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I'm not quite sure what to think of this thing... I don't collect coins. I don't have any real interest in starting to, either. My hobby is reptiles, I have quite a large prized collection of genetics. How I came about this coin is fairly odd... I was digging a few years back along my patio to plant my apple tree, dug about 3' down, and found this coin. Set it in my dresser, and just recently found it again.
What can you tell me about it? What it is, where it's from, should I clean it, will cleaning it decrease the value, how to clean it if it won't, what is it's possible value (not that I'd sell it, I'd like to keep it and give it to my grandkids later down the line).
Identified - moved to British Coins forum - Sap
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It's from England. It's one penny. Made of bronze. That's King George the Fifth. Condition looks average circulated. Mintage was a little high that year at 65,497,872 Not worth much.
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Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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GREAT BRITAIN
KM# 810 PENNY
9.4500 g., Bronze, 30.8 mm. Ruler: George V Obv: Head left
Obv. Leg.: GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID:
DEF: IND: IMP: Rev: Britannia seated right
Date:1913
Mintage:65,497,000
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Hi, Allee, and welcome to the forum.
This is a British penny featuring king George V, who ruled from 1911 till 1936, the grandfather of the current queen of the UK, Elizabeth II (British coins usually list the titles of their monarchs in Latin language).
At the time the monetary system was 1 pound = 20 shillings, 1 shilling = 12 pence, 1 penny = 4 farthings, so you coin was 1/240 of a pound. In 1971 the UK switched to the decimal system, 1 pound = 100 pence.
As for the value, not much, just a few cents. It is better to keep it as a memento!
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Thanks. :) "fancy coin talk" makes no sense to me so you explained it better, svslav. Lol.
Why shouldn't I clean it if it's not worth much? I don't ever plan on selling it.
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When you clean a coin, which usually involves rubbing, you scrape some layer, tiny maybe but still, of oxidized metal. You also put new scratches on the surface. Usually the collectors try to avoid cleaned coins, and the value of them drops drastically. But since this is you souvenire (and you're not coin collector), you can do whatever you want with it  . Edited by svslav
01/07/2011 2:20 pm
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I agree with svslav' last statement...especially "you can do whatever you want with it"
Do what makes you happy and checking that it was not rare was the right thing to do.
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Well it's slightly cleaner now. And it actually looks like a coin rather than a black circle. It's a cool looking coin. :) I didn't want to clean it and decrease the value if it was going to be valuable to someone else. To me it's a cool old coin, nothing else, but just like any hobby goes... one thing might not seem amazing to one when it's the world to the other, you know? Since it's not very valuable to begin with, common, and in poor condition I think it was safe to say no one would want it cleaned or dirty.
Thanks for the help.
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