OLD BRITISH COIN

Discussion in 'What's it Worth' started by J_Gold, Jul 1, 2017.

  1. J_Gold

    J_Gold New Member

    OLD BRITISH COIN
    1806

    What you guys think worth much?
    #Coins #British #Collection
     

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  3. MasterSamurai

    MasterSamurai Compulsive Change Sifter

    Last edited: Jul 1, 2017
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  4. J_Gold

    J_Gold New Member

    Thanks MasterSamurai, i was told by a coin dealer it was worth up to £800 cause its original, but i have seen your link.
     
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  6. carpman98

    carpman98 Active Member

    You should have asked that coin dealer what he would pay for it, but it may have just been a conversation without seeing the coin itself.
     
  7. J_Gold

    J_Gold New Member

    He saw it and pointed before confirming the value as he was going through some of the collection, only one he really reacted to :D
     
  8. MasterSamurai

    MasterSamurai Compulsive Change Sifter

    If you can manage to sell it for what is the equivalent of $1054 (800 pounds), then I would say go for it! After browsing some more sites, I can confirm that the coin is worth roughly $4. Seems like an insane deal.
     
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  9. J_Gold

    J_Gold New Member

    I will try my luck and see what happens you never know, guess it all depends on the grade of the coin.
     
  10. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Try and keep a straight face! :)
     
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  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    That coin dealer won't be in business for long! £800?!?

    I've got some more low-grade "originals" like that I'd like to sell him!

    Not even my gilt proof is worth much more than £800 - if that - and it was at one time the finest one certified! (Now second best of a population of two, in all grades.)

    And this (which is also "original") cost me less than 800 dollars - never mind pounds.

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    So what's that mean for your coin? Yeah, sorry, it isn't worth much, monetarily. But it is still a cool 211-year-old coin. I like finding them in bulk lots, even the well-worn pieces like yours, which did their time in commerce.

    Picture some sailor drinking in a pub during the Napoleonic Wars, slapping your coin onto the bar to pay for his grog as he bragged about how he served aboard HMS Victory under Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.

    Now think - for a similar modest sum, you can own the very same coin today, two centuries later. I think that's cool, regardless of a coin's condition or present-day collector value.

    My fancy presentation proof, on the other hand, would have spent its time locked away inside some nobleman's cabinet and never got spent on grog or cabbages or candles.

    They're from two different worlds... yet they're essentially the same coin. (Same basic type and date, anyway.)
     
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  12. J_Gold

    J_Gold New Member


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    You have some really nice coins, great condition :)
    maybe his opinion/valuation was an optimistic one i will have another dealer take a closer look as i have seen it much cheaper on ebay.
     
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  13. peter1234

    peter1234 Member

    It is worth diddly...sorry.
     
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