Hello everyone, I just joined a few minutes ago I have an Edward the Confessor coin that belonged to my parents. I believe they found it in my Grandmother's garden in Nottingham, England but I could be mistaken. I was just wondering if these coins have any value? Thank you!
If you would like a valuation on it, please post some photos. If at all possible, please make sure you use the full image option when you upload them. If you’re wondering how to upload the images, click on “Upload a File” and select the image you want. Then select full image. In the meantime, sounds very interesting!
Welcome. We would need to see pictures, but generally yes they have value, how much depends on condition.
It is in a plastic envelope and there is a paper that says Edward the Confessor and then some numbers which like perhaps S698? I will post pictures as soon as my camera has finished downloading.
I think my father took it to a coin dealer or something to have it looked at. I remember him telling me all about it.
S698 is likely from the Spink cataloging system used in the reference book Coins of England. I do not have access to that one, but if you are in Great Britain, your local coin shop or maybe library should have it. Matt
Can you upload a picture of the paper with what is written. These are cataloged by Seaby number, but none correspond to s698. Also, you could post this in the Ancient forum, you would likely get a lot more response. Calling: @FitzNigel @TheRed @alde @Nap
It could be a Spink number, but if so it is out of date. This is either Spink 1176 or 1177 (it depends on the size and weight - 76 is about 1.16 gram, 77 about 1.74). If genuine, it’s probably worth £150-200. Maybe more, as the reverse is quite nice. I don’t know if pellets in the quadrants are normal or not (the example in my copy of spink has no pellet, but that doesn’t mean much)
I responded in the other thread but will add my comments here as well: Looks like an Ashmore forgery. Trevor Ashmore was a prolific counterfeiter of English coins in the 1960s. His coins have this "look". I have not investigated whether this one matches any of his known dies, but I am also of the opinion that it is not genuine. Since the coins were produced in the 1960s, it is completely plausible that you acquired it in 1970. It doesn't make it any more real though. Some people collect these but they don't have much value, maybe $10 or so.
