investigating some family coins

[darrenj76]

here is the first of the four silver coins

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here is the second of the four coins

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putting this one on here as well i know its not that old but its in very good condition A five shilling from 1953

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the other side of the five shilling

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a nice 1953 half crown

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again the 1953 half crown

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a 1883 four pence

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The other side of the 1883 four pence

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This is the envelope that the maundy sets were in

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If you need any other close ups of the other coins let me know and i shall try to do them as quick as i can.

Thanks again everybody.

Darren.

[Peckris]

The Maundy sets are the best on offer there - both sets are EF (or thereabouts) with nice toning. I don't know anything about hammered, but none of those three jumps out at me. Of the four silver "coins", the first is actually a Victoria Diamond Jubilee medallion (so very timely!) which came in two sizes - crown and shilling-sized, yours is the shilling size. It's in nice condition though its value is fairly modest. The William IV groat is of interest, but only Fine+ condition, so no great value but worth keeping if you like it. The other two are only worth "silver melt", of which the Vic florin - being pure silver - is worth much more than the 50% silver sixpence.

The two 1953 coins are common enough in high grades, a lot were minted and kept at the time.

[darrenj76]

Thanks for the reply,

I have seen some maundy sets on ebay for nearly $200 but they are on rolling buy it now prices so i haven't taken much notice of them really, didn't know the florin was pure silver so that's nice.

shame the hammered aren't in better condition but I can't imagine what they have seen

what in your opinion would you think the maundy sets would be worth?

[darrenj76]

I have wrapped the maundy sets individually in cling film at the moment just for protection this won't damage them will it? there's not some hidden chemical in cling film that will damage them

[Paulus]

The Maundy sets are the best on offer there - both sets are EF (or thereabouts) with nice toning. I don't know anything about hammered, but none of those three jumps out at me. Of the four silver "coins", the first is actually a Victoria Diamond Jubilee medallion (so very timely!) which came in two sizes - crown and shilling-sized, yours is the shilling size. It's in nice condition though its value is fairly modest. The William IV groat is of interest, but only Fine+ condition, so no great value but worth keeping if you like it. The other two are only worth "silver melt", of which the Vic florin - being pure silver - is worth much more than the 50% silver sixpence.

The two 1953 coins are common enough in high grades, a lot were minted and kept at the time.

I agree with Peck's assessment, the Maundy sets are your most valuable items, probably worth £70-£90 per set. The "silver melt" at today's prices for the florin is about £6.

[Peckris]

I have wrapped the maundy sets individually in cling film at the moment just for protection this won't damage them will it? there's not some hidden chemical in cling film that will damage them

I'm not sure. Personally I wouldn't risk it. You could place them in acid-free envelopes or in special non-PVC coin flips. What were they in before the cling film?

[darrenj76]

I have wrapped the maundy sets individually in cling film at the moment just for protection this won't damage them will it? there's not some hidden chemical in cling film that will damage them

I'm not sure. Personally I wouldn't risk it. You could place them in acid-free envelopes or in special non-PVC coin flips. What were they in before the cling film?

They were all bundled in together in the royal mint envelope,didn't want to leave them all together to rub against each other or wrap them in tissue as I've heard it scratches coins even though its soft to the human touch.

[darrenj76]

Thank you paulus and peckris for your replys.

[declanwmagee]

The two 1953 coins are common enough in high grades, a lot were minted and kept at the time.

Out of interest, the 53 halfcrown isn't one of the ones broken out of the plastic sets, it's an Obverse 2 made for circulation. Commoner on issue, but as more of the plastic sets got broken up, and as Obv 2s got more circulation, I'm sure that high grade examples have become scarcer than Obv 1s now.

[HistoricCoinage]

With regards to your hammered coins, which I've labelled basically, you have an Edward I penny, an Elizabeth I sixpence and a Henry VIII groat.

The Edward I penny is of Canterbury mint (CIVI TAS CAN TOR). It looks to be class 10cf1.

The Elizabeth I sixpence is dated 1575 and has the initial mark of an eglantine.

The Henry VIII groat is of his posthumous coinage minted during Edward VI's reign. It is of Southwark mint due to it reading CIVI TAS LON DON.

I hope this helps.

[darrenj76]

The two 1953 coins are common enough in high grades, a lot were minted and kept at the time.

Out of interest, the 53 halfcrown isn't one of the ones broken out of the plastic sets, it's an Obverse 2 made for circulation. Commoner on issue, but as more of the plastic sets got broken up, and as Obv 2s got more circulation, I'm sure that high grade examples have become scarcer than Obv 1s now.

Thanks for the info,very helpful it is in quite good condition i think,i'm pretty sure i will be keeping that one.

[darrenj76]

With regards to your hammered coins, which I've labelled basically, you have an Edward I penny, an Elizabeth I sixpence and a Henry VIII groat.

The Edward I penny is of Canterbury mint (CIVI TAS CAN TOR). It looks to be class 10cf1.

The Elizabeth I sixpence is dated 1575 and has the initial mark of an eglantine.

The Henry VIII groat is of his posthumous coinage minted during Edward VI's reign. It is of Southwark mint due to it reading CIVI TAS LON DON.

I hope this helps.

Yes it has helped alot, thank you very much for the response.