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    Hi guys

    in Beginners area

    Posted

    and sion its conor not colin ;D just checking :L :):P

    Denomination18441860186118621863186418701871187218731874187518761877187818791880188118821883188418861889189018911892189318941895189618971898189919001901190219031904190519061907190819091910191119121913191419151916191719181919192019211922192319241925192619271928192919301931193219331934193519361937193819391940194119421943194419451946194719481949195019511952195319541955195619571958195919601961196219631964196519661967Fractional Farthings1The Farthing11112111124212111The Halfpenny1111123111Three FarthingsThe Silver (Maundy) PennyThe Copper/Bronze Penny12221231321132534221086657121086191912131882321812101591258612013915137710181016109679563136575417The Penny-HalfpennyThe Two PenceThree Pence1112112324232111412231233531118125Four Pence (Maundy and Britannia)The Sixpence25211253472761012542121111111111111121114The Shilling111211111261111111132222222322222442232222332222218 and 20 PenceTwo Shillings - Florin2x vi 16 each1224155411233111152Thirty Pence - Half Crown 114433412211152242421111111

    You need to use the latest version of excel guys!

    (Or conor you could save it as a 2003 document instead of a 2007/2010)

    Sorry about the Colin thing, I'm not great with names :lol:

    Hi guys

    in Beginners area

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    Interesting!

    With your fractional farthing what does it say?

    There are three types, a half and a third and a quarter although only the half and the third were issued in 1844.

    Could you scan:

    your fractional farthing

    1876 halfpenny

    1902 halfpenny

    and any coin that's got good detail especially the older ones with a lot of detail.

    see:

    http://www.telecoins.com/scanning.html#PHOTO

    and crop it down the the coin bit with paint :)

    Hi guys

    in Beginners area

    Posted

    welcome conor

    my sons middle name isnt connor, but what the heck. :D

    i hope you keep the coins, if their low grade, they will be of more value to you personally than the money they may fetch.

    if their high grade, well you may have the start of a nice collection.

    additionally to what has been said here already about ebay spreadsheets etc, you will learn a lot about history, rulers/wars etc....coin collecting is an enthralling hobby.....

    i hope you decide to keep em.

    shame it isnt connor ;D :) anyway heres the database that i made tell me any that you would like pictures of :)

    blagh says im not permitted to upload a file why is this ? :)

    Maybe it's too big.

    The max single file size here is 150kb.

    Try http://rapidshare.com/

    Click the yellow upload button then the select files button.

    1827 Penny

    in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

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    I Just took a punt on this BIN purchase. Have paid my £1 :)

    Be interesting to see if it arrives.

    You've probably just bought the 595 example, wonder how many emails are going to ensue and will you leave him a negative when the different than the picture coin arrives lol?

    What would you grade this one at?

    Ruddy heck that's a hard one.

    I'd say fine, maybe Good Fine.

    Melting down coins for profit

    in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

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    What are your views on old gold sov.s being melted?

    Their current gold price is £437.50 which could buy you most 19th Century sovereigns in EF and 20 odd years in UNC and make a profit of up to 200%.

    I believe that modern ones can be melted down as they were only created to sell for profit anyway but even the rare years (like just 20,000 in 1879) would still have a greater worth in gold than it's numismatic value.

    Your views?

    Melt price for sovereigns is just less than £200 (just over 8 grams of 22ct gold).No metal melter would scrap anything decent unless he was brain dead.

    I think I made a bit of an error there! :huh:

    Even so one could still make a profit on almost any 19th Century sov. in VF.

    Melting down coins for profit

    in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    Posted

    What are your views on old gold sov.s being melted?

    Their current gold price is £437.50 which could buy you most 19th Century sovereigns in EF and 20 odd years in UNC and make a profit of up to 200%.

    I believe that modern ones can be melted down as they were only created to sell for profit anyway but even the rare years (like just 20,000 in 1879) would still have a greater worth in gold than it's numismatic value.

    Your views?

    Can you spend sovereigns in a shop?

    in Free for all

    Posted

    I shall wait for the snipe.
    ......you may have to wait some time, their in decline in uk wetlands. ;)

    ccgb2010 is priced at six guineas, do the same tax rules apply to guineas, were they ever used for currency?

    It was fairly common for auctions to offer lots in Guineas into the 1970's and I am sure there are still a holdout here and tither that like pricing stuff in Guineas for no other reason than they get an extra 5P for each pound.

    If you have real Guineas that you would like to let, I will give you quid and five for them and treat them just like money.

    I'll give you a quid and six :D

    Melting down coins for profit

    in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    Posted

    I've heard different opinions on this matter for a while now and I thought it might be enlightening to know what you lot have to say.

    As we know, metal prices are rising and some dealers melt down early 20th Century coins (especially gold and silver).

    I for one stand for conserving out numismatic heritage (Except those damn 1967 pennies. I have 40 66 and 67s just taking up space... lob 'em all I say).

    My view is it's also OK to melt down coins that in bad condition (only fairly common ones though).

    What's your view?

    Can you spend sovereigns in a shop?

    in Free for all

    Posted

    I shall wait for the snipe.
    ......you may have to wait some time, their in decline in uk wetlands. ;)

    ccgb2010 is priced at six guineas, do the same tax rules apply to guineas, were they ever used for currency?

    In the Great Recoinage they were replaced by the Sovereign so they are not legal tender as far as I'm aware.

    However, people still called 21 shillings a Guinea and this makes it £1.05 today, so times that by 6 for 6 Guineas and that gives you £6.30, the price of the book.

    It was used as legal tender originally being equal to 20 shillings but then increasing in the late 1600s (I think) to 21 until 1816 of course.

    I don't think they have the same tax rules.

    Sion

    Hello !...Please help an old Dundee man !

    in Beginners area

    Posted

    Thanks for all the Interesting replys, I will just put it away as a curio !

    I have a few other coins with no denominations on them, should I ask about them on another thread someplace ?

    Hi Azda, em still stuck in Menzieshill Dundee and a proud Arab ! Hows life treating you in Munich ?

    Em an Arab tae, originally a whitfield boy but moved tae Lochee :)

    I'm quarter Lebanese... does that count?

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