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.

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

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

A pony , a pony, my kingdom for a pony! LOL

I love the way the charles appears larger than the horse remember charles was 5 foot 4 inches tall

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

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 .

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 .

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

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

Keith emerson has gone to - Fanfare for the common man

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

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?

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

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

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.

Nice currency IMHO

And the UK's , Bye bye USA! LOL

And the 1953 crowns? LOL

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

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

Americans love 1776 halfpennies

I really dont think you could do much worse than ebay myself - its ideal because of you location . First of all I would try to find out the coins you father in law paid the most for and SELL THEM FIRST on ebay , you are very lucky to have a record of all the prices paid so you can have a reasonable idea of what they will fetch . As for listing in groups always list four or five coins together and try and make them a date run and list in TWO catogories on ebay , its worth it for the extra views . If you have a full whitman folder list it with the coins and make sure you get a GOOD picture of both . DONT RUSH the sale and try to enjoy doing it - if you look on it as work it will become work. Set senseable minmum bids on coins your father in law paid a lot for or rare varieties.

Saying that its a great coin if you can forget about the crack LOL

this is just nasty - it is an e/r though and did cost 40p I am open to offers from scott LOL