Hi members,
Doing some cleaning up and came across my mothers coin collection from just before decimal came in, mostly pennies and half pennies.
All the coins have been circulated but there is a 1925 penny in there.
I have been a war medal collector for a number of years but am way out of my depth with coins.
I wonder if members could have a look at the pics and tell me if there is anything I should keep seperately? Otherwise I will just keep them together for the grandkids if they are interested.
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Its actually a really nice looking set. None of them are worth more than a few bucks but theyre far better than most average circulated coins. The 1925 and 1946 pennies are the harder dates in the pennies and the 1915, 18 and 23 are the harder ones in the half penny. If you have any of those it would be worth postin pics of them.
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That's all for now.
I skipped some of the coins, examples which based on some correspondence I have had with a coin collector are unlikely to be as interesting but I will post the dates here for interest:
1929
1934
1934
1934
1935
1935
1936
I might start posting some of the 1938-64 examples a bit later.
Thanks for any suggestions on what to do with them.
Can anyone identify if any of the coins are any of the following which I have been advised are the more interesting types?:
1919 Double Dot
1920 D/D & Top Dot
1920 London obverse
1921 London obverse
1924 Indian obverse
1927 Indian obverse
1931 Indian obverse
I also have the following halfpennies which I can post pics of if anyone is interested:
1911
1917
1921
1921
1938
Here are some of the George VI coins which might be of interest:
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I'm pretty sure your 1931 is worth more than a few bucks.
and finally a 1951 half penny
I havent posted a number of other coins from the 1938-64 period as I dont think they are particularly scarce.
There are also a few British coins and Aussie silver coins, threpence, sixpence, shilling but all from 50's-60's and not scarce.
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It is very hard to value/estimate the coins condition from photos and scans. Best idea is to find someone who resides close to you who is a coin dealer/collector and give them the collection for a look see and posible valuation then take it from there.
Thanks for the responses.
Is the 1931 the "Indian" obverse? from what I can tell from the net the "N"'s indicate that it might be.
Apart from the 1925 and 1931 pennies is there anything else I should separate out for further investigation?
After a web trawl it looks like the 1914 and 1920 issues are worth a little bit more than the average issues as well.
Thanks for everyones assistance.
It could be the angle of the photo, but the N of OMN looks like it's the London obverse, but it has the normal positioned 1 in the date which is unusual (and worth a few grand).
The London die, normal 1 is the most common die combination as far as i know. Its the dropped 1, indian die that is the expensive one.
Here is a higher res scan of the 1931 penny.
Can it be identified as Indian issue?
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Nah, Thats an English Obverse sorry to say,but still a nice coin.
Hi Coinbeginner,
Your '31 Penny as imaged is
English Obverse
Birmingham Reverse (Inline 1)
Quite common given the relative low mintage.
Value wise near aVF about $20
Had it been Indian Obverse nearer $60.
Thanks very much for the responses Gentlemen.
Is it possible to get an approximate valuation for the 1925 penny?
Are any of the others posted worth more than a few dollars which I should keep seperately?
Thanks for the responses.
The 25 is gFine maybe aVF condition,$125 to $175 on a lucky day,after having a second look probably closer to the high end of the value i said,it's a nice coin with nice rims & no problems.
Quote from: 'enworb' pid='11143' dateline='1364735622'The London die, normal 1 is the most common die combination as far as i know. Its the dropped 1, indian die that is the expensive one.
Oh right, got them mixed up. :dodgy:
Although the 1931 is a london die and not worth thousands its in relatively good condition and probably still worth $10-20. Other than that the 1925 seems like the only one worth any money. That doesnt mean you should neglect the other ones. They all have nice rims and little to no damage and your mother obviously took a little care in putting the set together.
Which obverses are these ?
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They look like London to me.
Yep,both English Trout.
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With the Indian Obverse the R has a longer leg that almost touches the I, the last leg of the N in ONM points at the denticle & the 2 dots : after IMP point between the denticles.
I agree both london obverses trout. I have only ever found three indian obverses but they all had the normal 1 reverse. Theyre quite scarce but far more common than the dropped one indian. Any day of the week you can find several 1930 pennies available for sale, finding a dropped one indian in any grade is much harder.
Thanks for all the responses.
It will give my old mum a lovely surprise to know about the 1925 and 1931 pennies.
I might even try to pick up examples of the pennies I am missing.
Thanks again for the responses and advice.