SionGilbey

They aren't in very good condition. Probably worth about a pound for the three unless there are errors.

Collecting year runs of circulation coins is a lot more fun than it sounds for a kid... believe me. It's interesting even to see the changing face of the queen and designs. He could collect 1971-now of a penny or 1983-now of 1 pounds (or even 2 pounds which are 1998-now which is a much shorter run and you've already started) to start him off or show him a few predecimal coins (some are cheap as chips) and see if that takes his interest. If you want the values for modern coins I highly recommend "Check your Change" which comes with an uncirculated, near perfect untouched free coin and has up to date values for today's decimal coins. They usually do them in Waterstones if you don't buy over the internet...

It's hard to tell without pictures... It's probably just

I agree! It's always amazed me how they put so much detail into such a small coin... it's brilliant how something so small and delicate were produced to such an amazing standard by Victorian machinery...

Hi Palves - Try this site http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/ Geoff Interesting site Geoff....and a cracking coin and photograph. If used in Britain it would today have the worth of 3p... still worth more than two of our coins now!

Possibly uncirculated... probably v. fine?

Good question Rob - paper price guides keep needing to be renewed as money changes... however the tintynut is not static and can be updated in seconds... and how do you store your over 1000 books? I have 3 or 4 bookshelves with around 80 books each... you'd need a mansion! And if I had a mansion I'd sell it and buy a Bentley made of coins...

Hmm... the trouble with Facebook is that everyone can find you... even people you'd prefer not to.

Actually Peck the tech is pretty simple... the barcode scanner reads the barcode and inputs it as text, like a keyboard. So if it beeps over a coin ID barcode with 0078 embedded in the barcode it would just input 0078 as if you had typed it. It saves around 10 seconds but as I'm replacing my handwritten tickets anyway (ghastly unreadable writing!) I thought I may as well go for this. The scanner is in the post to me now. The main hassle is printing out each barcode!

If it's fine with Larry to list it in that category then it must be OK! Unfortunately, eBay is full of sad people who just like being d&%£$s to everyone else, and picking minor faults with everything.

Yes, in my comments on my database I had written about the remarkable similarities between the To Hanover token and it... Oh well, it's interesting!

Picked it up for 25p in the local School Car Boot Sale... along with another VF 1949 thrupenny bit they hadn't spotted!

23mm diameter, milled edge - I'm stuck! The scanner picture doesn't do it justice... Unfortunately it has a crack but I'm just curious as to what it is and what W.G is!

Hi, The first thing to establish is whether they are genuine (how were they found, where were they found and might be worth getting one checked by someone with token expertise to authenticate them). If they are genuine they appear to be a very collectable token, these larger tokens tended to be susceptible to edge damage. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Staffs-NETHERTON-Withymoor-19th-c-1d-token-1813-GRIFFIN-/150510266940 However bear in mind a find of that quantity will inevitably flood the market and will lower the prices, because what may have been a scarce token has now become less scarce http://www.worldcoins.freeserve.co.uk/tokens_main.html values them at £40. If he is planning to sell them it may be tricky as there is sometimes not enough demand to shift 207 of them quickly.

Sorry, was that a reply to me Sion, or haven't you found time yet to read through my War & Peace of advice? Yes, I did use your advice and it was very useful. I have a nice layout already very similar to yours (although a bit extra because of World coins). I originally imported the data by loading it up as a linked table which is the easiest method but then decided I really liked Access, and unlinked it by copy and pasting the linked table to make a linked table (which is a shortcut) and a copy of the linked table which is an actual access table. I do have a lot of experience with both Excel and Access but I was wondering if one was better for coin specific needs and which one you lot used. I also have a coin ID which I also use instead of tickets with information on as I have 3 memory sticks loaded individually with my coin database in little pouches in the front of my folders (I'm a bit forgetful so if I broke my computer I would have a backup but I couldn't trust myself just to have one backup so I had 3!). I was also thinking about buying a barcode scanner and printer (relatively cheap these days, also compatible with database programs such as Access and Excel) and using the USB barcode scanner and barcodes as digital tickets so one beep could find the info on one coin... a project for a wet weekend perhaps!

It entirely depends on who you sell to, and the condition. Also, in some cases if they are in a Whitman type folder (small cardboard holes to fit the coin) the folder can be worth more than the coins! The 1952 was the lowest mintage sixpence but you can get them from eBay cheaply (I recently got a GVF 1952 sixpence for £3)

I loaded it up as a linked table, copy and pasted it. It works a treat! With some simple button presses I can now view a denomination and instantly find missing years. I can find each country's coinage if I have it in my database! Highly recommended to all.

Your link doesn't work. However http://www.readingcoinclub.co.uk/index.php should work fine.

I'm thinking of converting my huge OpenOffice Calc (essentially Excel - it saves as an excel file and opens just the same) database into Access 2003 (more recent Access versions are useless!). The advantages are that I can search for individual coins, see how many coins of a denomination or year or country I have and I can attach images. However, I'd have to run both alongside each other as Excel is my preferred and is easily printed. Has anyone got any experience with managing a collection on Access?

I do sometimes wish the country was never decimalised but I find that for children and shopkeeper and accountants etc. it was inefficient. I do agree it was a great part of our history and am a little sad that unlike Americans (and most other countries) we can't pick up our collections from our change to start us off. However, the preservation of Britain's coinage history will be maintained by us Numismatists and to be honest Britain's coinage has been changing since its origins, the size of pennies, new denominations and changing designs and materials and it would be boring if our change didn't change.

Seems you have it already. How the hell do the bots get past it?

If it for some reason does not work, i suggest using reCAPTCHA. CAPTCHAs are programs that distinguish humans from internet bots. I like reCAPTCHA because it also helps digitise books - http://www.google.com/recaptcha.

I've had a look through Spink as well and I'm stumped. P.S. Spink = Coin price guide. Spunk = particularly vulgar term for semen.

NOTE: Due to the image limit on the forum I have posted most of the images as links. If you want to see them you must click on them. A while ago I saw a topic about coin apps for iPhone and I thought that as this forum is an incredibly good recourse I should look for a way to get it on my iPhone - without the hassle of getting it up on the browser in a badly sized window where I have to zoom every 5 seconds to read anything. Recognising the forum software as Invision Power Board (IP.Board) I knew that they had made an app - so it'd be pretty straightforward. I thought I'd put up how it's done in case anyone didn't know: Installing the Application Firstly, turn on your iPhone or iPod touch (I've tried skipping this step, it doesn't work as well ) Now touch the App Store button. It is usually on the first few pages or on the little dashboard at the bottom. Once loaded, press the search button, then touch the search bar at the top. Search "IP Board". http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0031.png Press the first and only result. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0032.png To download the application, press the "Free" button. It should change into an install button. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0033.png Now press Install. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0034.png Type your Apple ID and Password and download the Application. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0035.png Using the Application Press the home button on the base of the iPod to go to the App Menu. You should find at the end of the app list a new app called "IPB" Press it. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0036.png It now prompts you to push notifications. I pressed OK. Another prompt box comes up, just press OK on that one too. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0037.png You now come to the Application itself. Press the "+" button in the top right corner to add a forum. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0038.png It asks for the title. Write: Title: British Coins - Predecimal.com URL: http://www.predecimal.com/forum/ and your email and password for predecimal. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0039.png The forum is now added. Press it. http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0040.png Wait for it to load http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0041.png It's alive! http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa416/SionGilbey/IMG_0042.png

Your 1939s depend on the mintmark. If the mintmark is B or G then you're in the money, around £60. J is worth around £15 and the rest around £6. With the 1928, it isn't. They weren't minted that year as far as I'm aware. On average, the surrounding dates are worth about £7 on average in fine condition. So you've got a figure between £13 and £67, depending on the marks.