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Heggo New Member Ireland 2 Posts	Posted 01/27/2012 4:34 pm Hi everyone. First off- great site and input from everyone. As usual, I'm looking for some help. Long story short. My dad had collected some coins over the years. He died a good few years ago but I always kept his box of coins, The last few weeks I've been out of work with a broken ankle so I decided I'd eventually have a good look at the coins. So I separated them out And recorded years and quantities. I'm not looking to sell or anything. I'd just like to know If someone is kind enough to tell me what I have. I've done some research But the values I have seen range from 2£ to..... Well everything. I haven't seen any coin stand out in value so I'm wondering as a collection of maybe I have something. They are all circulated. I'd say the overall quality is average. Some good conditions. Some not so good. Some are pretty new too. I just recorded everything in the box. I wasn't sure what section to put this topic in, but as most coins are Irish or English penny's I decides on here. Hopefully you could have a quick look and see if anything stands out. Thanks again, the coins are: English penny Year- quantity 1968-15 1967- 7 1966-5 1964-8 1963-5 1962-9 1948-4 1967-8 1946-6 1945-3 1944-1 1940-3 1939-3 1938-7 1937-4 1936-11 1935-2 1934-1 1931-4 1930-2 1928-4 1927-4 1921-10 1920-17 1919-5 1918-8 1917-4 1916-6 1915-1 1914-2 1913-1 1912-5 1911-1 1910-4 1908-1 1906-1 1899-1 1861-1 English Half-penny 1965-1 1964-2 1963-2 1960-2 1958-1 1950-1 1948-1 1946-1 1945-2 1944-1 1943-1 1942-1 1941-4 1940-2 1935-1 1932-1 1928-1 1918-1 1917-1 Irish Penny 1968-67 1967-3 1966-7 1965-8 1964-4 1963-10 1962-1 1952-2 1950-1 1949-3 1948-4 1946-5 1942-9 1941-1 1937-1 1935-1 1928-2 Irish Half-penny 1966-1 1965-2 1964-2 1953-2 1943-1 1940-1 Other Irish 1982-1/2 penny(4) 1980- 1/2 penny(2) 1978 1/2 penny 1971-1/2 pence(5) 1971-2 pence 1968-3pence (2) 1968-6 pence(2) 1967-3 pence 1967-6 pence(3) 1965-3 pence (2) 1963-6 pence 1962- 2s 6pence 1962-3 pence 1959-1/4d 1953-3 pence 1952-6 pence 1950-3 pence 1948-6 pence 1946- 6 pence 1944-6 pence 1944- 1/4 1935-6 pence 1928-3 pence Other English 1993-20 pence 1987-English pound 1985-English pound 1983-English pound 1982-20 pence (3) 1976-1/2 penny 1975-1/2 penny 1967-3 pence (4) 1966-3 pence(2) 1965-3 pence (3) 1963-3 pence(2) 1963-6 pence 1962-6 pence(3) 1962-3 pence 1961-3 pence(3) 1961-6 pence(2) 1960-6 pence 1959-3 pence 1959-6 pence(3) 1958-3 pence (2) 1958-6 pence(2) 1957-6 pence(2) 1957-3 pence 1956-6 pence(2) 1955-6 pence(3) 1955-3 pence 1954-6 pence 1953-6 pence 1953-3pence(2) 1951-2 shillings 1947-1 shillings 1944-3 pence 1943-3 pence(2) 1942-6 pence(2) 1942-3 pence(4) 1941-3 pence 1939-6 pence 1938- 3 pence 1937-3 pence 1936-6 pence Others 1989-20 centimes(2) 1989-10 francs 1988-1 franc 1988-20 centimes 1987-200 lire 1987-centimes 1981-American 1cent 1980-American 1cent 1979-American cent 1978-1 franc 1978- 200 lire 1977- malta 1 cent 1977-1 franc 1976- 10 francs 1976-isle of man 1/2 penny(2) 1976-Belgium 1 1976-German 2 Penny 1975- belgium 1fr 1975-5 Ptas 1974-5 francs 1973-American 1/2 cent 1973-20 centimes 1973-south africa 1cent 1970-Malta 1cent 1967-1 American cent 1967- 20 centimes 1965- 1/2 franc 1963-1/2 franc 1957- 5 ptas 1953-1 peseta 1950- 1 German penny 1944-1 fr Congo belge 1922- Belgium 1f 1899-1 dime Thanks again Brian Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 01/27/2012 8:15 pm Welcome ot the forum. Hope we can help. The reason the values you're finding for your coins are ranging all over the place is mainly because the value a coin has to a collector depends greatly on its condition. You say they are "circulated", but that's kind of imprecise. On the other hand, taking pictures of every single one of the coins and posting them here would be very time-consuming on your part, and I suspect not worth the while for 99 percent of the coins. So, I'll indicate which coins are possibly of interest; if you could post pictures of those ones, we could give a better indication of value. British pennies: most of the modern ones are extremely common, worth not much more than their scrap metal value unless they are in absolutely pristine mint-fresh condition. Some 1919, 1918 and 1912 pennies were struck in mints other than The Royal Mint and have little mintmarks on the reverse, below the line Britannia is seated on, to either side of the date. Those mintmarked coins are scarcer. There are some scarce varieties of the 1861 penny, too; we'd need to see a pic. Other British: I don't see anything potentially scarce in the halfpennies. In the rest, the "silver" coins that are dated 1946 or earlier are actually made of silver, and will be worth more than the later ones on that basis alone. The pound and 20p coins are still worth full face value in Britain. Irish: you've got a nearly-complete date set of pennies; you're only missing 1931, 1933, 1943 and the scarce 1940. But none of the ones you have are scarcer dates. The 1940 halfpenny isn;t as scarce as the penny, but may still be of interest. The 1935 sixpence might be good if it's in better-than-average condition. There isn't a 1944 sixpence in my catalogue; check that date again. Other World: I can't see anything obviously rare there, though some of them are a bit mysterious. America didn't make half-cents in 1973, for example, and the coins described as "centimes" or "francs" could be French, Swiss, Belgian or numerous other places. If you want more information about where some of those coins are actually from, post pics of them in the "World Coins and Commemoratives" forum. The 1899 American dime is silver, and could be worth more depending on condition. Post pics of it in the "Classic US coins" part of the forum for better-informed opinions. Hope this helps a little. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Heggo New Member Ireland 2 Posts	Posted 01/28/2012 11:41 am Thanks very much for the reply sap. That's was more than helpful. I had an idea that I had nothing special, suppose you always hope "just maybe" I was always going to keep the coins regardless of value either way. Next week I'll post up some pictures maybe. I don't see the mint mark on any of the English penny's. And you're right about the 1944 6pence. Mistake on my part. I also want to post 2 pictures of other unrecognisable coins. They are bigger than the pennies and I think the Brittania is facing the other way? I remember from an older coin we misplaced that this was the way too? As I said. Really bad condition. That's about all I can make out. Thanks again Brian Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 01/28/2012 11:49 pm Quote: They are bigger than the pennies and I think the Brittania is facing the other way? Sounds like it could be George III. And I mean the opposite facing of Britannia. Size? ... Does "cartwheel" say anything to you? Report this Post to the Staff
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