remove it the H ......
Edited by Bacchus2
04/12/2009 2:12 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Oh well. Both have the H. Got to go to work tomorrow.
Thank you so much though.
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United States
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Well I am done. The last bag 20 min ago. I wonder how many mistakes I made?
Now the fun begins. Sorting out each country.
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United States
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https://goccf.com/t/46910Wait, so are these the pennies you were talking about? For the love of God don't turn them in! These are pieces of history! (Not to mention I would like to have a cartwheel penny in my collection...)
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United States
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wd1040- well he can't turn in any British large penny since they no longer are legal tender.
warjag- please do try to post some pics soon. As you can tell, there are many of us are really looking forward to the results of your search.
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