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Which British coins are undervalued and why – your comments?

SwKSwK Posts: 378
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What is wonderful about collecting British coins there are always “sleepers” they do not stay for long as others start collecting.

At present my knowledge is based on information from dealers who have a good perspective of the collecting market and what is being collected and the prices today.

There are a large number of Celtic coins surfacing at present, do not consider them as being common they will be absorbed over a short period of a couple years or less then we will be looking for the material.

The area of hammered gold over the past 50 years has moved up then stabilise, occasionally dipped but then always jumped up to higher levels.

There are always specific items that are found to be common, or vice versa that shake the market.


A few areas that have not reached their potential are the following.

Half pennies general

Many dates of copper and bronze Victorian coinage

Florins (2/-)

Many late half-crown’s from George IV

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,845 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Early High Grade Crowns from Charles II thought George II-

    Especially George I and George II- I believe the surviving population in close to Mint State is significantly lower that most think- with the LIMA Crown as the possible exception

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,845 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think there are various dates within series that are often overlooked as well

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  • SwKSwK Posts: 378
    Hi coinkat

    correct that is why it is interesting - i see u have watched carefully the finite number of available top quality Crowns in the market. what dates do u consider rarer than others?

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,988 ✭✭✭
    Shillings, florins and halfcrowns, 1954-1960.

    I agree on halfpennies. Vicky halfpennies are very scarce (except for dates 1838, 1841, 1853, 1854, 1860 BB, 1861, 1862, 1887, 1890, 1895-1901)
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,845 ✭✭✭✭✭
    George II- It might be easier to name those available dates- The LIMA Crown is the most available, followed by 1741 or 1743 depending Quality of the MS grade and who you talk to and the most difficult is 1751

    George I- Rarely do MS examples even surface- probably 1723 is the most available- I can not call it common

    Anne- 1707, 1707 E and 1708- (post unification) are probabaly the most available- MS examples are quite tough.

    William III- 1697 is perhaps the most under appreciated Crown and I doubt an MS example exists- 1700 is probably with most available followed by 1695.

    W&M- Either date is very tough in MS- I won't go into varieties

    James II- 1687 is by far the most available in MS

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  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,744 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, I don't want everybody chasing the same stuff as me!!!

    I like that 1882 London mint penny though, and think the 1864s in top notch condition tough. Ditto a coin such as a gem red 1926 ME that has NOT been treated.

    I think that many of the later halfcrowns in GEF and better are not appreciated: 1839 currency, 1848, 1862 pr, 1864pr, 1903, 1905, 1930.
    Ditto shillings 1848/6, 1850-51, 1854, 1863, 1905, full struck 1908, etc.
    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
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