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  1. copper123
    To be fair both coins fall in the range of a £5-£8 rummage bin pieces so if you got them for around £3-£4 each you did ok . They are not serious coins but beginers coins but important for getting newcomers interested in coins , I would not doubt they are authentic, few forgeries of contemp pieces exist , more recent ones are common . The penalty for forgery was death , at the time - it put a lot of folks off , clipping was more common.
  2. copper123
    I dont think anyone would seriously want to fake such poor lookinh coins at all - they both look gen to me . OK they are not scrap - but they are not far off
  3. copper123
    £22 is a good price - you really would struggle to get a £50 note for it - crown collectors in particular want high grade atractive examples so your piece will always be the bridesmaid never the bride. Those nasty edge knocks have really done the coin in it is nothing but a beginers coin now- sorry
  4. copper123
    I think you might get £60 a true BU should fetch in the region of £80- £100
  5. copper123
    Nice rarity , I have never found one , a pity the obverse is such a poor strike , there are a few light marks as well , a nice find most are well under this grade Ef seems to be the usual grade they are found in.
  6. copper123
    By the way colin cooke had one in worse for sale right now for £150 so you have not done too bad. Your coin is far superior to theirs so I would say its worth around £220 easy
  7. copper123
    I would beg to differ that halfcrown is an attractive good fine for me , sorry could not grade that plain fine , I dont really see that it GF for me
  8. copper123
    A pony , a pony, my kingdom for a pony! LOL
  9. copper123
    I love the way the charles appears larger than the horse remember charles was 5 foot 4 inches tall
  10. copper123
    Admitedly the abillity to grade coins will always be a one in two thousand probability if you stop the ordinary person in the street , but it will ALWAYS be a rare thing as long as the hobby base is a small as it is today
  11. copper123
    The only people who need to grade or value coins are people who collect coins . The only people who need to use slabing companies are the uneducated , people who inherit or find a hoard can always look for info off a profesional .
  12. copper123
    I think we need a statement from the royal mint in my idea would be to ask them if these coins are "money" or not in other words stop marketing these coins as "coins with a face value" if they cannot be spent , that will clear up any missunderstandings. In the future we might have "Queens hundredth birthday medal" with no face value .
  13. copper123
    Either they are legal tender or they are not . Perhaps someone should ask for info under the freedom of information act , that would teach them
  14. copper123
    perhaps they (the coin slabers ) should get new jobs as agony aunts then they are clearly not suited to work with or give people info on coins
  15. copper123
    Keith emerson has gone to - Fanfare for the common man
  16. copper123
    I have noticed the mint now charges £10 for a 50p coin , or maybe 50p for the coin and £9.50 for the packing around it Does not sound like a good deal for anyone apart from the mint to me
  17. copper123
    Is it really that hard for them to get out the standard reference books for the coin they are slabbing and look up the varieties ? If it is why bother paying them a bean?
  18. copper123
    They are both much of a muchness really there is nothing much in the prices so it really boils down to if you like the coin . Personally I would think both are worth around $4 or around melt value - but i would not put you off buying either coin as long as you like it and want it
  19. copper123
    nordal it might be the "lustre preserver " sold in the 1970's to coin collectors , just give the coin a five second soak in acetone and see if it disapears
  20. copper123
    Well as we all know peck never considered these coins as paterns but historical "glorious revolution" medalets , I dont think it really matters anyway . Its certainly true they circulated as farthings for quite a time as many are found very worn so they could even be considered currency . Who cares they are attractive and very collectable /affordable so should be collected.
  21. copper123
    Nice currency IMHO
  22. copper123
    And the UK's , Bye bye USA! LOL
  23. copper123
    And the 1953 crowns? LOL
  24. copper123
    And not a washer - that halfpenny was worth a pretty penny , so to speak. I love that reverse as well with britannia holding the branch low - was only used on a few dates and discontinued very soon after that date - pity
  25. copper123
    Another tip is if you bought many of the coins off j welsh dont take the grades for granted , this dealer very often persistantly overgrades coins as many others know so if a coin was sold by him as EF its probably more like VF in fact - this will lead you to over valueing the collection
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