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New Member
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03/17/2018 08:43 am
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Welcome to CCF!  I hope you have not booked your holiday on the strength of your find. To me it looks like scrap metal. The Victorian coin pictured individually I can't read the date - if 1895 (which I suspect) in that condition pretty much worthless. If it is 1875 it may be more interesting - does it have an "H" under the date? The boxed coins look like standard English and Irish pennies - there are scarce dates but there is no way anyone can tell from a general picture like this. You would need to go through and sort by country and date, then provide a list and be prepared to find, almost certainly, that we are back at scrap value...  |
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New Member
 Ireland
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thanks for your help ,i will do that and I will add more pics here
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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from England! Yes - most pre-decimal bronze pennies from the UK and Ireland are of practically no value. There are a few scarcer dates such as the 1940 Irish penny and the 1950 and 1951 British pennies. I agree with PaddyB that a list would be a good idea! |
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United Kingdom
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Paddy, that's definitely the later Britannia design as found on the reverse of the 1895-1901 pennies.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Here in Canada, the large pennies are a popular collectable and will retail anywhere from 10 cents to $1 depending on the market (usually more at flea markets) and the condition. I personally would buy the lot at 10 cents each if they were at my LCS, which is about twice scrap copper prices. This is obviously not an offer to buy them from you as shipping would be prohibitive.
Perhaps in their homeland they are not appreciated as much.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Yes Hogarth you are right of course - I didn't look that hard when I couldn't read the date.
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Moderator
 United States
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New Member
Ireland
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Thanks again for helping me and for the welcome messages.Is any problem if I upload the pictures to a image host website and I will post the link here?Are too many and the upload is limited here.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Before you start photographing all of those I suggest you just list them by denomination and date (in old fashioned words!). The vast majority will be worthless, but we can let you know if anything you list sounds more interesting and then you can post the pictures of just those.
Many contributors here will not click on links to image hosting sites for fear of traps.
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New Member
Ireland
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thanks paddy,i hope the pictures will help
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United States
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@signup23, first welcome to CCF. Second, as a casual observer of this thread from across the pond, it occurs to me that you might want to invest in a book such as Spink's catalog, "Coins of England & The United Kingdom" (obviously that won't help for the Irish coins). You have a whole bunch of coins there, and while I agree that nothing at the moment looks like you've won the lottery, it might be worthwhile to have have something in print to research these coins on your own. On the other hand, several folks have already responded that you should make a list of all the dates, denominations, and countries of origin. That would certainly help folks point you to the coins that should be posted to this thread for further investigation.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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OK - a list would have been easier!
I won't comment on the Irish - I hope an Irish specialist will do that for you.
Of the British where I can read a date there appears to be nothing much out of the ordinary, and the condition is pretty low grade. I think you may have an 1912H - possibly more than one. These are not scarce, but more interesting than the straight 1912. Look for small letters to the left of the date on the 1912, 1918 and 1919 coins - either an H or KN - these are a little more sought after but need to be nice condition to make more than a pound or two.
I did not see any 1950, 1951 or 1953 pennies - these would be more interesting and can make reasonable money again depending on condition.
The older stuff looks too poor to worry about.
I hope that helps.
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New Member
Ireland
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thanks paddy,i will have a look
all the best
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