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 Posted 06/08/2019  05:27 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Le_Coin to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi all,

I've recently been going through my grans house and cane across a bag of old coins, there must be at least 6/700 in total from over the world. I've picked out the old One Penny and Half Pennies so far so was wondering if there is a guide as to the values.

The list I have is as follows;

ONE PENNY x 80 - 26 separate years

6 x Victoria unreadable

1860 x 1 very poor
1875 x 1 very poor
1883 x 1 very poor
1890 x 1 ok
1896 x 1 ok
1899 x 2 good x 1 ok
1900 x 2 ok

1908 x 1 ok
1912 x 8 good 1 ok 1 poor
1916 x 1 good 1 ok
1917 x 1 good 1 ok
1918 x 7 good 4 ok
1919 x 5 good 2 ok
1921 x 1 ok
1927 x 1 ok
1928 x 2 good
1936 x 1 good 1 ok
1937 x 1 good
1938 x 1 good
1946 x 1 good
1947 x 1 good 1 poor

1963 x 2 good
1964 x 2 good 1 poor
1965 x 2 good
1966 x 1 good
1967 x 11 good 1 poor

HALF PENNY x 129 - 36 separate years

1861 x 1 poor
1897 x 1 very poor
1899 x 1 very poor

2 x Victoria unreadable

1904 x 1 poor
1916 x 1 poor
1917 x 1 ok 1 poor
1918 x 1 poor
1919 x 1 poor
1922 x 1 good 1 poor
1923 x 1 ok
1924 x 1 poor
1929 x 1 good but flat spot
1938 x 2 good
1942 x 3 good 1 ok
1943 x 3 good 1 ok (dent)
1944 x 5 good
1945 x 1 good
1946 x 1 ok (dent)
1947 x 3 good
1948 x 2 good
1949 x 1 good
1950 x 1 good
1952 x 1 good
1954 x 3 good
1955 x 3 good
1956 x 2 good
1957 x 3 good
1958 x 2 good
1959 x 10 good 1 ok
1960 x 2 good
1962 x 3 good
1963 x 2 good
1964 x 7 good
1965 x 22 good 1 ok
1966 x 17 good
1967 x 10 good

Obviously my interpretation of quality may be off, I've gone good if it could read both sides perfectly, ok if there was some damage and poor if there was fading.

The other coins I have are from, South Africa, France, Ireland, Philippines, Holland and many others not had time to really go through them yet, they are mainly 50, 60 and 70's coins.

Any feed back and advice on how best to go about valuing / selling the coins would be much appreciated.

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 Posted 06/08/2019  05:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Standfast to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hello Le_Coin to CCF!

You're on the right track getting everything separated. What I'd suggest with regards to grading is to post some pictures of coins here so the pros can tell you what they think.

Once you have a better idea about grading, you can go to numista.com for their world coin price guide to get the retail values. However, the thing to remember is that you're not going to get close to full "retail" from a local coin shop.

I'm sure the CCF members will have some ideas with regards to maximizing your profit.
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 Posted 06/08/2019  06:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Le_Coin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks, yes I'll get round to taking some photos and will post, just so many of them at the moment it's a bit daunting getting it all started. Thanks again
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 Posted 06/08/2019  06:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Standfast to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

I googled "UK coin grading examples" and found some helpful sites.
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 Posted 06/08/2019  12:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fioti to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I've used Tony Claton's site for about a zillion years

for a general idea of worth.
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 Posted 06/08/2019  1:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thisistheshow to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
In case you don't already know, don't clean your coins!

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 Posted 06/08/2019  2:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CelticKnot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
and I hope you enjoy going through your gran's coins.
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 Posted 06/08/2019  2:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tdziemia to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You can find the value for all of these coins by going to the ebay website and doing a "sold items" search.
You then compare your coin to ones of similar condition. There will always be a range of selling prices.

Here is the 1890 Victoria Penny: https://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-Pape...enny&_sop=15

This result was obtained by typing "Great Britain 1890 Penny" in the search window. When the results come up, you can sort by price.
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 Posted 06/08/2019  3:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Collector28 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
1860 with a beaded border (instead of toothed) and 1875 with a H mintmark (located under the date) are scarcer versions of the 1860 and 1875, however in the condition you described you'd probably have trouble getting much for them. 1918 and 1919 are also rarer with KN and H mintmarks (in particular the KN), located to the left of the date. Exact condition really does matter though - would need to see scans.

Can't see anything in the halfpennies that might be valuable.

If you're really wanting to sell them, you'd probably be better selling them in lots (perhaps except any that are scarce or in particularly excellent shape, though the latter is probably only worthwhile for any George V and before). Personally I'd keep them as a bit of a memento - but it's entirely your call of course.
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 Posted 06/08/2019  5:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

My advice is to keep them all as a token and rememberance of your grad parents.
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 Posted 06/08/2019  8:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add moxking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
a wonderful adventure. Although it's possible to find coins in such a hoard that has value, the majority will be common.

If you think you spot a winner show us photos and you will get good free opinions.

You might even decide to use those coins as the basis for a coin collection of your own.
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