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...I found an 1870 penny at the bottom of the tray. It wasn't in a flip and didn't have a price ticket. The dealer gave it to me free with the other coins... Fantastic!  |
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The dealer gave it to me free with the other coins... Free, that's my favourite price. Nice upgrade that |
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Good dealer, I brought a couple of pennies myself. Both are "average" but only cost a few $. This first one is a 1919H in good and battered condition   This is pretty battered, but a 1919H penny is not that easy to find in New Zealand and it fills an annoying gap. I think it was placed in a vice at one stage. Then again it only cost the equivalent of £2.50 Much nicer and more common is this 1912H penny - this is a decent Fine one.   It is actually better than my standard 1912 penny! Also brought some Aussie pennies and halfpennies, but will show those on that part of the board. Edited by Princetane
07/08/2022 06:46 am
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Nice pair! |
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Well I said it once and i'll say it again KG 50p biggest white elephant in the history of British coinage. It's not rare or even remotely close to rare. You can't even class it as scarce with some 400k+ coins including those in sets and all bar a handful are sitting in collections in UNC condition. Least we forget coins become rare by accident not by hoarding. It beggars belief that the proof sets get the same honour as the circulation strike and the proof coin isn't anything special other than a proof 50p and there are much scarcer proof/silver/piedfort in the series with different designs.
Kew 50p frenzy was caused by the daily mail and as usual incorrect facts added to the hype. What happens when it becomes like all it's predecessors? The day it's vaulted and retired. Watch the market place flood with kews for years you think you'll still be getting £300 ? I guarantee it won't . Also remember rare is 1-5 surviving coins in as struck condition and certainly not nearly 1/2 a million
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So what would be a decent price for a Kew Gardens? I mean its mintage is much lower than the other commem 50p coins and it has a following.
I wonder why it had such a low mintage. I agree that media and sites like Change checker help in making coins rarer than they are and create a hysteria where people go out and buy up everything in sight. They did that with the Alphabet 10p coins.
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I wonder why it had such a low mintage. I don't think there was much demand for 50p's at the time - no standard reverse ones were issued for circulation at all that year. I've upgraded another Bun Penny with this 1888 specimen from my local dealer's £1 tray:  This is the one it replaced:  I also couldn't resist this 1960 halfcrown from the 25p tray. The photos don't do it justice - it is really lustrous and the apparent lack of hairlines on the obverse is due to a typical weak strike rather than wear:  |
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Nice pair, that 1960 is a beautiful halfcrown and the 1888 Penny is very neat. I am so proud of you, replacing nostalgic change coins from your youth with brought in examples. Seriously that penny is pushing VF - which for a bunhead coin is quite rare.
I won some old English notes in the weekend. They included a £1 to £20 of the 1970s/80s series and the £5 - 20 of the early 1990s series (Type 1 with crowns at Top right).
Will post them in banknote section. Oh and they are perfect Uncirculated!
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07/10/2022 8:59 pm
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I've upgraded another Bun Penny with this 1888 specimen from my local dealer's £1 tray... I also couldn't resist this 1960 halfcrown from the 25p tray. Fantastic! |
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I won some old English notes in the weekend. They included a £1 to £20 of the 1970s/80s series and the £5 - 20 of the early 1990s series (Type 1 with crowns at Top right).
Will post them in banknote section. Oh and they are perfect Uncirculated!
I didn't know you collected notes as well PT! You may need to change your footer from "I love COINS!!!" to "I love CASH!!!"  Edited by David Graham
07/19/2022 9:40 pm
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Afternoon all, My first foray into proper silver. An 1817 shilling. This one I picked up as an unsold lot following an auction, and is a nice gEF. Small rim knock at 6 o'clock, but not much else going on. However... The photos don't really do it justice. I've found photographing silver things to be a lot more difficult than my usual copper and bronze, so had to dial things back on the camera a bit to get a true representation. A few times I tried, various hairlines appeared in different places, but when I look under the loupe, there's nothing there whichever way I tilt the coin! Anyway, any advice on that side of things most welcome.   |
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My first foray into proper silver. An 1817 shilling. Outstanding!  |
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Nothing exciting to report recently but did get these in change this morning. I guess that's a win. :)  |
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Nothing exciting to report recently but did get these in change this morning. I guess that's a win. :) Indeed! Very nice! |
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