values for irish gunmoney

coachleonard

In the new edition of Coin World magazine, a columnist place the value of a 1690 Irish 'Gunmoney' Shilling
at $5 in Very Good; $11 in Fine. Anybody else think that's just a mite tad off?

If not, and you have a supply of them-- send me 4 of them and I'll send you a $20 bill!

Lloyd

Cheapest of all the variants in Spinks is £30 Fine.

There must be some sort of error. You can't buy stuff like that for that money.

L

0john0

irishcoinage.com started a page recently for this issue.

linky

I have always trusted this site with my Irish coin prices.
Best of luck.
-John

MSD61

More than a wee bit off. John beat me to the link. Such a fast lad he is

hookedoncoins2

That has to be a typo or something. Maybe he meant to put $50 in vg, etc. I have seen several of these sell and if you find somebody who will sell them for that price, I will gladly buy them for 3XCW price.

Lloyd

I would ALWAYS be wary of valuations produced in Journals. Most of these guys are not on the ground floor trading and give some absurd values, almost as if to say "no, no sonny jim, be wise and wait".

Trouble is if you want a particular date, you'll find you will NEVER get it. You're also in danger of paranoia setting in with all the dealers trying to rip you off.

For instance --- how much for a Fine 1940 Irish Penny?.... That irish.com site says 4 Euros (or £3). Now we know that they're easy to get in this grade. But we also all know that if we put one on Ebay with a nice pic and smooth spiel and start at a penny, the coin will sell for £10-15 or 15-22 Euros.

Best price guide is a pile of mailing lists from dealers and a night researching Ebay.

L