Fidgycoins Posted November 20, 2007 Posted November 20, 2007 i recently brought 4 coins of a website (petercoins) i paid only an amazing £4.00 for these and they are great1838 halfpenny1853 halfpenny1853 halfpenny1854 halfpennyview the images to see please reply to what you think of this deal and what they are worth now please Quote
Chris Perkins Posted November 20, 2007 Posted November 20, 2007 They're worth about £4! One is very worn, one very polished, one very damaged and the other has verdigris.Well worth £4 of course because of the history and the dates themselves will fill holes. Have you seen my sales listings for halfpennies:http://www.predecimal.com/british-coins-ha...c-51_32_41.htmlThere are some cheap ones there too. Quote
Fidgycoins Posted November 20, 2007 Author Posted November 20, 2007 no i can sell these easily more then £4.00 and i will trust me and yes i have seen your coins i brought some and other stuff every week Quote
Chris Perkins Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 I expect you could easily find a novice to give you £2 each, but I'd certainly sell them for £1 each. I'd feel guilty asking much more! Good luck, I hope you can make £10 out of them! Quote
Peter Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 No disrespect Fidgy but I've thrown away better coins.Buy the best you can afford and don't get carried away by Ebay.NEVER buy 20C farthings from Ebay...check out the dealers 1stI always find a day out at a coin fair puts things into perspective. Quote
scottishmoney Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 Never buy farthings unless you can find them in quantity, I still haven't. Out of 6000+ predecimal coins, I have a mere 28 farthings. They didn't stick around long enough in circulation, being phased out in 1956, that they didn't make it to D-day to get demonetized and hoarded. Quote
Fidgycoins Posted November 21, 2007 Author Posted November 21, 2007 tbh i still think i recieved a complete bargain i been looking just for an 1838 halfpenny for ages and cheapest was around £4.00 and i werent willing to pay that for a worn coin and instead i got tht coin +++ three more to sell and yer i will put them on ebay as that is the best place for me to sell as i earn a mint out of it view my feedback if you dont believe i brought a coin from america for 98p and it sold for £50.00 on ebay the item numbers are below280167843830 what i brought it for190171061133 what i sold it for please view these and if some people can please advise me did i get a good buy on this coin i think i did but not to sure now200173028280 1860 pennythanks hope to hear from you soon as the one who said you chuck coins away better then them please keep them ill have them in future Quote
Kronos Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 tbh i still think i recieved a complete bargain i been looking just for an 1838 halfpenny for ages and cheapest was around £4.00 and i werent willing to pay that for a worn coin and instead i got tht coin +++ three more to sell and yer i will put them on ebay as that is the best place for me to sell as i earn a mint out of it view my feedback if you dont believe i brought a coin from america for 98p and it sold for £50.00 on ebay the item numbers are below280167843830 what i brought it for190171061133 what i sold it for please view these and if some people can please advise me did i get a good buy on this coin i think i did but not to sure now200173028280 1860 pennythanks hope to hear from you soon as the one who said you chuck coins away better then them please keep them ill have them in futureAn entrepreneur in the making. Quote
Chris Perkins Posted November 21, 2007 Posted November 21, 2007 You can get lucky sometimes, but it's hard work trying and can become very tiring after a while. I admire people that buy and sell on ebay (properly I mean, not just with endless suppies of new items) but you'll need to continue a lucky streak.On a related note, your grading of coins is very suspect. All I've seen have been overgraded or have had a higher grade implied. But, that in itself is common on ebay and the real collectors know what they're doing. 1 Quote
scottishmoney Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 Adding to what CP said, the coins don't look like something I would even bid £1 for, as they are tampered with, ie cleaned etc. Quote
Chris Perkins Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 But there are always novices out there that think they're on to something and over grade the coins themselves, from the pictures. Buyer beware and all that. It all comes down to knowledge....and when neither buyer or seller have much of it, then things sometimes sell for falsely inflated prices! Quote
Fidgycoins Posted November 22, 2007 Author Posted November 22, 2007 none of my coins are cleaned inless of course they are cleaned before i get them by some one stupid i get good deals quite alot another was an 1841 penny and a few halpennys which are mint with lustre i only grade my coins from what i buy them as Quote
Chris Perkins Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 You mean you believe what other people say!? Sounds like you will want a copy of the Official British Coin Grading Guide, soon to be published by me (title TBC). It might just revolutionise the way eBay sell modern (post 1797) British Coins! Quote
Fidgycoins Posted December 3, 2007 Author Posted December 3, 2007 hi from the begining again i have listed one of the coins in auction and already making more then what i paid not a lot but we will see how much it makes at the end 190177494296 the item numberand the others in my shop which has had a few interest in them already might earn around £15and of all of em put together Quote
CartwheelTwopence Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Did you sell them already? How much? Quote
Paulus Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 I think Cartwheel might be his first name? Quote
Peckris Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 No no - it's a double-barrelled name : Cartwheel-Twopence (Grandpa was Cartwheel, Grandma was Twopence ) Quote
CartwheelTwopence Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 No no - it's a double-barrelled name : Cartwheel-Twopence (Grandpa was Cartwheel, Grandma was Twopence )Hey! It is my favorite coin, so I felt as though it should be my chosen forum name! (Well, actually my fav coin is the gothic crown - but that wouldn't sound very good...) Quote
Peckris Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 No no - it's a double-barrelled name : Cartwheel-Twopence (Grandpa was Cartwheel, Grandma was Twopence )Hey! It is my favorite coin, so I felt as though it should be my chosen forum name! (Well, actually my fav coin is the gothic crown - but that wouldn't sound very good...) I can't really criticise - as you will no doubt have noticed, my avatar is one also. Quote
Coinery Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 Hey! It is my favorite coin, so I felt as though it should be my chosen forum name! And a jolly good name it is too, CT! Quote
TomGoodheart Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 Perhaps I should change my name to Old&Hammered ... just a thought. Quote
Peckris Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 Perhaps I should change my name to Old&Hammered ... just a thought. As long as it's not Old Hammered & Bent.. Quote
Coinery Posted November 7, 2014 Posted November 7, 2014 Yes, I do think TG should change his name to 'crease me up' or maybe even 'been snipped'? Quote
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