oliver cromwell

[Guest kevin]

I know what the various publications value a Oliver Cromwell Shilling in VF at, but what is the actual price you can expect to pay for such a coin? are they really that rare?

If anyone is selling a Cromwell shilling foe what it is valued at in Spink I would like to buy it.

I can,t seem to find one for less than $3000.

[Rob]

I know what the various publications value a Oliver Cromwell Shilling in VF at, but what is the actual price you can expect to pay for such a coin? are they really that rare?

If anyone is selling a Cromwell shilling foe what it is valued at in Spink I would like to buy it.

I can,t seem to find one for less than $3000.

That's a difficult question because they are very popular and not particularly rare. Scarce would be a better description. Prices in Spink's tome are also 9 months out of date.

I suggest you consider a minimum of EF as you may pick one up for $5000 or so and are arguably easier to find in this grade than VF. Although twice the price, the fact you want to spend a 4 figure sum in any case has already removed you from the budget collector category and the higher grade means that you also get the finer detail which is progressively lost as you reduce the grade. For an EF+/gEF example go to my gallery where I have the ex Owen Parsons (Lot 939) piece. The slight friction to a few high points of either side is clearly visible, but so is the stippled effect for which gives this design excellent eye appeal.