Hello all, I picked these up from the local coin store for $0.50 a piece today. I don't know much about the series besides that I really love the reverse design. Just thought I'd share and see if I did alright. Thanks for looking!
you most certainly did alright---Victoria bun head pennies reverse Britannia--1865 book value £16---the 1874 looks like a small H under the date this shows that it was minted at the heaton mint-book value £22-----well done
Thanks guys I picked up a total of 40 different dates including a few with mintmarks, the 1874H, a 1912H, and a 1919H. I figured that you couldn't beat 50 cents. Like Jwt708 said, are tthey actually selling for that price? The only online price guide i could find was ngc and I wasn't sure how accurate that was.
I've looked and the few that have sold on ebay have been anywhere between $2-$20. More-so in the 5-7 range. NGC lists them both at $37 for VF20. I'm not sure I would grade mine that high. Does anyone know any good online resources for Great Britain coins?
Here is an ancient coin that has a similar reverse: Kings of Thrace, Lysimachus, Lampsakos AR Tetradrachm 297-281 BC 16.77 grams, 29 mm Obv: Deified head of Alexander III the Great right w/ horn of Ammon Rev: Athena seated left with Nike in right hand & left arm on shield BASILEWS LYSIMAXOY, Torch, monogram in left field. Grade: VF+ nicely centered & toned. Other: This coin depicts a very high relief true portrait of Alexander the Great as issued by Lysimachus. Thompson, Lysimachus, 50; Müller, Lysimacus, 91. From NGC slab 3599374-007, Lot #776 Sedwick Auction #14 October 2013.
