bellboddy Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Hi, My Grandfather collected coins for many years and I remember him showing me the latest coins from the Royal Mint when they arrived. Sometimes he bought new coins in silver and gold also. Apparently he also has some older coins in his collection. He often made the comment 'I'm leaving these to you and your sister' and it seems he was true to his word. We haven't got them yet but I thought it might be useful to find out a little bit about coin collecting and I thought it might be interesting for those of you who know all about it to discover my 'treasures' with me (or laugh if they aren't much good!) I look forward to speaking to some of you on the forum. Thanks bellboddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 My favorite coins out of my collection is ones passed down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 Hello and welcome to CoinPeople. It will be fun to see what your "treasure" includes. (Sorry about your Grandpa.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellboddy Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Hi, thanks for the welcome! Might be a week or so until I get to see them But I have been told there are a few soverigns (not mint) and a gold James II coin dated 16??. I have a coin book coming from Amazon so hopefully I'll be able to identify them when I recieve them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted June 18, 2012 Report Share Posted June 18, 2012 Welcome to the forum! We very much look forward to seeing the coins and please give us a shout if we can be of any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellboddy Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Hi, Got the coins today. The James II coin is a gold guinea, 1685. Judging by the photo's in a book I've bought the condition is Fair. Also have a 1890 gold sovereign - Fair/Fine 1901 gold sovereign -very fine 1903 gold sovereign -extremely fine and a 1930 gold half sovereign - very fine. Have been identifying as many as I can in a book I bought and others of some note are:- 1819 crown 1887 crown 1897 crown 1843 half crown 1838 shilling 1877 shilling 1883 shilling I have been trying to take photo but struggling with getting detail without a flash, any tips would be gratefully received!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellboddy Posted June 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Aha, worled out the photo thing! Here is the guinea and here is the 1901 gold soveriegn that took ages so I'll probably do some more tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 I'm not sure, but your 1901 sov looks like it might have a mintmark. Great James piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellboddy Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 excuse my ignorance, what is a mintmark? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellboddy Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 I really should try and find out before I ask questions! This is a close up of what I think you mean.It's the P under the hoof we are looking at isn't ot? Does the SP? beside the date mean anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 I really should try and find out before I ask questions! This is a close up of what I think you mean.It's the P under the hoof we are looking at isn't ot? Does the SP? beside the date mean anything? I believe it to be BP and this would stand for Benedetto Pistrucci who was the designer of this particular reverse design. As for the P, that is indeed the mint mark and designates it as being of Perth mint, Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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