copper123

1888 is a scarcer date farthing in that grade but 1886 is very common due to a high mintage and a hoard found a few years back

there was a pile of bu***rap in the press the other day saying that along with the kew gardens 50p these coins are rare and worth £15 Dont belive the hype you should try a few coin dealers first to find out their worth , i will give you a clue its somewhere between 49p and 51p

The 2000 penny coin is in fact more common with a billion minted

darn it maths was never my fav subect By the way valueing this stash at £1.50 each is to say the least a bit overoptimistic , probably about one in 100 sell at that price so it might take many years and lots of effot to sell them all individually

5 X 240 is not as you have worked out 1000 but a larger sum 1200

yes luv the massive ones for 2000+ coins , bet they would take some filling up

that 1845 large date farthing in the sale looks yummy and will fetch well over estimate

more that 1000 slabbed coins is enough for the uk at least IMHO

Remember if they are hand made they have to be worked on by a human - there was no minemum wage in 1972 - there is now , also a lot of the costs savings made through mass manufactureing might not apply to these cabinets . Wood and other costs also might apply

Yes but it took me three seconds to know it was not a mule , so like i said pointless ,my favorite early evening quiz show

OMG you actually counted the beads on the obverse totally pointless , I honestly dont know how anyone has that much patience LOL

Popularity is the main thing that ensures a coin is worth a tidy sum , you could have a unique coin but it would be worth diddly-squat if no-one wanted it thus increadably rare halfpenny like the DEI GRATIA 1695 halfpenny is only worth what a cheap secondhand car is worth , yet a edward VIII sovereign is a compleatly different kettle of fish

While interesting this sort of variety is neither sort after or particularly valueable , they can easy be picked up for the price of a regular coin

the only alternatives are quite dear - the coin boxes have appeared in lidl in late november / dec for the last 5 years or so . I am pretty sure they will again

ANYONE WHO SEES THE ALUMINIUM COLLECTORS BOX WITH TRAYS IN LIDL THE NEXT FEW WEEKS PLEASE INFORM US HERE . They are great value for £10 or so and often end up on ebay selling at £30 within days

The funny think is art is where you see it, that 150 year old watercolour by an unknown victorian artist might only fetch £200 because there are loads of them around , also pottery , you cannot say that the wedgewood potteries don't produce a classy and affordable product that most people could afford to stash away in a cabinet somewhere at home , likewise the arts and crafts movement and art deco have both provided the masses with stylish items that are not out of anyones budgets , they might be mass manufactured but are ever popular with collectors .

Oscar wilde "All art is useless" Coins are never useless

1770 george III halfpennies are scarcer than you might thing looking a price catalogues , its a date worth having

William will in high grade be very, very hard to fill

"Dump " issue coppers were only made in 1717 and 1718 none after that , most minted were halfpennies

I was watching the programme last night on christies art auctions and I suddenly realised that while collecting both coins and art has been around for hundreds of years (some would argue thousands), coins as a collectable have never really reached the masses (here) or sparked the attention of the majority. I appreciate that the image of coin collecting has never been of anyone lets say young and hip , in fact the oposite is true , its more of a rarther strange 65 year oldwith long hair and a beard in a weird rain coat clutching a magnifying glass, not all are like that obviously but thats the image people have . Why can art attract the masses and coins just never spark interest , just two paintings in that programme last night would have bought the whole of the stock from all of the dealers at the next upcoming birmingham coin fair yet thirty years ago you would have got 30 pictures for the same coins . Maybe it will always remain so from now on and coin collectors will always be seen as strange , I don't know . The model used in the USA seems to have produced a much healthier market and collectors are more accepted with many more message boards /forums /coin clubs even though the states is a massive place . I wonder if we followed their example it might change the market here - I doubt it but it might

While many auction houses usually have a no returns /sold as seen policy there is usually some way of getting your money back and they can usually contact an underbidder as well, to ask if they would like a coin/lot that they underbid on.

If you are unhappy with the descriptions or overgradeing with ANY seller just return it and ask for a refund , any sort of decent dealer will offer that for a short time at least . It really is no good putting up with substandard coins and just moaning about them on message boards . Vote with your feet. Are you lot men or mice, eeeekkk, eeeekkk, LOL