Coin aquisition of the week.......

[Gaz T 130]

And this little cracker,

Charles 1st. Truro mint crown.

[Gaz T 130]

The ticket came with the crown, maybe Baldwin's from around 2011.

 

[copper123 1,267]

!897 dark finish farthing (please dont laugh everyone ) . A much harder date to find in top top grade and has been missing from my collection for years .

Picked up in a pound box for a £1 at this weekends birmingham coin fair , (at least when it arrived it did so at a great price  , I grade A/Unc

[JLS 209]

34 minutes ago, copper123 said:

!897 dark finish farthing (please dont laugh everyone ) . A much harder date to find in top top grade and has been missing from my collection for years .

Picked up in a pound box for a £1 at this weekends birmingham coin fair , (at least when it arrived it did so at a great price  , I grade A/Unc

Is this the sea below bead variety as usual ? 

[Michael-Roo 773]

 

Dark, reverse B, seven to gap. The common variety (I think?).

GVF or NEF? Hard to tell from the scan. Still, a pound? Bargain.

Edited October 14, 2019 by Michael-Roo

[copper123 1,267]

Coin is gef + scan does not do justice i will try to put obverse on

funny enough I have had a scarcer a/unc bright finish for years

Edited October 14, 2019 by copper123

[copper123 1,267]

[ozjohn 484]

1 hour ago, Michael-Roo said:

 

Dark, reverse B, seven to gap. The common variety (I think?).

GVF or NEF? Hard to tell from the scan. Still, a pound? Bargain.

960 times it's face value ?

[oldcopper 251]

11 hours ago, ozjohn said:

960 times it's face value ?

You should see what some people try and flog 1913 1/3 farthings for - now that's inflation for you!

[DaveG38 371]

Here's an interesting question for you all. If you had a time machine and could go back to obtain any coin type to make you a relative profit, what would it be? By this, I don't mean which date of a denomination, just an average date for that denomination. Assuming the coin is UNC which type would see the greatest return on your money in terms of today's value over face value?

I'll offer up the quarter farthing. There 4 farthings to the penny and 240 pennies to the pound, so 960 farthings to the pound, meaning there were 3840 quarter farthings to the pound. A UNC example of the 1852 strike was sold in 2017 by London Coins for £75. If this is a typical price, leaving out commission etc. then the quarter farthing has increased in value by a factor of 288,000. Not bad for such a tiny coin.

By comparison, a gold 1703 Vigo 5 Guineas sold recently for £703,000, which is 669,524 Guineas. That means the Vigo coin has increased by a factor of only 133,904, i.e. not even half of the quarter farthing.

Leaving money out of it though, I'd always opt for the 5 Guineas given the choice!!! 

[mhcoins 91]

On 10/13/2019 at 8:01 PM, Gaz T said:

My latest ,1654-Commonwealth shilling.

Ex. Alan Morris collection.

Nice coin, not sure if it was Alan Morris ? it was in a slab as Morris collection recently at heritage. 

[mhcoins 91]

On 10/13/2019 at 8:16 PM, Gaz T said:

The ticket came with the crown, maybe Baldwin's from around 2011.

 

yes it was in a baldwins fixed price list at 1500 at around 2011 - 12?

 

[Gaz T 130]

9 hours ago, mhcoins said:

Nice coin, not sure if it was Alan Morris ? it was in a slab as Morris collection recently at heritage. 

Hi

I'm sure you must have recognised the coins as I received two tickets in the post from Phil Hutchings yesterday.

I think Phil must have removed the shilling from the slab, something I wouldn't have like to attempt.

Edited October 15, 2019 by Gaz T

[Rob 2,855]

On 10/13/2019 at 8:16 PM, Gaz T said:

The ticket came with the crown, maybe Baldwin's from around 2011.

 

Interesting ticket.

[Rob 2,855]

On 10/13/2019 at 8:05 PM, Gaz T said:

And this little cracker,

Charles 1st. Truro mint crown.

No. 114 on my list of illustrated examples. Pity about the larger than usual flat areas because the rest of it is quite well struck with little wear.

Edited October 16, 2019 by Rob

[copper123 1,267]

If only that area at the top and bottom was well struck up - it would treble the worth of the coin

[Gaz T 130]

8 hours ago, copper123 said:

If only that area at the top and bottom was well struck up - it would treble the worth of the coin

If only copper!

But then again its not a bad example, I'm happy with it.

[Gaz T 130]

18 hours ago, Rob said:

Interesting ticket.

Hi Rob.

Any information on the ticket would be much appreciated.

[mrbadexample 980]

3 hours ago, Gaz T said:

its not a bad example

Sorry, whatnow? 

[Paddy 1,386]

Quite pleased with this 1860 Farthing - Dies 1 and A I believe, so F496 - which came to me amongst a group of coppers at the market yesterday. A great upgrade for me.

 

[Unwilling Numismatist 503]

That's lush @Paddy

[Sword 1,263]

Just brought this sixpence as a type example. 

 

[ozjohn 484]

A very nice example of a 1911 sixpence even the tip of the king's mo is well struck.

[Sword 1,263]

13 hours ago, ozjohn said:

even the tip of the king's mo is well struck.

Thanks. It is that detail which persuaded me to buy it.

[copper123 1,267]

Nice william farthing