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Hi folks I joined this forum a while back to get a identification/valuation on a couple of coins that my grandfather wants to sell. The help I received was great , I'm hoping you might help out with a couple of more ? This first one is looks like a commemoration of lady Di and Prince charles wedding and is dated 1981 PICT0603.jpg + PICT0604.jpg My grandmother had this coin marked as a half penny. It's actually in better condition than it looks in the picture. There was a bit of a glare off the plastic wrapper it is in. It is dated 1869 PICT0605.jpg+PICT0606.jpg This next one is a dollar dated 1878. Incidentally the back of the coin(the head) is rotated 180degrees to the front (the eagle) . I presume this is usually the case is it? PICT0607.jpg+PICT0608.jpg Next are two Irish schillings commemorating 1916 Easter rising in Ireland. Padraig Pearse is the figure on the coin. I recently sold one of these for 15dollars on ebay. My question here is whether they are worth any more in this original casing or would it be the same as if I sold them seperatly. PICT0609.jpg+PICT0610.jpg This next coin is celebrating the silver jubilee of queen Elizabeth dated 1952 PICT0611.jpg+PICT0612.jpg My grandmother has this next coin marked as a Victoria 1894 oldhead soverign . Is this correct? Is it worth anything? PICT0613.jpg+PICT0614.jpg Hope ye can provide any approximate valuations. Thanks for the help Marc Image:  PICT0603.jpg15.64 KB Image: PICT0604.jpg14.9 KB Image: PICT0605.jpg14.28 KB Image: PICT0606.jpg15.97 KB Image: PICT0607.jpg14.29 KB Image: PICT0608.jpg13.81 KB Image: PICT0609.jpg18.07 KB Image: PICT0610.jpg20.59 KB Image: PICT0611.jpg14.38 KB Image: PICT0612.jpg15.38 KB Image: PICT0613.jpg17.88 KB Image: PICT0614.jpg17.61 KB |
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Hi Marc, Welcome back! Let's see what we can help with. Coin 1: Great Britain Charles & Di wedding crown (25p) 1981. They made an awful lot of these (over 26 milion) and even the death of the princess hasn't raised their value much. They catalogue at $2.50. Coin 2: It's a bit blurry so it's hard to be definite, but 1869 is a slightly scarcer date. CV (catalogue value) is $35 in VF. Coin 3: USA Morgan dollar 1878. Our numerous Morgan dollar experts may have a better answer to the value, but it's probably too blurry to spot the mintmark or any of the referenced errors and varieties in the Morgan series. CV could be anywhere from $20 to $100. American coins are normally "upside down" like that. Picture 4: A pair of Irish 10 shilling coins. CV is $15 in Unc, which I presume they are if they're still in that case of issue. I don't think the case itself is worth too much of a premium. Coin 5: That one's not actualy a coin; it's a commemorative medal sold as a souvenir. I don't have a catalogue of British medals, but it's probably worth a couple of dollars - unless it's actually made of silver, in which case it'll be a couple of dollars more. Coin 6: There are two coins with that St-George-and-dragon design: sovereigns (£1) are small and made of gold, crowns (5 shillings) are large and made of silver. That one looks like a silver crown. There were two varieties in 1894: LVII and LVIII. Look around the rim for the Roman numeral. CV for 1894-LVII is $15, 1894-LVIII is $50. Hope this helps. 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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Pillar of the Community
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I think Sap has hit the nail on the head, well done sap.
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Pillar of the Community
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Hi Marc Would it be possible to get a better pics of the Morgan dollar ? There are several varieties of this coin for 1878 ,, grade and mint makes alot of difference on the value . Thanks Rick |
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hi folks,
sap - thanks again for your expertise, you know your stuff! Is there somewhere obvious that is a first point of reference when trying to determine the value of a coin? It will save me wasting your time with another 10 coins!
I'll haave a better photo of that dollar up for ye tomorrow.
thanks for the help folks
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Australia
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The first, last and only reference for world coins is the Krause "Standard Catalog of World Coins". It currently comes in four volumes the size of phone books (one book per century), so unless you're going to be seriously collecting or dealing in coins I'd recommend borrowing one. Here in Australia, most public libraries have a copy of the 20th century volume in their reference collection. Your local coin dealer may also let you look your coins up in their copy, if you're polite about it and he/she is friendly. They'll also be able to sell you a copy if you';re interested. There are smaller (and cheaper) catalogues that cover specific countries and areas eg. Spink for British, Charleton for Canadian, Renniks/Macdonald for Australian and Red/Blue/Black Books for US. There are also quite a few websites, but nothing comprehensive as yet. Of course, theres also ebay, for what it's worth. 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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New Member
Ireland
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BAck again never do tomorrow what you can do today... The silver crown I have is a LVIII so thats good news. The Morgan dollar sounds interesting. beloow is a better photograph. I read up on it a small bit over here http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dol...r_dollar.htmbut still cant decide which classification it is. It's all over my head still. Ye might let me know Image: morgan.jpg77.12 KB |
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More good news for you - that's a Carson City Morgan. See the little "CC" mintmark below the eagle?
You might want to post that pic (or a link to this one) in the main coin forum to attract the attention of the Morgan experts, for comment.
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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Hi Marc
Sorry to see that the Morgan has been harshly cleaned ,, In my opinion the coin will net at about VF-35 maybe a bit more ,, its still a nice coin for a persoanl collection but I'm afraid the die hard Morgan collectors will show little interest .
Rick
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05/24/2006 2:18 pm
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New Member
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Thats unfortunate!
thanks for the help folks
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