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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Hello!I was wondering if anyone knew the value of Commemorative coins from the UK?
I have quite alot!
25th anniversary of the coronation 1953-1978 one crown
1976 Bicentenery of american independance one crown
Queen Elizabeth the Second Balliwich of Jersey 1066-1966 Five shillings.
Elizabeth and phillip 20th november 1947-1972(with a big EP in the middle)
Elizaeth the 2nd silver jubilee 1952-1977
silver wedding anniversary twenty five pence
Balliwick of guernsey royal visit 1978
charles and diana wedding
A big cat with twenty five pence
and last but not least the 80th birthday of the queen mother!
any ideas?
All are in close to mint condition,no wear what so ever!
thankyou!
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 United States
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It's going to depend on whether they are copper-nickel or silver. Silver is going to be more, and on condition. UNC coins are worth between $5-20. I have several in my on-line collection and will be adding more tonight. You can veiw them at: http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=echizento |
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Valued Member
United States
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Hey frenchcoin, A lot of your coins aren't exactly UK commems (the big cat one is probably from the isle of man. look their mint up and you'll see a whole line of cat coins). A lot of the older Elizabeth II commems aren't worth too much..most can be gotten for under 10$ on ebay, many times under 5$. Chard has a nice list of UK commem crowns ( http://24carat.co.uk/ ) but you have to navigate the site a bit, since I can't direct link to the crown page. |
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Australia
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...you have to navigate the site a bit, since I can't direct link to the crown page.
Yes you can.  http://24carat.co.uk/crownsindx.htmlTo link a page from Chard, just copying the URL from the header doesn't work. You have to right-click on the link to the page before it (in this case, British Coins) and select "Copy Shortcut" (Microsoft IE), "Copy Link Location" (Firefox) or whatever your browser uses. Then paste that link onto here. Back to the topic at hand...  British crowns haven't been star performers in recent years. Most are selling around about what was paid for them, or even less. Around here, the common cupronickel ones from the 70's and 80's sell for around $3 each. The Isle of Man 1976 one might be of interest to our American friends here on the forum, as a novelty - a coin commemorating the USA Bicentenary of Independence, with George Washington's portrait on the reverse, and the Queens portrait on the obverse! A curious juxtaposition, to say the least. The CV is only $3.50 for the cupronickel, $8 for the silver proof. Generally, Manx coins have performed very poorly as investments - even worse than British ones. They just churn out way too many of the things. 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
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
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Echizento thats some collection!!! How would I tell if its silver or copper-nickle?Im still learning you see  Having looked at the cat one again your right yavaris is the isle of man.It was 3am when I was posting so everything looked the same to me! The American coin was the only one I thought had some value with it having something to do with America but oh well,ill have to dig a little deeper to see what else I can find in my box of tricks! Cheers guys! |
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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awesome, sap :P. I've always been trying to link to chard pages.. they can be real informative, haha.
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Australia
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How would I tell if its silver or copper-nickle?
The easiest way is if the coins are still in their wrappers/boxes/whatever they came in from whichever mint made them. There will usually be a little card or info sheet with the coin's specifications - it should be on there. If the previous owner took them out of the box and put them in an album or something, that makes it harder.  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
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I see. Yeah the coins are either loose or in cracked cases,theres a fair few here,about 20 but none with cards or info. I might just put them up as BITN on ebay for pretty cheap seeing as there in very good condition.I'll be very VERY happy with a £1.50-£2 for each! Thanks for all your knowlage Sap! |
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United States
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If you don't have the spec. card it can be difficult telling the difference. The weight on the silver is usually a little lighter than on the copper-nickel.
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United States
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I guess you could try the old tapping trick? put on a pair of gloves, balance the coin on one finger, and tap the edge with the back of a pencil. Silver gives a very pure ring, as opposed to cuni. You can try with coins you know for sure are silver or cu/ni and compare to that sound.
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Posted 04/23/2007 11:56 pm
keep up the great work
