is this real and rare? any help is appreciated

mojoman

I have a 1893 proof pattern double florin only 975 made? is this accurate? any idea on the value? thanks MoJo





bigger photos avalible i appreciate any help

lordmarcovan

It is a modern fantasy issue. The mintage figure may be correct. Many of these "pattern" listings are misleading since the coins are not in fact official patterns but modern, privately-issued fantasies. That's the bad news.

The good news is, they aren't totally worthless. The "Unusual World Coins" book lists them, and many are worth $30-40 catalog. More realistically, I would say a real-world value of $10-12 at the very least.

mojoman

Thanks ,My future brother in law had me bid on this for him, he won it and thought it was worth $$$$$$,I told I could not find it in my spinks or kruass book, he paid $20.00 for it ,a sucker born every minute lol, he collects english coins like me, and is hard headed when it comes to telling him anything,that might make him look wrong, now I can rub iti in lol
naw just going to let him know, it is a sharp looking coin but I knew if it was not listed it was not a real minted coin and tried to tell himI appreciate your help . take care,MoJo

cacheman

"a sucker born every minute lol, he collects english coins like me, and is hard headed when it comes to telling him anything,that might make him look wrong, now I can rub iti in lol"

Send him to Bruce Lorich, Brucie loves suckers....

laurentyvan

Send him to Bruce Lorich, Brucie loves suckers....

I sense... angst,
possible anger,
frustration,
an inability to boil sweet rice while watching it and remaining passive;

is there a story here?

cacheman

PM sent....

lordmarcovan

I have an Irish one and paid about twelve bucks for it, knowing it for what it was. I thought it was rather neat.

Now I am just tired of seeing the damn things all over eBay. They get in the way of my normal keyword searches for Victorian coins.

Twenty bucks seems a tad high for that but that is still below catalog, probably. Probably not the best purchase in the world, but it could've been worse. At least he didn't pay hundreds of dollars for it, thinking it was a rare pattern. And like I said, though they ain't supremely valuable, they aren't worthless, either. Some people appreciate them in their own right.