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Message:: [QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1771362, member: 75105"]As you might of read awhile back, I won a lot of 131 coins from Great Britain, some people suggested that they were "spiced" in order to move.  I got the box today, and although I'm not going to contact the seller, I was a little bummed at the way they were shipped. They were all put loose in a box, mixed in with foam peanuts. Anyone with a 5th grade science degree knows heavy items sink to the bottom, which they did. This nicked the rim of a lot of coins, but like I said, I bought this lot so cheap, it's no big deal to me.  This was an old collection, and not something just put together. Looks like it had been sitting in a box for at least 25 years.  The dude had over 5,000 feedback, so he should have known better.  The other thing that bummed me out, is that the title said 131 coins. There were 109 coins from GB, and the rest worth worthless world coins added to make 131. Here is the collection as it came out of the box. I was overwhelmed how many coins this was.[ATTACH=full]281794[/ATTACH]Here is the silver. A florin, 3 shillings, and 3 six pences. All are .500 silver. Total melt value is $13.60. [ATTACH=full]281795[/ATTACH] I paid $26.50 for this lot. $13.60 in melt for 7 coins out of 131 is pretty good. There were 40 pennies, including two from Queen Victoria, a bailiwick of Jersey, and some older ones. I'm valuing these at 10 cents each, even though they commonly sell for 4/$1 at flea markets. Total penny value is $4.00[ATTACH=full]281797[/ATTACH] There were 15 halfpennies, including one from Queen Victoria. I'm valuing these at 5 cents each.Total 1/2d. value is 75 cents. You can see the rim dings I was talking about. [ATTACH=full]281798[/ATTACH]There were 13 three pences, valuing them at 5 cents each, there is 65 cents here. [ATTACH=full]281799[/ATTACH]There were 15 cupronickel six pences (one didn't make it to the pic). At 5 cents each, there is a value of 75 cents. [ATTACH=full]281800[/ATTACH] There were 10 Cupronickel shillings, at 10 cents each, there is $1.00 here. [ATTACH=full]281806[/ATTACH] There were 3 cupronickel florins. At 25 cents each, there is 75 cents here.[ATTACH=full]281807[/ATTACH]  There was a churchill crown and a few other coins, I will put a value at $1.00[ATTACH=full]281808[/ATTACH] There were 3 CuNi half crowns, worth 75 cents.[ATTACH=full]281809[/ATTACH]Not shown, but there were 13 non GB coins, valued at 5 cents each, there is 65 cents.     So when I undervalued the coins, I get a total of $23.90. I paid $26.50 with postage. If I took my time to sell all these coins, I could get at least $40 out of the lot. However I'm keeping these.[/QUOTE]

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