My British Coin List

It's from South Africa. Would love to see pics of that one. Looks like it might be the 1/2 Pond. It's a gold coin with ASW of 0.1176 putting it at $105 in gold value alone but if the condition of the coin is decent then it's worth $200 in XF and $400 in UNC.

Its in decent condition, just needs cleaning up - whats the best way? Will take a pic if I can get it cleaner.

Do NOT clean them. Better yet, don't even handle them if you can help it. If you must hold them on their edges.

Don't bite the one that's gold to test it. All we need is a pic

Yeah we are all a bunch of nuts here. But seriously it's easy to take a $500 coin...clean it improperly....and it becomes $50

Ok, this is the best I can do at the moment on the african coin:

Hi, yeah you are right. Its the second one on the list with the different inscription on the crest side.

Dang. lol

Ok, so apart from that being an imitation...........what you think to the others? ;)

Generally, British coins are quite common compared to coins of other Empire/Commonwealth countries, because the mintages are higher, and quite inexpensive compared to American coins.

As others have said, we can't give specific estimates of value without seeing some nice clear pics, but we can give you an indication of values in "typical condition". If your coins are much better than "typical", then they're worth much more.

All of the "silver-looking" ones are actually going to be silver in the date-ranges specified; up to 1920, they'll be sterling silver (.925 fine), after 1920 they're half-silver (.500 fine). Their minimum value is going to be the bullion value of the silver content, even if they're worn flat. Silver is currently £7.40 per troy ounce.

Threepence...1885 - 1921: The scarcer dates to watch for in this range are 1893 and 1904, and anything pre-1887 is going to be worth more than bullion value unless it's worn flat. BV for a sterling 3d is currently 31p.

One Shilling:: 1896 and 1900 are both common dates; BV is £1.24, but might be worth more than this - probably 4 to 5 pounds.

One Penny: 1899, 1903, 1907, 1916 are all common dates -probably worth less than a pound each.

(More) One Shilling...1868 - 1900: With shillings, the older the better, though older ones are more often than not much more worn and beat-up. Anything pre-1887 still in good nick could be worth quite a bit. Scarcer dates to watch for: 1879, 1882, 1887 Young Head (with crown and wreath on the reverse) and 1889 Small Head.

Half Crowns: The BV of a sterling halfcrown is £3.10, so that's your minimum. Again, none of these are scarce dates, and again pre-1887 are better than post-1887. Probably somewhere in the £5 to £10 range for the 1800's ones, less than £5 for the half-silver ones from the 1900's.

Farthings: Farthings are normally pretty cheap, I'd guess around 10p each. There aren't any scarcities from the 1900's. The 1840, 1853 and 1879 ones might be a few pounds if they're not too worn or green.

Halfpennies: 1847 is a slightly scarce date - probably less than 10 pounds, 1861 is impossible to say for sure without a pic - there are dozens of varieties for that date, some cheap and common, some worth hundreds of pounds.