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Title: Old coin
Post by: Rotary-Motion on May 27, 2013, 07:54:10 PM
how much would a 1864 farthing be worth~???

anyone into coins at all...
Title: Re: Old coin
Post by: Rossey on May 27, 2013, 08:12:12 PM
Quote from: SquidWard on May 27, 2013, 07:54:10 PM
how much would a 1864 farthing be worth~???

anyone into coins at all...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-1863-UK-FARTHING-STRUCK-IN-WHITE-METAL-JJ19-/121114013911?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item1c32f530d7
Title: Re: Old coin
Post by: Rotary-Motion on May 27, 2013, 08:21:21 PM
Quote from: Rossey on May 27, 2013, 08:12:12 PM
Quote from: SquidWard on May 27, 2013, 07:54:10 PM
how much would a 1864 farthing be worth~???

anyone into coins at all...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-1863-UK-FARTHING-STRUCK-IN-WHITE-METAL-JJ19-/121114013911?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item1c32f530d7

ouch

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Title: Re: Old coin
Post by: Soft top on May 27, 2013, 10:58:33 PM
Quote from: SquidWard on May 27, 2013, 07:54:10 PM
how much would a 1864 farthing be worth~???

anyone into coins at all...

I have a few old coins....
My Spink book shows 1864 farthing.... Very fine condition........£5-£8.
                                                               Extra fine ...................£40-£45.
                                                               Uncirculated................£125-£135.

The farthing on e bay in the link above is 1863 in poor condition.
Spink book shows................. Fine.................£20
                                                Very fine........£45
                                                Extra fine.......£220
                                                Uncirculated...£500
Title: Re: Old coin
Post by: K.H on May 27, 2013, 11:00:08 PM
If its valuable i will expect a soil analysis to find out exactly where you dug it up  ;D
Title: Re: Old coin
Post by: knighty on May 28, 2013, 03:05:56 AM
iirc, unless they're in fantastic condition, they're worth more as scrap for there silver in them than they are as coins

my grandparents had thousands of them in there loft when they passed away... kinda sad that they must have kept them donkeys years ago thinking they'd be worth more in the future... but they were probably worth more back then when they could spend them :-(
Title: Re: Old coin
Post by: Rotary-Motion on May 28, 2013, 11:36:56 AM
Quote from: K.H on May 27, 2013, 11:00:08 PM
If its valuable i will expect a soil analysis to find out exactly where you dug it up  ;D

it wasnt from there, infact i have seen it yet, my lad has been landscaping a garden and dug it up :)

not sure what condition its in?
Title: Re: Old coin
Post by: greasemonkey on May 28, 2013, 11:49:31 AM
I don't know where I got the idea from, but I thought some of these old coins were worth a lot more to sell abroad, like some of these foreign collectors placed a higher value on them.
I remember whole shops full of old coins in Madrid. Didn't really take much note, but a lot were foreign coins, and seemed to be marked up at big prices.
Title: Re: Old coin
Post by: photoman290 on May 28, 2013, 07:34:14 PM
Quote from: knighty on May 28, 2013, 03:05:56 AM
iirc, unless they're in fantastic condition, they're worth more as scrap for there silver in them than they are as coins

my grandparents had thousands of them in there loft when they passed away... kinda sad that they must have kept them donkeys years ago thinking they'd be worth more in the future... but they were probably worth more back then when they could spend them :-(

sounds about as sad as buying a house and hoping it will be worth more when you have paid the morgage off.