Stuntman

I'm virtually certain this is a fake in the current Catawiki UK coin auction as well: https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/15583053-united-kingdom-crown-1820-george-iv-silver

It'd be interesting to see what the serious penny collectors on here think about the state of the market. Might it actually be a buying opportunity for similar coins to those you sold? I reckon a fair few of your LCA sold coins now reside in some collections on here Back to the sovereigns - I do like the George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria shieldback designs and would love high quality examples of these in my own collection but the 'bang for bullion buck' ratio puts me off. I know that may sound irrational, but if I was paying say £2000+ for a 19th century sovereign I would probably bottle it and by 2 x 1oz 0.9999 gold bullion coins. You won't go far wrong with your 2017 sovereigns assuming you bought them at or near the issue price. They were a bit too rich for me at the time and I prefer non-proofs to proofs (just personal preference and that bang for buck thing again ) - but I did succumb to the considerable charms of the 2017 BU Quintuple, which I do not regret for one second. Any excuse to post a picture...

I think it's an interesting strategy but I suspect your buy/sell spreads will be quite large. The coins in question aren't really linked to the price of gold, so you are betting on the fact that they remain objects of desire for well-heeled numismatists. Personally speaking, I reckon the demand pool for these coins is pretty low, and it may take you some time to liquidate these coins for a decent profit in the future. That said, you would own a super (although pretty small) collection of fabulous coins. If I was purely thinking about investment I would perhaps consider rare but well known (and hence popular) predecimal silver and bronze in as high a grade as you can find. Possibly coins that are slightly unloved by the main market at the moment (although you still need these monarchs/denominations to come back into fashion). I suspect most on here buy most coins very much for the love of it rather than as investments but I will be very happily proved wrong. My own investment money goes into world stock markets and a small percentage goes into 21st century UK gold bullion coins (Sovereigns, Brittanias, Lunars and Queens' Beasts) but these are essentially a hedge as gold, with the side benefit of being properly awesome to hold. Good luck with whatever you decide, post some pictures of what you have already so we can drool over them!

Nice varied collection there. Sadly your two most valuable UK coins are the half sovereign and the sovereign from your earlier posts! Row A number 6 is as 1995 GB £2 coin celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War 2. Details here, also for your 1989 Bill of Rights coins: http://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/single-metal-two-pound-coins-1986-1996/ Of the rest, the 1910 Farthing is probably the scarcest/most collectable. The silver probably isn't worth anything more than scrap value, but your threepence C7 is nice and pretty. If you didn't already know, anything before 1920 is 92.5% silver and anything from 1920 to 1946 is 50% silver. After that, there is no silver in the coins. A2-A5 are crowns, face value 25p rather than £5 sadly and aren't worth much/any more than face value (£1 each absolute tops). The 1912 H penny is interesting but pretty common in that condition and perhaps worth £1 on eBay? Can't help you with A1 or B3 but I'm sure someone else might. Thanks for sharing, I like them anyway! Edit: 1892 Farthings are also quite scarce, so that one might be worth about a fiver. Your 1900 Crown is perhaps worth £25 and the 1887 perhaps £50-£75? To give you some idea of values, this is quite a good resource and quite easy to navigate. Prices are what you might expect to pay from a dealer rather than what you might be able to sell it for, but it's a useful guide: http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/values/index.html

No worries, glad to help! It's not a bad counterfeit IMO, pretty close to the actual design even if it's not the same weight.

Here's my 1826, if it helps with the comparison:

Looks like you have found some nice, interesting and valuable coins! B appears very likely to be a silver crown, rather than a gold £5. The £5 reverse appears to have a shorter strip of ground underneath St George & the Dragon than the crown reverse, and the diameter should be 36mm rather than 39mm for a crown. Have a look at the picture of one here: https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=fivepoundsgoldstory.html I look forward to seeing pictures of your others!

I suspect it's a crown as well, given that the reverse would only say 1898 and have no other legend. So, Jacksons - is it about 3.9cm across, about 28g in weight, and made of silver? Nice find, anyway!

I think he's a known dealer of high value coins. If I was in the market for one of these, and I thought the price was right, I'd have no hesitation in bidding. I think the coin looks pretty darn good from the pictures and he offers a 30 day refund anyway.

The quintuple sovereign sold at LCA in early June is almost certainly a proof from the 5 coin set, because the BU quintuple sovereigns weren't released until late June. All are lovely coins though, still absolutely thrilled with my BU quintuple.

Emmanuel 87-90 for me.

I lurked for a few months and then posted a hello-style thread in the Beginners Area. It felt good to introduce myself to the regulars here. As an aside, I went to university in Cambridge and remember how lovely it is there.

Must be something about Florins of that era. I also have a 1900 which I repatriated from a New Zealand coin dealer's website a few years ago. Very similar in toning to yours! Sorry for the thread hijack Mick, look forward to seeing your incoming 1937s in due course

Less than £1, I would say. Keep it if you like it, but it doesn't have much commercial value.

It's nice that they replied, even if the reply doesn't add to the pool of knowledge.

1902 is great because you can also go for the Low Tide penny and halfpenny, and the matte proofs, if funds and collecting goals allow. Have fun seeking out your coins!

I agree with Sword. Given that you already have an 1899 set, 1902 would seem the obvious choice for what next. Alternatively, consider either an 1860-1886 set so you can have a nice Gothic florin and Bun Head bronze penny, or something between 1841 and 1859 so you can have the beautiful Victoria copper coins. The halfcrown and crown would be expensive in high grades though...

I once worked with a consultant called Anna Dominey, whose name made me smile...

I got another one in my change yesterday, 2016 coin again. This one's going back into circulation but I have kept the other two for the time being at least.

I've got two 2016 coins with the milling to the left, if that's the same thing as 'smooth area to the right of the hologram on the rim"? Got them in change in July.

The George IV looks like a shilling or sixpence (depending on size) from 1825-29.

I don't think that mintage figures were generally recorded for many coins before the great recoinage of 1816. You're right though, the second bust is quite a bit scarcer than the first bust. Those coins have seen a fair bit of action, in a good way. Nice little bits of history you have there.

It's interesting but I agree that it isn't particularly aesthetically pleasing. The current standard design is rather nice IMO, this one is probably only for the completist and/or those taking a punt on its resale value.

There seems to be another one on this thread (unless it's you under another name, Dave?) http://thesilverforum.com/topic/9494-200-anniversary-strike-on-the-day-sovereign/?page=19

Just done the other £500 in 50ps and still no Kew Gardens, unsurprisingly. But on the positive side, I did find the two Olympic 50ps that I hadn't manage to get from change (Fencing and Taekwondo). No Jemima Puddle Duck in all 2000 coins either, that one seems to have been removed from circulation pretty quickly along with most of the other Beatrix Potter designs. In my 2000 coins I only found about 15 Beatrix Potters of any type. Edit: the hit rate on this batch of 500 coins was quite interesting. I didn't find a single commemorative in the first 106 coins I sorted, and only 33 in the first 500 coins (£250). But in the second 500 coins I found a further 81 commemoratives, making the hit rate over 11% in total.