Conversation with local shopkeeper lands me in it!

tonyhar

I was talking to a local shopkeeper about coins and he said he had a few Manx crowns did I want them?
Like a idiot I said yes I would take the lot.
Today I go into the shop and he says I have those coins ( all at £51 face value ! ), over 200 crowns are heavy!
I now have a pile of them, oh well should be fun sorting them.

MSD61

Just remember Tony you asked for it...lol!

Sapyx

Wow. I didn't know any of those Isle of Man Pobjoy Mint crowns ever actually made it to the Isle of Man.

7Jaguars

Did any of the 1972-74 minors (1/2 pence through 50 pence) ever make it into circulation in Isle of Man? I know that Krause states mintage of 1,000 each of these of each year and see them now come up occasionally but always unc. and never circulated - also some of the dates like 1974 5P come up more frequently than others. Know anything of the dispersion of these coins??

This would be to Tony or anybody else that could answer such...

BTW, I remember being at the ANA some five or so years ago and Pobjoy had huge piles of copper--nickel crowns that backdated quite a few years & not too many takers & maybe these are some that you found??

tonyhar

All of the coins are still in their bank bags as recieved from the bank between 1975 and 1982. Also included is a bag of 1979 2p as issued.
There is nothing exciting but it is fun checking them!

7Jaguars

Tony - are you able to comment or have knowledge about the mentioned 1972-74 currency pieces?

tonyhar

Sorry Eric the phone went and I left the rest of the reply.
I think all of the issues you asked about were issued in sets and the odd coins found in circulation ( I have one or two !) are from these that have been broken open. Why the 5p appears more often is a odd one, I not sure of the reason.

7Jaguars

Well, not to belabor your thread because I think it is exciting to look through bags of coins (I like those 2p's quite a bit by the way), but I was some years ago able to get nearly all of these '72-'74 coins but never as sets & have never seen them as sets which is as opposed to the 1971, '75, and '76 years amongs others.

I have a feeling that some other years may be scarce but not sure which (ie. 1980s issues) and some were and some were not issued in sets - the 1987 viking on horseback one pound is an example that at one time was scarce but seems not so much now - I wonder how many bags of such are sitting around??? Also, I have noticed that as hard as Krause tries it is difficult for them to list each type and how many were made as there are such huge numbers of these coins available albeit sporadically. For example I have this last month gotten that same viking on horseback in silver and have seen even a piedfort specimen offered out of either Italy or France & one from Switzerland (unsold at their crazy prices of about 100 USD).

Well, keep us posted & let me know if you find any of the 1 P coins from 1973 or '74 as these are the only ones I lack.