Is this too much?

they want $295.00 uk for these

Hiya James

I would have thought you can get most of the coins pictured on ebay separately,
in a fairly good quality and at a fraction of the cost...
even if they are around 60 years old,

And unless any of them are extremely rare
each coin works out to an average cost of $37

And if theyre boxed or cased,
no doubt a certain amount of the money will be for the packaging/case
and even then they average to $25 each after allowing $95 for any fancy packaging.

I reckon its too much and am interested to know
what the experienced Numista members say.

Visit Tony Clayton's website at coins-of-the-uk.co.uk - it is a fairly well respected site with regularly updated values.

I can't see the years in the photo, but pre-decimal English coins are generally worth nothing here in the UK. I should expect to pay perhaps 20 pence (about 40 c US) per coin, the sixpence and shilling may be a little more.

Even uncicrulated sets of pre-decimal coinage are sold for very little, but it does depend on the year of mintage.

Matt

Hiya Matt,

You can ZOOM the photo using the browser features,
I think its called deep zoom and though its mainly sposed to work with HD photos but it works for most...

IF that is a 1952 shilling, and the design is wrong (that's a QEII design, not George VI) then it alone could be worth thousands. I suspect either, its a misreading of the date, or its a very bad fake.

So I should say, no these coins are not worth more than perhaps £20 maximum retail, or about $30 US

Matt

Its probly a misreading of the date on my part,
My eyes are high milage hahahah

On a serious note,
Sorry for the misreading....

Quote: DocZafHiya Matt, You can ZOOM the photo using the browser features,
I think its called deep zoom and though its mainly sposed to work with HD photos but it works for most...

I think three of those dates are interpreted wrong, perhaps.
They are all scarce dates then, assuming I got them right.

the pennys are 1950,1951,1953

Quote: james wolfethe pennys are 1950,1951,1953

The sixpence is 1952 and NOT 1953 as i thought the other night

So, in summary ...

       Top row:            Penny 1950          Penny 1951          Penny 1953
 Second row:                 Threepence 1946          Threepence 1949
     Third row:      Sixpence 1952          Farthing 1956          Shilling 1959 Scottish

 I reckon if I were putting together a collection of the scarcest UK coins from 1946 to 1959 those were the ones I would also pick. So a good choice selection. Not sure if I would pay $295 unless good condition.
 Needless to say there would not be a 1952 penny, 1954 penny, 1952 English shilling, 1952 halfcrown in there, what with only one or two each known >  https://en.numista.com/forum/topic3131.html

thank you zac!!!

Thank You Guys,

If james hadn't of posted this thread...
I never would have learned so much about the old coins.

thanks doczaf!!!