Any PH coin collectors? Because I am baffled

[The Hypno-Toad]

If you are a coin collector, it would appear that you have a confusing hobby particularly when it comes to values.

I read an article a few weeks about valuable 50p pieces and I thought I'll have a look in the penny jar and see what I have got. And there I find I have a Battle Of Hastings and Benjamin Bunny versions both of which according to the article I read are meant to be very rare and the Battle Of Hastings coin is especially sought after and fetches big money.

So off I go to eBay thinking I'll be to order that 30th Anniversary MX-5 that I want shortly, put the details into the search box and discover that both of these coins are being sold for...… £1.00.

Basically the values on these things seem all over the place so can anyone point me in the direction of true values of these two coins.

Thanks in advance.

[bigandclever]

Which article?

if it was in the daily express, there’s your answer to the veracity. And if eBay is the source of the ‘values’, well...

[.:ian:.]

The Hypno-Toad said:

If you are a coin collector, it would appear that you have a confusing hobby particularly when it comes to values.

I read an article a few weeks about valuable 50p pieces and I thought I'll have a look in the penny jar and see what I have got. And there I find I have a Battle Of Hastings and Benjamin Bunny versions both of which according to the article I read are meant to be very rare and the Battle Of Hastings coin is especially sought after and fetches big money.

So off I go to eBay thinking I'll be to order that 30th Anniversary MX-5 that I want shortly, put the details into the search box and discover that both of these coins are being sold for...… £1.00.

Basically the values on these things seem all over the place so can anyone point me in the direction of true values of these two coins.

Thanks in advance.

I'll give you £1 for the two, can you deliver?

[leigh1050]

The only 50p coin worth anything is the Kew Garden one with the Pagoda.
Worth up to £300 if in mint condition.

[Saleen836]

leigh1050 said:

The only 50p coin worth anything is the Kew Garden one with the Pagoda.
Worth up to £300 if in mint condition.

Sorry but not even an uncirculated one is worth that much, if you want realistic prices look on ebay at kew gardens 50p sold items, they have sold for anywhere from £25 up to £150

[hutchst]

Yeah, but there's only one, and the seller's still got it. So if you add them all up........

[The Hypno-Toad]

bigandclever said:

Which article?

if it was in the daily express, there’s your answer to the veracity. And if eBay is the source of the ‘values’, well...

Can't remember where the article was from because it popped up on my FB profile but certainly wasn't the usual suspects (Express/Mail.)

But it does show you how hobbies differ. For instance, I find that eBay is a very good way to value the 1/43rd diecasts I collect.

[Ayahuasca]

I like digging up old coins. Found a silver halfpenny the other day that bore the image of Edward I ‘Longshanks’. Dropped by someone in the 1200’s.

[bimsb6]

Ayahuasca said:

I like digging up old coins. Found a silver halfpenny the other day that bore the image of Edward I ‘Longshanks’. Dropped by someone in the 1200’s.

Or any time since then !

[NDA]

Ayahuasca said:

I like digging up old coins. Found a silver halfpenny the other day that bore the image of Edward I ‘Longshanks’. Dropped by someone in the 1200’s.

Oooh, nice.

I don't collect coins, but would love to see a pic of that.

[droopsnoot]

I make a habit of keeping the "unusual" coins that I find, but in reality they're not worth any significant amount and I ought to stop doing it. Though a 100% uplift on the OPs coin isn't bad, if you look at it that way.

I've got a Kew Gardens one, but it's circulated so won't be worth much. I've got one undated 20p coin, and three "AK47" fivers. I'm not expecting to retire on the proceeds.

My local "antiques and craft" place has lots of stalls selling (well, offering) 50p pieces for £2.50 a go, or a little more sometimes. They all look nice and shiny, but I'm not sure they'd count as uncirculated as the stall holder must have got them from somewhere. RM sell uncirculated ones, but aren't they all in presentation packaging?

[Ayahuasca]

NDA said:

Ayahuasca said:

I like digging up old coins. Found a silver halfpenny the other day that bore the image of Edward I ‘Longshanks’. Dropped by someone in the 1200’s.

Oooh, nice.

I don't collect coins, but would love to see a pic of that.

[LivingTheDream]

droopsnoot said:

I make a habit of keeping the "unusual" coins that I find, but in reality they're not worth any significant amount and I ought to stop doing it. Though a 100% uplift on the OPs coin isn't bad, if you look at it that way.

I've got a Kew Gardens one, but it's circulated so won't be worth much. I've got one undated 20p coin, and three "AK47" fivers. I'm not expecting to retire on the proceeds.

My local "antiques and craft" place has lots of stalls selling (well, offering) 50p pieces for £2.50 a go, or a little more sometimes. They all look nice and shiny, but I'm not sure they'd count as uncirculated as the stall holder must have got them from somewhere. RM sell uncirculated ones, but aren't they all in presentation packaging?

me too - keep the unusual stuff, stick it on the shelf and forget about it I've been looking for an undated 20p but not found. I've got a 'pemember' £2.

I've got a few of the Beatrix Potter ones all uncirculated and some silver proof ones as well.

Also, got a load of other silver coins of various sorts.

All sitting on the shelf - doing nothing. I think I'll list them as a job lot and makes some space.

There's loads of those 'articles' about rare and valuable coins and its all nonsense in reality - apart from the very rare error coins.

I did spend a bit of time putting sets together of uncirculated beatrix potter 50ps and flogging them on Ebay to casual collectors. Sets of 4 would go for about £23 so there wasn't a lot of money in it. They've released so many now though the novelty has worn off and its not worth it.

[NDA]

Ayahuasca said:

What a lovely thing to have.... amazing to think what it must have seen when in circulation. I am reading some books about that period and they were brutal times.

Thanks for the pics

[EarlOfHazard]

leigh1050 said:

The only 50p coin worth anything is the Kew Garden one with the Pagoda.
Worth up to £300 if in mint condition.

I would collect any 'special' 50ps for a friend of mine, and one was a Kew Garden version; this was years ago though. I have since started to amass my own collection and no, have not stumbled across another. Don't expect to either.

[bigandclever]

Anyone remember this gem?

[anonymous-user]

leigh1050 said:

The only 50p coin worth anything is the Kew Garden one with the Pagoda.
Worth up to £300 if in mint condition.

Well, there is the London 2012 Olympics swimming 50p - the one that has the water over the swimmer's face, if that makes sense, as it was a mistake and only out for a short circulation time.

[Ayahuasca]

I was in a junk / antique shop a while back and saw an old British 1933 penny for sale for a few dollars. Didn’t buy it, but out of curiosity I googled its value when I got home. 1933 pennies are worth ....... about £70,000 !!!

Spent a sleepless night dreaming of what car I was going to buy, went to the shop the next day as soon as it opened, threw some dollar bills at the shopkeeper and grabbed the penny.

It was a 1934. Worth about... one penny.

[condor]

I've a few 'different' 50ps and £2 coins that I have in a drawer. Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit 50ps and Charles Darwin £2 coin off the top of my head. I only started putting them aside because I had a Kew Gardens 50p in my change a few years ago and didn't realise it was valuable so apart from noticing it, it got spent within a short time of having it..

[2HFL]

Holy thread bump…

So I was gifted a box of coins many years ago and happened to find them earlier, and it got me wondering what, if anything, they might be worth.

I believe the one with the most potential value is this 1847 coin, which I have deduced is a Queen Victoria Young Head Silver Crown.

It has some visible lettering on the edging (DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI XI) and weighs 28g (kitchen scales!).

Values seem to differ wildly online so if PH has any coin buffs I’d be grateful of any helpful input!