The seller allows for "Best Offers" to be submitted. I wonder if he would accept my offer of a quarter.

on closure inspection and magnifying the photo it looks like it was struck with a cracked die..... 👍

don't know about you ....its a real treat (for me) to find these faults...😁

It suddenly occurred to me the other day I had put a bid in for a nice looking penny on eBay. I had to put the bid in early as I had a long drive when it was due to mature. By the time I got home the auction was over. Now here is my conundrum. I could check with the web site to see if I had been successful or not. But if I did I might have failed in my bid and had lost the coin. However, if I don’t check it out I could still hold the winning bid, but I won’t know until I looked at the listing. Therefor, I might have won that coin, or not, until I find out one way or the other. I( I have lost the bid then I would be disappointed, so am I in a better position by not looking? Unless I have won it.

I did note that above the date a flaw....across the engravers name P I S T R U C C I

Is this a common flaw with this date?  

the lower one.....? could it be 1859 ? or disfigured 1839 ??

any opinions appreciated. 👍

If by chance would anyone have images of the star version

I believe x 2 of mine are cinquefoil, 1 x ? its rubbed so why Im asking for a comparison.

any comments on the crowns I have showing greatly appreciated. 👍   

However this one caught my eye and so I washed the crud off, the Florin now reveals a ledge on the reverse, wow! now I do like a fault.  

a die press error?  well it made my day, Have a great Weekend ☺️

this crown although its seen circulation is in quite good condition.... details are legible and minor rubbing...

where would this Crown sit on the grade scale? 

looking at my tags I bought theses in 2023, put away and forgotten about..........., 

I bought these from a local fair and was included with 3 silver vesta cases, thought id show these as they are coin related, Ive always thought that they were sovereign holders     

both hallmarked for 1911, 👍

Queen Anne 1710 

William IV 1834 

I got wondering, as these don't seem to have been minted in high numbers..... so need to ask are these considered to be rarities ? 

I am new to this forum. 

Im enquiring on behalf of my step father whom has a collection of limited edition proof pure gold coins of significant value, he is now well into retirement and would like to sell these coins in order to free up some capital In order to make the most of his retirement. 

He had a company come to value the coins however would only offer him the spot price for the weight of the gold (around 15,000 pounds), however we believe them to be worth considerably more as they are limited edition in perfect condition and never been touched and we have all the boxes and authenticity paperwork still. 

The List of the coins are as follows, 

PCGS-graded 2016 '5-Portraits 90th Birthday' 1oz Proof Limited Edition

Longest Reigning Monarch Proof Sovereign Set of 3 (2g, 4g, 8g)

PCGS-graded '5-Portraits' 1oz Proof Satin Finish Limited Edition

PCGS-graded 'Remembrance Poppy' 1oz Proof Gold Limited Edition

PCGS graded 2006 American Buffalo $50 MS70

PCGS graded 2015 Proof Sovereign £1 'Long Reign' Special Edition

PCGS-graded 2015 Kangaroo MS70

PCGS-graded 2015 Philharmonic MS69

Coronation Twin Set - Set of 2 x Proof Full Sovereigns

Would anyone be able to provide me with some advise on where would be the best place to sell these coins please? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you 

Jake 

I have checked and found that most are .925 silver so at the very least scrap....

However...some of these seem to be quite scarce...

The 1887 Canada, 10 cents, Mintage 350 000

The 1891 British Guiana and West Indies, Fourpence, Mintage 336 000

The 1918 Australia, Threepence, Mintage 3 119 000...... ok so not a rarity...

the Victorian Colonial coins of this lot are the scarcer and as the page of the ones I own is growing its a becoming real eye opener...👍

and again, to find this it makes my day  😁

any thoughts or in put greatly welcome. 👍

My son was “Oooh! Shiny!” and, yeah, proof coins are cool that way. To protect them I do keep them in encapsulated so that they don’t get scruffed and dinged in my pocket like other circulation coins.

Fun stuff

The other coins are:

1930 US Standing Liberty Quarter
1917 French 1 Franc
1930 Irish 1 Shilling
1917 Italian 1 Lira
1909 Imperial Germany 1 Mark

It’s an interesting comparison of economies that the franc, mark & lira are all a single unit of their basic currency, the US is one fourth of a dollar and the shilling was one twentieth of a pound sterling. Though their economy was weaker, Ireland at that time pegged the Punt to the Pound. The US was far stronger than all of mainland Europe but the UK ruled over all until WWI shattered everyone but the US.

Edward VII & George V British Empire Coins

I have a page of these forming...interesting that they come in different Silver Grades not all are .925 .....

Back when the UK changed to decimal, the new 5p & 10p were made the size and weight of the shilling and florin respectively. That ended in 1990 and then over the next couple of years the 5p, 10p, and 50p were made physically smaller. 

Also in there though the £1 coins and the £2 coins were introduced. The bi-metal £1 is essentially the same diameter and just a bit heavier than a shilling was. The bi-metal £2 coin is almost exactly the size and weight of the florin. I looked at the value of the 1966 shilling at the Bank of England's inflation calculator and even more humorously, the shillings buying power then was £0.82 in December of 2025 - a florin equaling £1.74 now. Not too far off from £1 & £2 pound coins! 

Perhaps the UK should introduce a circulating £5 coin of 32.5mm and 14.14 grams... ? 🤣