Hi all. I joined the forum in the hope that someone can help me with this coin. I can't find it mentioned anywhere. The denomination is 1 penny, george VI, 19mm, 3.2 grams, 9ct gold. Is it maundy money?
They're both common copper pennies. The one from 1945 is worth about 25 cents, and the other is worth less than a nickel.
Maundy Money is silver and it's noted on the coin as a pence. I made a thread the other day on Maundy money Maundy Money ! Trivia for you my friends..
As far as I am aware the 1945 Maundy 1d was made from 0.500 silver weighing in at 0.471g, 0.0076 troy Oz and 0.69 mm thick. I have never come across one made from gold!! It does not even look like Maundy money The common 1d of 1945 was Bronze but as it tarnished hevily the recipe was changed in late 1945. During 1944 to 1946 they were also chemicaly darkend at the mint. It weighed in at 9.4 grams and was 31 mm in Diameter, which is a lot larger than the 1p coin you are showing next to it.
Hi. The copper penny, new pence, is there for size comparison. It is the size of a half sovereign, much smaller than a normal penny and has been confirmed 9 ct gold at a jewelers. Before it was confirmed I looked for this coin as both a base metal and gold, can't find anything on the net. Here it is next to a half sovereign.
Actualy if you look at the Maundy money you will see that the value is given in numerals and not pence
Yes true. It's odd though, I never came across a coin that can't be found somewhere on line. Could it be a jeton, or token? Or maybe part of a commemorative set?
thing is, it looks like currency and looks like it's been in circulation rather than sitting in a commemorative box.
And the jeweler, an old asian guy, buys scrap gold from me sometimes, he has no interest in coins but offered £12 for scrap value, he'd be out of buisness by now if he were paying for gold but buying brass and copper. It's a mystery. Well if anyone who reads this comes across any info I'd really appreciate a post. thanks.
Probably just a piece made for use in jewelery. The low kt content points to that and the poor reproduction of the bust as well.
