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wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
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Take, for instance, this 1918 halfcrown. It is a date commonly found in UNC, has a Spink catalogue value of £65. I think this value is probably unwarranted, but apparently the bidders in the linked auction do not agree - it closed at £76.01 ($135)!!
Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,436 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coins of Victoria and earlier have steadily been increasing for the last few years. Has the trend reached to the 20th century coins? I don't follow that market much. It seems that you are posting more and more about 'modern' coins and their increasing prices. Do you expect the trend to continue? Is it because the 19th Century coins have increased so much in the last few years?

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  • pythonpython Posts: 1,158
    Wybrit, how much do you think it was worth?
  • SylvestiusSylvestius Posts: 1,584 ✭
    £15 to £20 tops for a 1918 halfcrown in EF.
  • SylvestiusSylvestius Posts: 1,584 ✭
    About £25 in UNC, not a penny over £30.
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    Has the trend reached to the 20th century coins? I don't follow that market much. It seems that you are posting more and more about 'modern' coins and their increasing prices. Do you expect the trend to continue?

    Certainly the trend has spread to coins up to 1936. Edward VII coins are extremely hot right now. George V is picking up interest and value as well. I still think Spink valuations for George V coins are generally too high, except for the rare issues such as the H and KN pennies and the scarce dates for the silver coinage. I use my other catalogues to value the common dates.

    Wybrit, how much do you think it was worth?

    About £30-£45 at low-end uncirculated. I wouldn't have offered £45 for it and the pictures did not give me a good feeling it was even UNC.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    Sylvestius beat me to it and said it in so many less words!!
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • SylvestiusSylvestius Posts: 1,584 ✭
    Edward VII coins are unbelievably hot at the moment, the high grade halfcrowns and florins particularly so.
  • pythonpython Posts: 1,158
    That's quite a difference. I don't really go past George III very often so I have no idea.
  • SylvestiusSylvestius Posts: 1,584 ✭


    << <i>That's quite a difference. I don't really go past George III very often so I have no idea. >>



    you and me both! Although i haven't got as far as the 18th century much these days.
  • BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
    I always keep an eye on auctions...ebay and otherwise, to see what the actual value of a coin is. Coin value guides, whether US or foreign, are many times behind actual market values. The actual value of a coin is what someone will pay, and right now many are selling for above price guide values.

    BTW, I sold a 1907 florin on ebay last week for $18.00+, which suprised me as I offered the same coin on the forum (months ago) for much less with no takers. I now have two other British coins on Ebay...if they do well I'm going to start selling most of my UK coins via Ebay auctions.
    "Have a nice day!"
  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    When is the bubble going to burst?image


    I've been saving up money for the price drop.
    Corrupting youth since 2004
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