Coin Prices

[DaveG38]

I have just failed miserably to add 'missing' coins to my collection. The last Lockdales auction, last weekend, had a number of rare date items, albeit in pretty poor condition e.g. 1863 florin in fair, a 1823 first reverse 2/6d in poor/fair etc. I put in some, what I thought, fairly generous bids, well beyond what I believed these coins were worth, and expected to pick up something, only to find that the realised prices were off the scale!! I am amazed. Many were beyond the book price for better grades and that's without the buyer's premium. In my case my bids were some 50-60% of the final price. Extraordinary.

I can only think that there were some private bidders there determined to get the gap in their collection at almost any price. At this rate, I am going to have a long wait to fill these elusive gaps in my collection. Has anybody else had a similar experience? In this case, its not that I was outbid, its just the sheer scale of the excess paid that I find hard to beleive.

[Chris Perkins]

Can you give me details of some denominations/dates/grades and prices and I'll quickly incoporate them into CCGB2009!

I refuse to have anything to do with Lockdales since I sent them some items which they lost and claimed that they never received!

[DaveG38]

Can you give me details of some denominations/dates/grades and prices and I'll quickly incoporate them into CCGB2009!

I refuse to have anything to do with Lockdales since I sent them some items which they lost and claimed that they never received!

Chris,

Details of the hammer price for those rarities I bid on and failed miserably as follows:

1863 Florin in fair at best - £420

1823 First Rev Halfcrown in poor/fair with a bend - £380

1841 Halfcrown in nF - £540

1816 3 Shillings in VF - £800

Coins I didn't need but still rare include:

1893 Jub Head 6d in fair - £120

1850 Shilling in fine - £440

1854 Shilling in VG - £130

1698 Farthing DIE in fair - £60

1854 Florin in G/VG - £310

1905 Halfcrown in GF with ek - £800

1849 Penny in VG - £150

These were the main rarities. Bear in mind too that all these are hammer prices without buyers premium, which for Lockdales is 12.5%. If you want any more data from this auction then by all means let me know.

Regards.

DaveG38

[Chris Perkins]

Thanks very much. I get all the London Coins results in spreadsheet form which is very useful. Officially I boycott Lockdales!