i do love a good bargain, can anyone put a value on these?

[scott]

been to my dealers today, bought some cheap bargain bin stuff like normal, but had my eye on a coin i spotted on my last visit, so i bought it (wasn't sure of ballpark value in the first place)

so yea got this beauty for £2, it was up for 3 but hey :/

[scott]

and got this out of the 5p tin... for free lol

[Coppers]

Two nice farthings -- particularly the 1876-H.

[Peter]

Farthings ??????

For £2 you can't go wrong.

However when serious collecting buy the best you can afford otherwise you end up constantly up grading....Like me

Edited October 18, 2009 by Peter

[scott]

true but if you buy on the cheap, any upgrading you do can be topped up with a small profit from the lower grade

but yea impulse buy, not going to get a decent bun halfpenny for that money for a while so sure why not

and for free, the 1932 is good enough

[Peckris]

Good bargain, that halfpenny, scott

I think there are two good strategies to buy coins : 1. go for the best and highest grade you can afford 2. look out for bargain basement items like that halfpenny (you'll always be able to sell them on for a bit of a profit).

[1949threepence]

Book price of a VF 1876H halfpenny is about £10 ~ so you got a bit of a bargain there, Scott. Nice work and nice coin.

Edited October 18, 2009 by 1949threepence

[scott]

CCGB says £20, so yea, its aEFrather then VF, VF has more wear on the portrait and brittania

[Peter]

With the toning it would never achieve more than GF/NVF price......OK for £2 though

[declanwmagee]

Good bargain, that halfpenny, scott

I think there are two good strategies to buy coins : 1. go for the best and highest grade you can afford 2. look out for bargain basement items like that halfpenny (you'll always be able to sell them on for a bit of a profit).

I'm with you Scott - fill them gaps first, then you've got something to chuck out when you find a better one. Sometimes I have to make gaps in my collection just to keep the selling going (so I can buy more coins!), and I don't like doing it, even when I'm selling my worst first.

I suppose I'm too much of a collector to ever be a proper dealer...

[scott]

yea i buy all these bargains knowing full well how much profit i can make but i wont sell em lol

some coins you have to get what you are given, i have a clear date 1879 narrow date penny... cant see me seeing another one let alone a better one lol

[Peckris]

With the toning it would never achieve more than GF/NVF price......OK for £2 though

Not sure I fully agree. I love an even dark patina - some of the handsomest coppers/bronzes are almost black. In fact, I even prefer such coins to those EF types with patchy lustre.