Seeking 1849 Florin [solved]

Hi all,

Long story (sort of) short - the 1849 "Godless" Florin is probably my dream coin, and I have been contemplating saving up some money to get a decent example. I even hinted at my better half to get me one for my birthday - which incidentally is today - but no such luck.

As a backstory, my grandmother passed away yesterday, which kind of put a dampener on the birthday celebrations, but before that she managed to get my birthday present ready (a bit of cash as usual), so I got that today.

I figured I would use that plus some of my own money to see if I can find this coin to not only get my dream coin, but also a final memory of my grandmother.

So - maybe one of you out there has one for sale or knows someone who does. I'd be looking for the best I can get for hopefully less than £100. Not too much into toned silver, so looking for a more "white" example, non-cleaned/polished of course. Please hit me up if you can help :-)

Martin

Here are current UK listings. Some have a Buy It Now price ...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2060353.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=1849+Florin&_sacat=11116

Thanks Zac, I did have a look on eBay prior and liked the one listed at £50, except the rim damage - most of the rest are either not to my taste or too expensive... perhaps I have unrealistic expectations regarding price vs. quality!

I do have one...unfortunately it'd probably grade around VG so I doubt you would want it.

You're right Neil, I would hopefully be looking at something better than VG :-)

The godless type in high grade does indeed dent the wallet in excess of £100. Unc state can hit £200+

You should in theory be able to pick up a decent VF+ for £100 or less. Higher grades do not come up all too often but it is worth the wait when you finally get one.

Good luck!

I got mine as pat of a big bulk lot that I got for NZ$10 (£5) so I'm not going to complain about the grade But I also hope to upgrade mine someday

Finding that in a bulk lot for £5 definitely isn't to be sniffed at! I'd be happy to get a VF+ example for <£100 though :-)

Perhaps this one should have been in the 'Swaps and trades' forum instead... any mod is free to move it if they think so.

Thanks to everyone who chipped in with suggestions - I ended up getting this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262689290322?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Can't wait to get it in hand

Beautiful, well done!

That is a beauty, congrats!

Thanks fellas, very happy with how it looks in the seller's pics!