Stuntman

I've found 1 Newton 50p but none of the £2 coins yet. I don't look at the dates of the 1p to 20p coins.

^^^ Yep. And definitely don't beat yourself up. The coin probably looks fairly OK in hand but the photos are as clear as day, it hits you straight away. I certainly have at least 4 coins that have definitely been cleaned or polished and probably a few more!

Totally agree. The top one is very nice.

I'm virtually certain this is a fake in the current Catawiki UK coin auction as well: https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/15583053-united-kingdom-crown-1820-george-iv-silver

It'd be interesting to see what the serious penny collectors on here think about the state of the market. Might it actually be a buying opportunity for similar coins to those you sold? I reckon a fair few of your LCA sold coins now reside in some collections on here Back to the sovereigns - I do like the George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria shieldback designs and would love high quality examples of these in my own collection but the 'bang for bullion buck' ratio puts me off. I know that may sound irrational, but if I was paying say £2000+ for a 19th century sovereign I would probably bottle it and by 2 x 1oz 0.9999 gold bullion coins. You won't go far wrong with your 2017 sovereigns assuming you bought them at or near the issue price. They were a bit too rich for me at the time and I prefer non-proofs to proofs (just personal preference and that bang for buck thing again ) - but I did succumb to the considerable charms of the 2017 BU Quintuple, which I do not regret for one second. Any excuse to post a picture...

I think it's an interesting strategy but I suspect your buy/sell spreads will be quite large. The coins in question aren't really linked to the price of gold, so you are betting on the fact that they remain objects of desire for well-heeled numismatists. Personally speaking, I reckon the demand pool for these coins is pretty low, and it may take you some time to liquidate these coins for a decent profit in the future. That said, you would own a super (although pretty small) collection of fabulous coins. If I was purely thinking about investment I would perhaps consider rare but well known (and hence popular) predecimal silver and bronze in as high a grade as you can find. Possibly coins that are slightly unloved by the main market at the moment (although you still need these monarchs/denominations to come back into fashion). I suspect most on here buy most coins very much for the love of it rather than as investments but I will be very happily proved wrong. My own investment money goes into world stock markets and a small percentage goes into 21st century UK gold bullion coins (Sovereigns, Brittanias, Lunars and Queens' Beasts) but these are essentially a hedge as gold, with the side benefit of being properly awesome to hold. Good luck with whatever you decide, post some pictures of what you have already so we can drool over them!

That coin gets the thumbs up from me too. Very little wear and lots of eye appeal regardless of the absence of lustre. Good luck if you do bid, hope you get it if you want it!

Nice varied collection there. Sadly your two most valuable UK coins are the half sovereign and the sovereign from your earlier posts! Row A number 6 is as 1995 GB £2 coin celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War 2. Details here, also for your 1989 Bill of Rights coins: http://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/single-metal-two-pound-coins-1986-1996/ Of the rest, the 1910 Farthing is probably the scarcest/most collectable. The silver probably isn't worth anything more than scrap value, but your threepence C7 is nice and pretty. If you didn't already know, anything before 1920 is 92.5% silver and anything from 1920 to 1946 is 50% silver. After that, there is no silver in the coins. A2-A5 are crowns, face value 25p rather than £5 sadly and aren't worth much/any more than face value (£1 each absolute tops). The 1912 H penny is interesting but pretty common in that condition and perhaps worth £1 on eBay? Can't help you with A1 or B3 but I'm sure someone else might. Thanks for sharing, I like them anyway! Edit: 1892 Farthings are also quite scarce, so that one might be worth about a fiver. Your 1900 Crown is perhaps worth £25 and the 1887 perhaps £50-£75? To give you some idea of values, this is quite a good resource and quite easy to navigate. Prices are what you might expect to pay from a dealer rather than what you might be able to sell it for, but it's a useful guide: http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/values/index.html

No worries, glad to help! It's not a bad counterfeit IMO, pretty close to the actual design even if it's not the same weight.

Here's my 1826, if it helps with the comparison:

Looks like you have found some nice, interesting and valuable coins! B appears very likely to be a silver crown, rather than a gold £5. The £5 reverse appears to have a shorter strip of ground underneath St George & the Dragon than the crown reverse, and the diameter should be 36mm rather than 39mm for a crown. Have a look at the picture of one here: https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=fivepoundsgoldstory.html I look forward to seeing pictures of your others!

I suspect it's a crown as well, given that the reverse would only say 1898 and have no other legend. So, Jacksons - is it about 3.9cm across, about 28g in weight, and made of silver? Nice find, anyway!

I think he's a known dealer of high value coins. If I was in the market for one of these, and I thought the price was right, I'd have no hesitation in bidding. I think the coin looks pretty darn good from the pictures and he offers a 30 day refund anyway.

The quintuple sovereign sold at LCA in early June is almost certainly a proof from the 5 coin set, because the BU quintuple sovereigns weren't released until late June. All are lovely coins though, still absolutely thrilled with my BU quintuple.

Emmanuel 87-90 for me.

I lurked for a few months and then posted a hello-style thread in the Beginners Area. It felt good to introduce myself to the regulars here. As an aside, I went to university in Cambridge and remember how lovely it is there.

Must be something about Florins of that era. I also have a 1900 which I repatriated from a New Zealand coin dealer's website a few years ago. Very similar in toning to yours! Sorry for the thread hijack Mick, look forward to seeing your incoming 1937s in due course

Less than £1, I would say. Keep it if you like it, but it doesn't have much commercial value.

It's nice that they replied, even if the reply doesn't add to the pool of knowledge.

1902 is great because you can also go for the Low Tide penny and halfpenny, and the matte proofs, if funds and collecting goals allow. Have fun seeking out your coins!

I agree with Sword. Given that you already have an 1899 set, 1902 would seem the obvious choice for what next. Alternatively, consider either an 1860-1886 set so you can have a nice Gothic florin and Bun Head bronze penny, or something between 1841 and 1859 so you can have the beautiful Victoria copper coins. The halfcrown and crown would be expensive in high grades though...

I once worked with a consultant called Anna Dominey, whose name made me smile...

Interesting... I'd better have a quick check of mine to see if there's anything obviously amiss with them. From memory, none of them have the 'flag at half mast' die error.

I did two bank runs of £2 coins earlier this year, £1000 worth, so 500 coins in total. There were 86 commemoratives plus 6 britannias (all 2016) and 1 Jersey 1998 coin in this sample, with the other 407 coins being the standard 1997-2015 design. Frequency for the 86 commemoratives was as follows: 9 x Brunel- his achievements 8 x Brunel - the man 8 x St Pauls cathedral 1945-2005 WW2 4 x Robert Burns 4 x 2014 WW1 Outbreak 4 x Rugby World Cup 4 x Abolition of slavery 3 x Trinity House 3 x 2016 WW1 Army - I like the design of this one as well, reminds me of futurist art 3 x Shakespeare Tragedies 3 x Gunpowder Plot 3 x Charles Dickens 3 x 2015 WW1 Navy - surprising, given its rarity. I have 4 of these coins now, 3 in pretty decent nick 2 x Magna Carta 2 x Act of Union 2 x Marconi 2 x DNA 2 x Florence Nightingale 1 x Charles Darwin 1 x Great Fire of London 1 x London Underground - the roundel 1 x Shakespeare Histories 1 x King James Bible 1 x Mary Rose 1 x 2008 Beijing Olympic Handover All good fun...

Can't help you with the coin I'm afraid Pete, I only have an England Commonwealth Games £2 (and frustratingly, a duplicate!) but I'm interested in which of the £2 coins are your favourites. Purely from a design perspective, I like the Magna Carta and the Guinea anniversary coins the most. I have collected most of the commemoratives from circulation over the last 3 or 4 years and am missing the other 3 Commonwealth Games coins, the Shakespeare Comedies and the two new 2017 coins. I haven't collected each year of the standard coins, just one example of each of the two designs.