Guest RichT Posted September 26, 2004 Posted September 26, 2004 Hi there,A few years back I inherited a coin collection from my father. Just recently I decided to try and value the set (mostly from eBay sales) with a British Coins Market Values 1999 edition price guide... I have identified a few so far but I'm stuck on the above coin. According to the guide, a silver (.925) in 1999 was worth around £650 in EF condition. However, the silver Crowns of this date I have seen on eBay currently go for £8 to £20. I'm guessing this has somthing to do with the actual silver content. Here's the question... Is there a way to ID how valuable the coin is without having it metallurgically tested and thus damaging it?Any help is appreciated.Cheers Richard. Quote
Master Jmd Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 (edited) The content of the coin is not nessessarily the coins worth...if a coin can be found on the everyday market then that coin would have a low price...if the coin was hardly ever seen on the market then the coin would be more expencieve...Also, the mintage of the coin plays a significant role in the coins value...take pennies for example; a 1967 penny (has a high mintage) in BU condition is worth about 50p, whereas a 1952 penny (very low mintage) in BU condition is worth about £36...It all depends on these conditions (there may be more, but it is early in the morning ), including its grade... All silver coins of britain (pre-1947) contain around 0.925 silver... Edited September 27, 2004 by Master Jmd Quote
Sylvester Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 All silver coins of britain (pre-1947) contain around 0.925 silver... Rubbish.All silver coins pre-1920 contain .925 silver.Silver coins from 1920-1946 contain merely .500 silver.Regardless the 1935 crown is .500 silver. They are not terribly expensive, the expensive one you saw may have been one of the rare proofs. Quote
Chris Perkins Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 The .925 version is a proof striking, will have a different tone, and most importantly it will have raised edge lettering. The incuse lettering .500 versions are very common. Quote
Master Jmd Posted September 27, 2004 Posted September 27, 2004 All silver coins of britain (pre-1947) contain around 0.925 silver...Rubbish.All silver coins pre-1920 contain .925 silver.Silver coins from 1920-1946 contain merely .500 silver. yes well...i collect bronze and copper...not silver Quote
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