~Stig~ Posted February 21, 2008 Posted February 21, 2008 Hi folks, a newbie here!Firstly like to say what a great looking forum this is, now saved to my favourite's list!I have over 100 small silver coins dating 1870 onwards but I know nothing about coins, Victorian bottles is my area!Can someone tell me if they're worth anything?A few pictures, I can take better ones if needed.Thanks Quote
~Stig~ Posted February 21, 2008 Author Posted February 21, 2008 Hmmm... only allowed to post Two pictures at a time I see! Quote
Chris Perkins Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Those are all threepences (with potentially a groat hiding among them as they are the same size for Victorian and I didn't look that closely).They all look to be average circulated examples, the kind I call 'Christmas Pudding Grade' and have for sale here:http://www.predecimal.com/forsale/christmasthreepences.htmYou can see from the prices there that they are not overly valuable. Only in superior-much-better-than-average condition are they more collectable and hence more valuable.Glad you like the forum, thanks. Quote
~Stig~ Posted February 22, 2008 Author Posted February 22, 2008 Those are all threepences (with potentially a groat hiding among them as they are the same size for Victorian and I didn't look that closely).They all look to be average circulated examples, the kind I call 'Christmas Pudding Grade' and have for sale here:http://www.predecimal.com/forsale/christmasthreepences.htmYou can see from the prices there that they are not overly valuable. Only in superior-much-better-than-average condition are they more collectable and hence more valuable.Glad you like the forum, thanks.Thanks for your speedy reply Chris, I like your phrase 'Christmas pudding grade' made me laugh! What is a "Groat" btw, I'm sure I seperated all the same coins into seperate groups? Quote
Chris Perkins Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 A groat is a fourpence. In Victorian times (and a bit earlier) they were also a small silver coin, the exact same size as a threepence but with a milled edge (ridges) and Britannia on the back instead of the '3'. From the heads side they look about the same as a threepence. Quote
scottishmoney Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Quite a number of the threenubs here have little more than curiousity or even bullion(value of the silver only) since they are quite worn or holed. Threenubs are pretty common coins, and lots of people saved them. I have several hundreds of them myself, and while I would like to get a good price for them I am afraid that I will sell them for a pittance over the melt value. Quote
~Stig~ Posted February 22, 2008 Author Posted February 22, 2008 A groat is a fourpence. In Victorian times (and a bit earlier) they were also a small silver coin, the exact same size as a threepence but with a milled edge (ridges) and Britannia on the back instead of the '3'. From the heads side they look about the same as a threepence.Thanks for your help lads, none of the coins have Britannia on the back.I guess the coins will go back into the box for another 20 years! I go around most of the car boot sales up here most weekends looking to add to my old bottle collection, quite often I see boxes stuffed with old coins but I have always overlooked them, I'll see what I can find next time!I dare say I'll be back in here in the near future with more pictures!Cheers,Kev. Quote
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