Featured An Oxford half pound, Charles I, 1643

That's an awesome coin. It's the kind of thing I would buy if I came across it.

 

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Spectacular example! No surprise it has a good provenance. Nice job Rob finding it.

 

But the guy who bought it at Lingford only paid GBP 30 !

 

I know, it's frightening, but £30 went a long way in 1950. I was thinking the same when I was bidding on a Chas.II shilling in 2007. It was Lockett 2627 which sold in 1956 for £56, a fortune for the time. Half a century later I put a bid in of 50 or 60x the Lockett price but still came second on the day.

 

According to the Bank of England, goods and services costing GBP 30 in 1950 would have cost GBP 1035.73 in 2019. Inflation was 5.3% p.a. over that period. Rarish coins beat inflation by some way, despite some ups and downs.

 

That coin is beautiful! Amazing history behind it too!

Lately I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can about European coinage in the Middle Ages.

The whole pound, Sterling, pence gets a bit confusing. Especially when they start adding sovereigns and groats and all sorts of stuff.

Anyway I just wanted to congratulate you on your ownership of a gem of a coin.

Please take good care of it! It deserves to live on beautifully for centuries to come.

 

Thank you.

Yes, the old British (pre-decimal) system is quite confusing. That's why the made the switch in 1971.

Perhaps this link will help:

https://www.yours.co.uk/leisure/nostalgia/old-money-uk/

 

Hey bud do you mind me asking what you paid for this?

Or can you give a price range?

Im just curious how much a piece similar to this would set me back.

Thanks! Great coin!

 

Ain't Cheap.

There's one available on Vcoins for £ 9,500.00 or $12,782.56 based on today's weak US dollar to British pound exchange rates.

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/so...s_i_1643_oxford_halfpound/879917/Default.aspx

 

Yowza! You weren’t kidding!

I was hoping maybe they would be in the $4K-$5K range but obviously I was way off.