Hi folks, My girlfriend was recently given these coins to her by her father. They have little (if any) sentimental value. We would like to know a ballpark value on these. I think the closest "real" place we could take them is about an hour away. Obviously I wouldn't want to do that drive for $50. So would you mind taking a look? I have uploaded thumbnails, and full-res shots to my webpage. http://www.cameronspencer.com/Coin 1. 1907 - United States - $20 coin 2. 1974 - New Zealand - "British Commonweath Games Christchurch" $1 coin 3. 1976 - United States - Three coin set - "Bicentennial Coinage" - $0.25, $0.50, and $1 coins 4. 1976 - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago - $100 gold coin 5. A collection of 10 coins from an unknown country. They are in a set called "Farewell to the <Pound symbol>.S.D System" There is a Half Crown, Crown, Florin, English Shilling, Scottich Shilling, Halfpenny, Threepence, Farthing, Sixpence, and Penny. Please have a look and let me know your thoughts. Thank you, Cameron
That $20 coin is valuable. It is a 1907 Liberty Head Double Eagle and is 90% gold. It looks to be in good shape. I'm not an expert with gold, but if authentic (and I see no reason to believe it's not) I'd say it's worth over $1000. Unfortunately, I can't give you a lot more information as I'm not great at grading this series and without a grade I can't give you a more accurate value. But, don't clean it as it will hurt the value.
If genuine, the 1907 $20 is worth at least $1000, probably a little bit more. Not sure on the rest of these.
IF the '07 Double Eagle is genuine, it's worth at least 10 times that much, and possibly much more if it were graded high enough by a top-tier grading company. I don't know enough about US gold coinage to form an opinion on either genuineness, or grade, but there are a lot of fakes out there. Those are from Great Britain, assembled in 1965 just before they changed their currency from the oddball base 12/base 20 "pound/shilling/pence" (£,-/,d) system to a decimal system, with 100 new pence equaling one pound. I can't find any record of such a set being issued by the Royal Mint, so I'm pretty sure yours is a privately assembled group, probably worth <$20. Even though the Trinidad & Tobago proof set was struck at the Franklin Mint, a private company in Pennsylvania, it does appear to be genuine. It has a catalog value of ~$12. The T&T $100 coin is 12 karat gold, <1/10 ounce AGW (actual gold weight), and basically worth bullion value +/- a small premium depending on whether you are buying or selling. At today's rate that makes it worth ~$100. The rest of your coins, including the privately assembled Bicentennial grouping, are pretty common, and not particularly valuable.
I'd say it's worth at least 20-25 times as much. At today's gold price the gold value of the coin if melted is worth $975 alone. And authentic $20 Liberty gold pieces sell at a premium to melt, in any grade, certified or not. I'm thinking $1200-$1300 range on this one would be what the OP should hold out for if the coin is authentic. Of course, if you did get the coin certified and it graded high, it could be worth more, but I'm not seeing a very high grade on this one from these photos.
They made the decision to decimilise the currency in 1966, but the changeover didn't happen until 1971. As for that set, a dealer would probably pay you a quid (or the US dollar equivilent) if you were lucky (which is more than its face value). Possibly more if he had a known customer base that he knew he could rely on to buy that kind of stuff. You'd probably be better ebaying the cheap stuff and selling the more expensive stuff to a dealer forearmed with the knowledge of how much it is worth in rough terms, and don't accept anything less than 98% intrinsic for any gold coin in reasonable condition.
Thanks for all the great info guys. I guess it's worth a drive downtown to have them checked out. Anyone familiar with Toronto / a fair/reputable shop in Toronto? Thanks!
My favorite is just outside Toronto (In brampton). It is called B & W coins. its in the strip mall at queen and mcclauglin near the licence office. I havent had much luck with the ones downtown toronto but i've heard there are a couple good ones aswell.
Or, you could donate that gold coin to a good cause..."The give Jessie a gold coin fund". We are accepting new coins everyday :eat: :eat:
