Need Help !!!!!!!!!!!!!

merz2

I bought a bag lot at a recent auction.It had,what I thought was a very worn colonial coin,after closer inspection it is dated 1806,which excludes my original thoughts.I now believe it too is a British copper coin.
(2) Half Crown's 1935 & 1942 both have minor dings.
(4) Florins 1922 & 1923 VF 1930 & 1936 XF
(2) Two Shillings 1944 MS & 1940 XF/AU
(5) One Shillings 1942 MS 1922 XF (2)1926 VF 1928 XF
(4) Sixpence 1926 XF 1942 AU 1944 AU,and what appears to be 1918 VG.There is also a coin That has Victoria on Obv About the same size as the sixpence.It has a wreath on Rev with a crown at the top,it also appears to have a mint mark of H or N hard to tell it is really worn.I can't find a date.

kuhli

Sounds like it just might be a Canadian 10 cent piece. They have the denomination written out on the reverse, with the date below it, inside the wreath. They tend to wear off the date and denomination easy.

merz2

BTW, I forgot to add.There wassome early Canadian coins and 1920 Cuban silver Guarenta Centavos Silver Coin.

merz2

Kuhli
You might be right.There was also (2)1917's the same way only They have George on Obv.

Do I have anything worth anything ?

Would anyone want any of this ?

merz2

Where is askari when I need him ?

wybrit

Pictures would help.

These are my assessments, for what they are worth, without pictures. The price guides are simply guides. The actual reality is usually something different, just like with US coins. As I stated in a previous post, VF/EF common date British coins fare poorly in today's exploding British coin market. Junk grade and good UNCs do much better.

Halfcrowns: bullion value is $1.85. 1935 in VF is about £5, but this date is easy to overgrade. Probably could not sell for more than $3 in US. 1942 is bullion value unless lustrous UNC.

Florins (Two shillings): Bullion value is $1.48. 1922 and 1923 are £3 apiece (assuming British F grade). 1930 is worth £4 in VF and £8 in EF (keep in mind British EF is close to UNC). The 1936 is likely bullion value unless it is true British EF or better, regardless of what the price guides say. Florins dated 1940 and 1944 are fairly common, so it is critical to know if they are free from distracting marks and retain virtually all of their brilliance. The 1944 is worth $10 if BU. Anything less than that boils down to bullion value and weak resale.

Shillings: bullion value is $0.74. The comment about MS applies the same here. If the 1942 is a very attractive example, it will be worth as much as $15-$20. If it has any distracting marks, it will be worth maybe $3. The 1922 is a good date and catalogues $8 in VF and $50 in EF. gVF would probably be $10-$15. The 1928 is a common date and would fetch little more than BV unless it is a true British EF. The 1926 is not a bad date and could go for 2-3x BV.

Sixpences: bullion value is $0.37 except for the 1918 sixpence, $0.68. A 1926 sixpence in XF (assume British gVF) catalogues at $8-$14 depending on the effigy, but would fetch maybe half of that. The others are bullion value. WWII dates are strictly junk box even in AU+.

merz2

Thanks for the reply.I'll see if I can get a friend to post pics soon.

merz2

ttt

Askari

There are two types of silver 1920 Cuban 40 Centavos coins, one with a high-relief star (KM 14.1) and one with a low-relief star (KM 14.3). Both are .900 silver (.2893 oz ASW). There were some 540,000 made altogether. The high-relief examples generally have a weak key and palm tree on the rev., while the low-relief ones tend to have more distinct lines running toward the star on the obv. Krause values for them are KM14.1: $45 VF, $100 XF, $450 Unc., $1250 BU; KM14.3: $75 VF, $175 XF, $700 Unc., $1500 BU. I have heard that you have to be wary of counterfeits with unc. examples.