Paulmanta

Indeed, I had taken the other posters advice and had a quick look around and concluded the HMS Hollandia is the most likely for the pair of them. The Pillar Coin date is 1740 and the other coin is 1742 The other coin has what I think is "CRESCUNT CONCORDIA RESPARVA" On one side and a right facing horseman on the other with some writing I cannot make out due to wear and unfamiliarity with latin ! I am curious to know what they are worth, not for sale purposes but just so I know wether to keep them in the safe !

Hi, Since my last bout of tidying and rediscovering my old coin collection I have been back in the mood for sorting things out and have been looking through some of the things my Grandmother left me when she passed on. She left me a lot of interesting wooden boxes and it seems some more coins, these ones are very curious as they had been put in the secret drawer of the writing slope, a drawer I only discovered today. I think one is a Pillar Dollar or Pillow Dollar. She had written on the paper it was wrapped in, as you can see one says "pillow" and the other "pillar" I am resisting thetemptation to google these terms as last time it only threw up lots of false leads and bad advice, this site was the most sensible, hence I am back again. I can take more pics if anyone wants. I am keen to know if these are special, I have no reason to doubt my grandmothers note as to where these came from, we live in Penzance in Cornwall and she was a Geologist and would regularly visit the Isles of Scilly which lie just off the coast here. 1960 would have been around the time she was most active among those who were diving or exploring wrecks.

Hi Folks, All in all pretty much as I thought, I am not really interested in turning the collection into cash just for the sake of it, when I found this forum I joined up with a mixture of curiosity and a tiny bit of hope tha tI might have something a bit unusual. The US proof Set is from the year of my birth so i think I will keep that as well, I did look on Ebay at those and found that they sell for around £12 to £15 so at least i know that that has a value. Thanks for the warm welcome and advice, one of the things that struck me while I was going through the old coins is how much nicer our old 50p and 5p were. The new coins are too small and don't feel as "real" if you know what I mean. P.

Good evening folks, I have got the collection laid out on my dining table (much to the consternation of wifey) and I am surprised to find I have 18 different categories of coin. There are 84 coins in total. I think I might list them all here and if anyone thinks any are worth a pic then I will pop one up, I think 168 pics might be a little excessive especially if you bear in mind most if not all will be uninteresting coins with no value. American Coins: United States Proof Set, 1974. coins in case, never touched. US 1 Dollar Coin, 1978. Circulated. Australian Coins: 1984 Dollar. 1985 Dollar. 1968 20 Cent. 1978 10 Cent. 1988 5 Cent. 1989 1 Cent. 1 Dollar note. French Coins. 1960 1 Franc. 1964 1 Franc. 1976 1 Franc. 1984 half Franc. 1983 20 centimes. 1989 20 centimes. 1963 10 Centimes. 1986 5 Centimes. New Zealand: 1975 50 Cents. Endeavour on rear. 1980 50 Cents. Endeavour on rear. 1987 20 Cents. Kiwi on rear. Malta: 9 small denomination coins, lets face it, no-one is going to be interested in them ! I was pushing it listing the Francs ! Greece. 4 Greek coins, again, not worth listing. Israel: 3 small denomination coins. Geurnsey 1947 8 Doubles coin. Spain: 1975 5 Pesetas Coin. Switzerland: 1931 2 centimes. 1945 2 centimes. 1981 5 centimes. 1946 1 centime. Canada: 1981 1 Cent. Germany: 1970 1 pfennig Great Britain: I saved this one for last as it is the biggest. 1971 halfpenny. 1981 halfpenny. 1997 50 pence Isle of man, TT bike. 2006 50 pence soldier carrying soldier. 2008. Set, unboxed. 1p,2p,5p,10p,20p,50p and pound. Makes Shield. Used but clean. 1913 Half Sovereign, nice clean and kept in a tin. Unknown, May say Georgivs on it, copper, slightly larger than a 2p, very worn. Dirty where someones pocket has not touched it. Cannot make out a date but it has Brittania on the rear. Also Unknown, Says Georgivs on it, may say 1775, 6 or 8 on it, cannot tell as it is dirty and worn, Brittania on rear, again, clean where somthing/someone rubbed it. --------------- so, there you have it, probably the most dull post ever made in terms of lost treasure. Still, its been a nice evening looking at them and listing some of them, especially the ones that were replaced with the Euro. Thanks for looking if you made it this far. Paul.

Thanks for the replies, I am under no illusion as to value, I exepct they are mostly curiosities. I will pop a list/pics up when Iget a chance just in case I have some rare treasure. I must just say i have no luck with lotteries, am unlucky at gambling and never win at raffles so the chance of finding treasure in my juvenile collection is very very slim, good job i am a realist as well really. I knew the Half Sovereign was worth a bit, its actually the nicest coin of the whole lot having been kept in a little tin wrapped in cotton wool for many many years.

Hi, I have just found this Forum after doing a bit of Googling, I am trying to find out a little more information about my coin collection. I have been having a big sort out in my loft and re-discovered the coin collection I had when I was quite young. I had no idea what I was collecting at the time but if it looked different or was not spendable I would put it in a box. Most of it is Foreign, some Maltese coins, Swiss, French (Pre-euro) Australian, American and some other oddments, I do however have some British coins, I believe I have a Half Sovereign, which I recall my Grandmother gave me and told me to keep it safe ! I think I am mostly asking for advice, and values for what I have here, Its a small collection, they are not utterly spotless, far from it, they are old coins that a small version of me found and kept in a box. I may well be inclined to post up a list of coins, possibly some pictures of the ones I cannot identify because the tarnish is too thick or the coin is worn smooth, where would be the best place to ask advice ? I am in Cornwall, Penzance to be precise, Are there any reputable valuers/dealers near me ? I am not just looking to sell sell sell, but I might part with the whole lot if someone would find them interesting or they were going to help out someone who was a more serious collector.