1969 coin prices

[pies]

Was 69 the boom time for coins or was this a one of £7 must have been alot of money back then i was only 3

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDWARD-VII-1902-SILVER-SHILLING-/400394517107?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item5d395f7a73

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1910-EDWARD-VII-SILVER-FLORIN-/400394711544?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item5d396271f8

Edited March 27, 2013 by pies

[jaggy]

Was 69 the boom time for coins or was this a one of £7 must have been alot of money back then i was only 3

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDWARD-VII-1902-SILVER-SHILLING-/400394517107?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item5d395f7a73

To put into perspective .......

I started my first job in 1970 and it paid less than £6 a week .... and I thought I was rolling in money.

In 1970, a pint cost 1/11d

In 1973, my week's rent was £4.

[Peckris]

Was 69 the boom time for coins or was this a one of £7 must have been alot of money back then i was only 3

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDWARD-VII-1902-SILVER-SHILLING-/400394517107?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item5d395f7a73

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1910-EDWARD-VII-SILVER-FLORIN-/400394711544?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item5d396271f8

£7 was a lot of money in 1969. I got a job in the school holidays, on the dustbins, where £22 a week was a small fortune. But that was the height of silly money for 20thC coins. A year later, a BU 1932 penny was valued at £50, while a BU 1797 twopence was valued at £35. Crazy crazy crazy.

That particular shilling looks to have a lot of rubbing on the cheek. I'd struggle to rate it EF personally, but it may be better in hand.

[1949threepence]

The ones which caught my eye are from the August 1969 edition of Coin Monthly.

They are a BU 1958 threepence being offered by Geoffrey Young for £10.00, and an 1865 5/3 penny in BU being offered by the Mayfair Coin Co for £1000.

Both those amounts seem extraordinary, given what a pound was worth then.

[Peter]

It was the time when copies of "Check your change" were in most homes.

Rarer dates were sifted into the back of drawers.Hence there are so many fair H & KN's about.

[Gary D]

It was the time when copies of "Check your change" were in most homes.

Rarer dates were sifted into the back of drawers.Hence there are so many fair H & KN's about.

Yup that's where I started

[Peckris]

The ones which caught my eye are from the August 1969 edition of Coin Monthly.

They are a BU 1958 threepence being offered by Geoffrey Young for £10.00, and an 1865 5/3 penny in BU being offered by the Mayfair Coin Co for £1000.

Both those amounts seem extraordinary, given what a pound was worth then.

Yes. I also remember leafing through a CM from back then and someone was offering a BU 1932 and 1934 halfcrown pair for a little shy of £200. You'd probably just about get that now, but as you say - 8 weeks wages back then!

[1949threepence]

The ones which caught my eye are from the August 1969 edition of Coin Monthly.

They are a BU 1958 threepence being offered by Geoffrey Young for £10.00, and an 1865 5/3 penny in BU being offered by the Mayfair Coin Co for £1000.

Both those amounts seem extraordinary, given what a pound was worth then.

Yes. I also remember leafing through a CM from back then and someone was offering a BU 1932 and 1934 halfcrown pair for a little shy of £200. You'd probably just about get that now, but as you say - 8 weeks wages back then!

..........and yet somebody must have bought them, otherwise they'd never have commanded such high prices for the time.

I wonder where some of those coins are now. Salted away forever in private collections, probably.

[Peckris]

The ones which caught my eye are from the August 1969 edition of Coin Monthly.

They are a BU 1958 threepence being offered by Geoffrey Young for £10.00, and an 1865 5/3 penny in BU being offered by the Mayfair Coin Co for £1000.

Both those amounts seem extraordinary, given what a pound was worth then.

Yes. I also remember leafing through a CM from back then and someone was offering a BU 1932 and 1934 halfcrown pair for a little shy of £200. You'd probably just about get that now, but as you say - 8 weeks wages back then!

..........and yet somebody must have bought them, otherwise they'd never have commanded such high prices for the time.

I wonder where some of those coins are now. Salted away forever in private collections, probably.

I remember CM had an "Auction News" section towards the back, with a list of hammer prices realised. That would, I'm sure, give the true prices that people were prepared to pay, whatever the (ever optimistic) dealers lists trumpeted.