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Anyone have any information on these coins ?  *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Queen Victoria's 50th year of reign.
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Right. Larger and sharper pics would help!  to the CCF! |
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I believe the official Jubilee "specimen sets" contained 11 coins, both gold and silver.
This looks like a partial set put into a case designed for something else? So the value is likely to be just the value of the individual coins.
Hard to tell from the blurry photo, but it looks like there may be one or two gold in there?
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Where clean gloves when touching those coins. Hold them on there edges. Remove them carefully from the case over soft cushioning.
Give us good photos of each coin, both sides.
We can answer specifically then.
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Westminster is a marketing company that sell British coins to collectors. They deal extensively in Royal Mint products and in some of the weird and wonderful things like multi-colored Tristan da Cunha 'crowns'. They presumably put this set together as their name is on the case. https://www.westminstercollection.c...c-coins.aspxThe fact that this set was put together by Westminster won't affect the value. As 1887 was the first year of issue of the new Jubilee Head coins, quite a lot were saved at the time and they are relatively common in Mint State - but choice specimens are still collectable. I assume this set consists of the threepence, sixpence, shilling, florin and halfcrown - there are two varieties of Jubilee Head sixpence: the first type, with the Royal Arms on the reverse and no indication of value, was withdrawn as it suffered from the same problem as the 1883 nickel - people gilded them and passed them off as half-sovereigns! Edited by NumisRob
06/24/2018 3:18 pm
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I agree with all NumisRob just said. I would add - Westminster are a big marketing company and as a result the set above would have cost the purchaser at least double the market value of the coins when bought from Westminster. As a "put together" set it is unlikely the coins are a good match for tone as a original 1887 set should be. It appears to be a nice set but I hope you did not pay over the odds for it. (I can't say what it is worth as it stands without much better pictures of the coins.) |
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Even though the photo is blurred the largest coin (left) and the one in the centre appear rather worn.
Having taken a look at the Westminster site I imagine whoever bought this set paid way over market value.
As an example; I see they are offering jubilee portrait double florins, graded about fine, at £95 each. Outrageous. £95 is four or five times the coin's true worth.
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06/25/2018 1:48 pm
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