So whats this coin worth. I remember ten years trying to buy them at shows for $3 each. Some dealers try to get $13 for it!!!! I have 6 of these. AU/ maybe BU. did these circulate in brittain? or were these considered commemoratives?
They are a commemorative for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.Crowns were last in circulation in 1937. Aidan.
They are commeratives, and they circulated very limitedly. You virtually never find them under EF, and F or lower examples command a premium. They will not be worth very much....if they are in BU, if lower maybe something !
The QEII coronation crown (KM#894) which had a mintage of 5,963,000 business strikes, and 40,000 proofs, is valued in the 2007 20th Century 34th Ed. at $7.50 XF, $15 Unc., $45 (normal proofs), and much more for the 20-30 special proofs and the 2 matte proofs. I find it very hard to believe that the 1951 commemorative crown (KM#880) of which 2,004,000 were minted to commemorate the "Festival of Britain" didn't circulate, at least in Great Britain if not elsewhere in the Commonwealth. Many million more Crowns were minted in 1960, and 1965 (the 9-million+ famous/infamous two headed Churchill Crown). Their 25 New Pence decimal equivalent was also minted by the millions as circulating commemoratives in 1972, 1977, 1980, and 1981.
Roy,the later British Crowns weren't issued as circulation coins.I don't recall anyone getting the 25p. crowns in change.I have heard of people trying to pass a Churchill Crown in paying for a bus ticket before Great Britain changed over to decimal currency. The Festival of Britain Crown was issued as a Proof-like coin in a cardboard box.I have only ever seen 2 very worn examples of these. Aidan.
You could spend them I did as a kid, LOL my dads idea of a joke he gave me one as pocket money (He was a coin collector) I can remember the shop keeper asking if I was sure I wanted to spend it LOL De Orc
ebay auction # 160092959969; check it out. this guy is nuts. bonkers. a loon. daft. daffy. a few cards short of a deck. his elevator doesnt go to the top floor. he's a few drops short of a pint. Doesnt look llike a proof to me. looks
post a link? im not sure how to do that. dude, just type the auction number in the ebay search field, man!!!!
Courtesy link It's pretty obvious that selling coins is a very minor part of this seller's business. The requirement for personally arranging shipment of won items is a very common provision at auctions where bulky antique furniture and/or fragile porcelain, jade, ceramic, etc. items are sold. The lousy photography, with a flash reflection obscuring a large part of the coin, is another symptom of that problem, and not necessarily an attempt to hide anything.
LOL guy has no hopeof selling it at that price but I agree that it looks to be honest :smile http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=160092959969 De Orc :kewl:
Steve,that vendor is an idiot.That's the 'normal' coin.It isn't a Proof coin at all.I wonder what they're playing at. Aidan.
Doubt if he has any idea as to what it is, it is proberly to him a old coin in fairly good condition so must be worth a fortune, now that dont make him a idiot just uninformed. De Orc :kewl:
C'mon guys - look at the extremely rare find this auction house's catalogers located: Coins make up a very small part of the auction, but a quick random check of the rest of the catalog convinced me that their attribution skills are just as good for other items - 3 out of 7 Japanese/Chinese porcelains I looked at are obviously mis-attributed! :headbang: Clearly a company that needs to be approached with my 20' pole for things I won't touch with a 10-footer.
