george iv 1 shilling 1825

[Guest mell]

i have a george iv 1825 1 shilling coin it is proof and it as been over stamped in my book it says it is worth 600 pound proof alone but with it being overstamped in my opinion it certainally raises the value as anybody got any ideas of any kind of value

[Rob]

i have a george iv 1825 1 shilling coin it is proof and it as been over stamped in my book it says it is worth 600 pound proof alone but with it being overstamped in my opinion it certainally raises the value as anybody got any ideas of any kind of value

I'm afraid this is not a proof. It is a worn currency piece and is worth a few pounds, say £10 at most. A proof typically has mirror fields, very sharp rims/edges which also tend to be wider, high quality lettering that is sharply cut so that the characters have angular features and not rounded from the top to the sides and finally, if there is edge milling it is very sharp to the fingers.

[Chris Perkins]

Isn't it amazing that when a novice has a coin of a certain date, that very often they assume it's the rarest and most valuable type by default. They look in a book, which is a good start of course, but they seem to completely ignore the lower values and lower grades! It's an interesting phonemenon (sp!)

The doubling of the date numerals is quite common on coins of this era Mell.

[Guest mell]

Isn't it amazing that when a novice has a coin of a certain date, that very often they assume it's the rarest and most valuable type by default. They look in a book, which is a good start of course, but they seem to completely ignore the lower values and lower grades! It's an interesting phonemenon (sp!)

The doubling of the date numerals is quite common on coins of this era Mell.

thanks for your expertise but as only been doing this for 2 years your are right in saying it is not proof and it is only worth 10 pound . i have refered this coin to spinks in london and spinks have said that they will pass it over to the milled coin section . he as consultanted an expert on shillings about my coin who was dr martin allen fitzwilliam mueseum and this is what they said the coin is just a normal circulation shilling of 1825 and certainely not a proof even a worn proof would have sharper edces and better fields the double striking of the date numerals is unusalfor this issue but almost certainely caused by the die boiuncing when the coin was struck . spinks replied consequently although due to its age the coin as some historic interest in commercial terms its value negligble .thanks mell

[Chris Perkins]

You really didn't need to go to those lengths!

I'm surprised actually that Spink gave you the time of day, especially as I believe they are short of a modern milled expert at the moment.

[Guest Guest]

You really didn't need to go to those lengths!

I'm surprised actually that Spink gave you the time of day, especially as I believe they are short of a modern milled expert at the moment.

like i said to you before i had a chinese dollar which i wrote to you before about and you said to let me know about the coin welllas it is i have not done it yet but i will forward this to spinks so i can get some true information on it .as i see you have good expertise in the coin world as i a novice in this field but i am learning all the time . as for the errors mistrike double striked. but in the coin world there is still a lot we need to learn.thanks mell