A fellow detectorist recently came across the rusted remains of an old shattered safe while metal detecting. When searching the area around the safe he found some coins including this lovely Victorian Crown dated 1847 and with Undecimo etc in raised lettering around its edge. He has sent the coin to be appraised/valued and is hoping for good news. Is it correct that only a few thousand of these were minted and therefore attract good prices? See photos.
Yes, the 1847 "Gothic" Crown is much sought after and deemed by many British coin collectors the most attractive Crown we ever produced. Subject to confirmation that it is not a later copy, one would expect one in that condition to make towards £1000. (The colour and finish in the full pictures of it in hand look a little off, but the close up of the date looks good.)
