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I have some eBay auctions running ATM, one of them is for a box of old coins.
A visitor raked through them this moaning and told me research these before letting go of them.
Coin research is a law unto itself and not one I understand.
I wonder if any of the detectorists or coinsters on here can help?
I have a couple of scans of what my visitor told me to keep, whajya fink, dosh or poo?

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If you have dates and names I can look them up in my Standard Catalogue of World Coins, but unless they are rare or are precious metal I doubt they are worth loadsa dosh just by the condition, although the photo is not that big.

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A nice collection Brian but I haven't got a clue about how good they are.
 

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Looks like some hammered coins there Brian. Try a metal detecting forum, they're clued up on these things.
 

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I have to admit I had not looked at the pile of coins I just thought they were all foreign coins but my guest aroused my interest today and pulled out these few.
I have not seen these coins before and most are in poor condition.
Thought I would ask here first cos I know we have detectorists here.
I will pic the rest rest tomorrow singularly but here's a couple before I go bed.
this one, if that is Queen Vic it's a young un init?
There are two of these both same condition.

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I can't see any dates or markings on it.

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Next one probably no value with a hole in it but what is it???

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The next one to interest me is dated 1775 and has new Britain written on it.
Pic tomorrow just to keep you in suspenders init?
I am still weak from my op so need early night init?
 

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Cheers Ray so they are worthless and can happily go back in the box init?
 

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A nice collection Brian, whatever they are worth .. You never know one of them my be the golden ticket my friend .. :thumbs:
 

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A nice collection Brian, whatever they are worth .. You never know one of them my be the golden ticket my friend .. :thumbs:

A pile of poo has suddenly become an interesting pile init Jim?
Don't ya just love the diverse knowledge on these forums?
Any and all questions answered, double quick too.
 

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Very interesting Brian, I hope like Jim that you find the golden ticket... and if there's two... well you know where I live :funny::funny:
 

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I just love this place and everyone on it.
Cheers Ray so they are worthless and can happily go back in the box init?

One of the tokens sold in South Africa for R140 (£8 ish) and the Canadian is too worn to be worth anything.

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I used to collect coins Brian, still have them somewhere:ave_it:
They definitely will have a value but not in good enough condition to interest serious collectors. There are a couple of companies here in Newcastle who would give a free valuation and opinion, is there anyone like that near you, costs nowt to ask.

Interesting collection though, where/how did you aquire them
 

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where/how did you aquire them

Another of my my failures Bob.
After I shut my factory down, I was a man with a van for while and touting for any work I could get.
Local barmaid's mum had died and she couldn't bare to clear the house, so me, with my big fat gob and stupid ideas offered to dump the rubbish and put anything decent in the auction.
We would halve whatever the auction sale made and my half would be my payment, after speaking to hubby and a day later she was happy with this arrangement and gave me the house keys.

I was not as excited as I had first envisaged on opening the door, I discovered that family members had been and helped themselves to what I had previously seen in the house.
Hey ho less to cart around and should still cop a few bob from the sales.

This tin was in an Ottoman at the bed base under some clothing, when I opened it the first thing that glared at me was a his and hers Rolex watches.
I quickly snapped the lid shut and tucked it inside my jacket, furtively dodged the council officials who were now snooping around the property and hid the tin under the van seat while nobody was looking.
I cheerfully emptied the house of all contents and ferried them to the auction rooms without a further glance at the contents of my swag bag.

I now badly needed a shower so off home goes I with delusions of grandeur and dreams of a jeweller paying vast sums of dosh to obtain my booty and I can't wait to see the pretty barmaids face light up when I cross her palm with folding.
Steam cleaned the filth off me and ran out to van, open tin took out the watches and threw them over the neighbours fence for the kids to play with.

Being very much an armature horologist at the time I knew a cheap fake from the real thing and they don't get any cheaper tat than these.
Returned keys to pretty barmaid and got myself blind drunk as yo do init?

Come the night of the sale I think the whole pub and the pretty barmaids family turned up to view the spectacle with calculators in hand to ensure they weren't diddled on anything.
Pretty barmaid and hubby had to made to understand that VAT and commission has to be deducted from the total and that a cheque would be sent to me in approx 3 weeks time.
Can't wait that long, gonna be evicted if we don't got rent dosh on Friday, no problem we should get about £700, I'll draw out £350 in the moaning and drop it in pub for you and I'll have all the cheque value when it arrives.

Sure enuff cheque duly arrived 3 weeks later and then again about a week later and then again another week later saying do not represent the account has been closed, Pippins auctions of Hitchin have ceased trading.
I am now out of pocket to the tune of £350 to pretty barmaid £30 fuel and £60 for hired help, two days hard graft and getting both myself and my van disgustingly filthy clearing the garden rubbish etc.

Tin remained under van seat and got forgotten about until I got rid of van when it resurfaced and got thrown in spare room as a reminder of my wonderful exploit.
It is only now I am clearing out to move house it has to go otherwise I would keep that very expensive tin of crap init?

Ever asked a question and wished you hadn't bothered?
You have now.:funny::funny::funny::funny::funny:
 

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Unfortunately its so typical nowadays Brian, I hope you find a gold nugget amongst the coin to make up for what was an act of kindness you showed this 'obviously' busty young maiden. :thumbs:

Unfortunately an act of kindness is far to often given the bums rush. My son sold a pair of birds just before Christmas to a man near to Preston who runs a falconry business. He paid him £300 into his account and said he would give him a check for the rest on delivery. I said to my son to make sure the rest was bank transfer before he left but my son thought he was a nice guy and came home with a check for £300 which bounced as it had been stopped. After many unanswered calls this arsehole eventually answered yesterday and has now agreed to pay by bank transfer this week through his accountant!!!!!! It looks like I'll be travelling to Preston soon to have a word with this man!!!!!.
 

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Why oh why do we keep doing these things Paul?
I am still a sucker for seeing good in the arseholes that only want to rip me off.
I am not gullible cos I have seen it all before and know better but if I don't have trust then I can't be rewarded and I don't always mean money.
I hope your son gets his money without the required visit from yourself.
I have been having daily visits from nurses to ensure my body doesn't reject my new pacemaker.
Sunday was a guy nurse and it was he who aroused the interest in the tin, when he arrived I happened to be looking at eBay checking it out.
 

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I guess he's got to make his own mistakes Brian, I can only guide him but then I've got to sort it out when it goes wrong.

Was it a pacemaker they fitted? I was sure it was a grump o meter to ensure the grumps just kept on coming thick and fast :funny:

Would you reject the pacemaker or it reject you? :funny:

Sorry, I just couldn't resist it :funny:

How are you feeling now?
 

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Feeling better by the day mate ta, gotta take it easy and no lifting for a while but goodly.
All coins back in tin now, the lucky winner can earn a few bob from em.
I have scan the rest of what he sorted out but the scans are on my Drains lappy so she can email to me later.
Will post some more pics tonight init?
 

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Wow Brian, you don't half pick them, that's incredibly bad luck. The very least you deserve is for some excited bidder to get well and truly carried away with the auction (or maybe everyone on here to bid it up (did I say that out? loud:nonono:)



Hope your son gets his money Paul and that it's taught him a lesson. Give us a nod if he doesn't and we'll descend on the guy and scare the sh*t out of him. Or pass on his details and we'll bombard him with suitable abuse.
 


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