Hi everyone. I have not been on here for a while due to planning a wedding and getting marries, but I hope to be on here more regularly now. I have collected a couple hundred foreign silver coins, from the 1860's all the way to the 1860's. I have recently gotten more interest in silver coins from European colonies. I have been looking for silver pieces from British west Africa, and southern Rhodesia. Is there a reason that these are relatively expensive? They don't have very low mintage, is there just that much of a demand for them? Last week I did find a southern Rhodesia silver 3 pence, but paid what I feel is a lot for such a small coin.
British colonial coins are not very expensive in most of cases. But (as for a silver coins) they are rather expensive often. I think that a low mintages is a main reason.
I don't know the reason but I've noticed the same thing, even with non-silver coins. East Africa, West Africa and South Africa all seem to go for a premium and always get multiple bids on eBay. I've wondered why myself.
East Africa and south Africa is have found good silver pieces reasonable, but west Africa and southern Rhodesia in have seen the same thing with premiums and multiple bids. Demand must just be high.
British East & West Africa are rather expensive parts of a numismatics. Rhodesia too. But they are not most expensive. I would say: German East Africa is much more expensive. For example: this big crown of Southern Rhodesia (UNC) I've got for 100 $$ but this not very big German rupee (GVF) I've got for 133 $.
