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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2787143, member: 10461&quot;]That coin dealer won&#039;t be in business for long!&nbsp; £800?!?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got some more low-grade &quot;originals&quot; like that I&#039;d like to sell him!</p><p><br /></p><p>Not even my gilt proof is worth much more than £800 - if that - and it was at one time the finest one certified!&nbsp; (Now second best of a population of two, in all grades.)</p><p><br /></p><p>And this (which is also &quot;original&quot;) cost me less than 800 <i>dollars</i> - never mind <i>pounds</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So what&#039;s that mean for your coin?&nbsp; Yeah, sorry, it isn&#039;t worth much, monetarily.&nbsp; But it is still a cool 211-year-old coin.&nbsp; I like finding them in bulk lots, even the well-worn pieces like yours, which did their time in commerce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture some sailor drinking in a pub during the Napoleonic Wars, slapping your coin onto the bar to pay for his grog as he bragged about how he served aboard <i>HMS Victory</i> under Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now think - for a similar modest sum, you can own the very same coin today, two centuries later.&nbsp; I think that&#039;s cool, regardless of a coin&#039;s condition or present-day collector value.</p><p><br /></p><p>My fancy presentation proof, on the other hand, would have spent its time locked away inside some nobleman&#039;s cabinet and never got spent on grog or cabbages or candles.</p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re from two different worlds... yet they&#039;re essentially the same coin.&nbsp; (Same basic type and date, anyway.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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