Met a kind jeweller who allowed me to pick through a tray of coins that had come in over the years. He is pretty clued up so there weren't any gems but a nice lot to say the least. No money changed hands just trade.........I gave two pieces of silver and a fine 1689 first shield half crown.
Nice! I never thought to ask jewelers. How exactly do they "come in over the years"? People ask out of the blue if he/she buys coins?
Nice coins. I like any coin that depicts St. George slaying the Dragon. And it looks like you have 9 of them. Thanks for sharing!
Probably come in as scrap...........had excellent pick up yesterday...........paid £20 and got 17th, 18th and 19th cent silver and unc copper Vicky.
This is the funniest thing! Just as I saw all those coins I was thinking "nice". Then, as I scroll down to see the comments, everyone else already beat me at it. I am still going to say NICE! NICE! NICE!!! Ha, ha!
Wait. You paid 20 pounds for the group you pictured in this thread? That is a great buy. Cool group of coins. edit: nevermind - first group was on trade. Now we need a photo of the 20 quid group.
That looks like at least 200 quid's worth, so the pieces of silver must have been getting on for a kilo.
I think retail would be far in excess of £200 and if not I made a loss. The jeweller is in Cheshire that's all I will say.
I tend to think in buying at auction terms, not retail which would obviously be a fair bit higher. Just about everything I have in coins came in that way, job lots like that, then I just tend to keep them after selling off the modern stuff. I'd probably keep about half of it.
I get some decent stuff from jewelers all the time.They buy for scrap value and turn them over when the price rises. A 1736 1/2 reale and a 1737 M 8 reale pillar dollar recently. A few seated dimes/capped bust 1/2 dime/Morgans in NICE condition too. I ask everyone I see when out "dirt fishing" and get some decent stuff in junk shops too.....
A realty check for some of you Brits........... http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...0068/lot-2bb8e99c-e193-4a70-86ed-a4ea009d2253# This crock of low grade silver and even worse copper just sold for £380 before buyer premium and shipping.
Certainly prices for this sort of stuff is increasing - which is a shame as it is exactly the sort of coin bundle I'd like to have purchased. The bits I want I'd keep and the rest put onto eBay in individual lots. Not a that sort of money though.
