Chrissybe Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi All - been given a few coins to sell for my son-inlaw which he inherited from his father, just need some help please, his father has named a few and put some as scarce, but I have no clue as to thier value (if any) any help would be appriciated The 1st one is 1 Franc (appologies for the photo's in advance) he has it as scarce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissybe Posted January 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi All - been given a few coins to sell for my son-inlaw which he inherited from his father, just need some help please, his father has named a few and put some as scarce, but I have no clue as to thier value (if any) any help would be appriciated The 1st one is 1 Franc (appologies for the photo's in advance) he has it as scarce 2nd 1852 50 cent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 The first coin is Swiss. All I can comment on is the second, which is French, a one-year type of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte before he became Napoléon III and the Second Republic became the Second Empire. Gadoury lists rather higher prices for this one-year 50 centimes piece than others of similar mintages in other series: although the mintage is a rather high 1,010,267, the coin's price almost 30 years ago (my Gadoury is a 1981 edition) was about $100 in très bon (fine) and about $200 in très très bon (XF or UNC). Your coin looks certainly Fine, maybe XF .. maybe $100-150 or so. But check eBay to see if you can find any examples of what it really is selling for today. (Later edit: Here's a page from cgb.fr showing 95 euros for this coin in about the same condition: Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 That's a beautiful 50 centime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 As for the Swiss franc, it cats at $20 in Fine as per Krause '95. The allegory is rather weak, and probably grades VG through the wreath side grades better. I'm assuming that values haven't changed too much (perhaps up a bit), so $20-25 is probably a fair retail value for your VG/F piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissybe Posted February 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 As for the Swiss franc, it cats at $20 in Fine as per Krause '95. The allegory is rather weak, and probably grades VG through the wreath side grades better. I'm assuming that values haven't changed too much (perhaps up a bit), so $20-25 is probably a fair retail value for your VG/F piece. Cheers Guys, appriciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissybe Posted February 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 The first coin is Swiss. All I can comment on is the second, which is French, a one-year type of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte before he became Napoléon III and the Second Republic became the Second Empire. Gadoury lists rather higher prices for this one-year 50 centimes piece than others of similar mintages in other series: although the mintage is a rather high 1,010,267, the coin's price almost 30 years ago (my Gadoury is a 1981 edition) was about $100 in très bon (fine) and about $200 in très très bon (XF or UNC). Your coin looks certainly Fine, maybe XF .. maybe $100-150 or so. But check eBay to see if you can find any examples of what it really is selling for today. (Later edit: Here's a page from cgb.fr showing 95 euros for this coin in about the same condition: Link Many Thanks, I had added it to e-bay - 260546845689, at a starting bid of £50 as it's to riase funds for my 1st grandchild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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