Hi all, I have a few coins that I would appreciate some help with finding out what they're worth... I dont want to clog up the server with big files so I uploaded them to Photobucket, a free image site, (By the way all, this site is free!! and is excellent for those of you on ebay etc! Upload your scans/pics there and link to them from ebay, a good way to save on those photo fees, they also dont mind BIG files!) Back to the coins in hand.... The first 8 are counterfeits, (Love that 1804!) just to illustrate the fact that they are rampant in S.E Asia (I have lived in Singapore for years) and the tags underneath explain what they are. As follows: 1-8-Counterfeits 9+10: 1999 cent. 11+12: Mason stamped cent. 13,14,15,16: George III Coins. 17,18,19,20: Clipped Half Crown (Maybe!) Page 2. 1: Clipped Half Crown. 2+3: 8 Reales?? Any help or comments are appreciated.. The Link: http://photobucket.com/albums/b126/coinsandsuch/ Hi Moderator, If this is in the wrong place let me know and I will move it.
Well add one more to your list of counterfeits - the 8 reales is a fake. I would say the clip on the half crown occurred after it left the mint. I have my doubts that the 1817 half crown is genuine. The 1820 crown - is damaged because of the initials in the obverse. I would say it's value, if genuine, would be melt. The cent counterstamped with the Masonic symbol - no idea. But it would be considered as damaged by any but those who like to collect Masonic memorabilia. The off center cent might be worth a dollar or two. As for the other counterfeits - in my opinion they aren't worth anything. But there are those who like to collect them.
I would not be too quick to say the 1820 crown (if genuine) is only worth melt because of the initials stamped into it. There are collectors of counterstamps (of which I am one), and it is not uncommon for a counterstamped coin to be worth multiples of that same coin without the counterstamp. Value is substantially higher if it is known who/where the counterstamp originated. My recent edition on counterstamps by Brunk does not list "SW", but at least two examples need to be known before making the list. While many older foreign coins are listed (as they were circulating in the U.S.), I am not sure if foreign merchants are, which may be the case here. Regardless of where the stamp originated, I would expect more than melt if sold on ebay. If it were an American coin, I would guess somewhere 2-5X melt for unknown initials, but I am not sure what a foreign coin would bring. I agree with GDJMSP that the clip on the half crown occurred after it left the mint. The Masonic counterstamped cent, since it is of a rather generic nature, is not valuable. I guess it would bring .25 to .50, perhaps a dollar on a real good day, strictly as a novelty piece.
Hi cwtokenman, I ended up selling both the Crown and the Half Crown together for 22.00 British pounds, which I thought was a reasonable price given the counterstamp, I did a bit of research on the counterstamp and could find no record of the 'S W', although I did find a 'S.W & Co' but this was on a US coin, I forget which one now...... The clipped half crown does look as if a 'bite' has been taken out of it but on closer inspection under a 20X loupe it shows evidence of a very fine file having been used on it and another half crown doesnt fit neatly inside the missing portion. Thanks to all for your input
