Which British coins are undervalued and why – your comments?:bigeyes: What is wonderful about collecting British coins there are always “sleepers” they do not stay for long as others start collecting. At present my knowledge is based on information from dealers who have a good perspective of the collecting market and what is being collected and the prices today. There are a large number of Celtic coins surfacing at present, do not consider them a being common they will be absorbed over a short period of a couple years or less then we will be looking for the material. The area of hammered over the past 50 years has moved up then stabilise, occasionally dipped but then always jumped up to higher levels. There are always specific items that are found to be common then or vice versa that shake the market. Think about collecting the following Half pennies general Many dates of copper and bronze Victorian coinage Florins (2/-) Many late half-crown’s from George IV :hail: www.petitioncrown.com
1888 J/H sovereign. Not an extreme rarity, but quite difficult in the higher grades. Certainly worth more than the slight premium over spot that I paid for an EF one a few months ago... The 1939 Brass Threepence is pretty common in the lower grades, but very difficult indeed in the EF/AU and above grades (compared to 1937, which is pretty easy). Also, the 1737 Half-Guinea is very scarce, and is worth CONSIDERABLY more than the catalogue value in Spink would have you believe. There are many more, but it does go to show that catalogues and lists aren't the be all and end all of showing a coin's value and scarcity....
