@DontLikeMondays You should feel free to be able to share whichever coins you want to here. It'd be nice to get other numismatists active and sharing our love for coins on SW.
I get what you mean about wanting a rough idea of the value of your coins, too. Even if you never intend to sell them, it's always a good idea to keep your finger on that pulse for insurance purposes - so you know if you need extra cover for in case something bad might happen. Your usual home insurance might not cover coins over a certain value.
I'm going to try and find your exact coin for you... but it may take me a little while because I don't feel very well right now (my illness is starting to give me issues).
@DontLikeMondays Having looked up the other two options for this coin... I think that the first link I shared was the one that relates to your coin, especially when the type one is a totally different design and your coin looks to be in too good a condition to have been made from iron.
I'll include the links below so that you can have a look for yourself and see what you think...
@HootyTheNightOwl Interesting info, the first one is 19th century but I think the 1914 one is rare due to ceased production due to the war effort. My great uncle sewed it into his boot so it wouldn't be stolen. I'd like to insure them, although most are only worth a few pounds. the Victorian ones are worth about £1200 for all 4, although I would never sell.
@DontLikeMondays Yes, that year will be interesting for that reason. Some numismatists are hedging bets on 2020 being a low production year, too, with the Royal Mint turning it's hand to making visors for Covid19 - so those coins could be worth putting aside until the mintage figures are known.
It's not about the financial value of the collection a lot of the time. The part that really bothers me about the collection that was stolen remains the war medals that were taken and some of the coins that I lost from Gibraltar and the Isle of Man. I doubt that they were worth much more than face value, but they haunt my dreams to this day.
@HootyTheNightOwl Good point re 2020, I'll look out for those! I didn;'t use currency since last march so haven't got any new ones to check yet. exactly, my collection isn't worth a life changing sum but it means the world to me and my family. My Swedish ones mean a lot to me because it was a trip for a big football match, I bought every available newspaper next morning and need to get the important bits translated.
@DontLikeMondays 2021 may be another low mintage year, too... I'm thinking that lockdown and fewer people wanting to touch coins might mean that fewer coins will be minted.
Currency is safe to handle... I've been handling cash through the pandemic and I'm still here to tell the tale (still unvaccinated and with a higher chance of Covid19 complications, too).
I don't really have many stories behind the coins in my collection... but it's still coming to mean a lot to me - especially the time that I put into raiding change for new coins or duplicates that I want to potentially trade with in the future.
Obviously, I will be pulling my duplicate coins out of my full album the first chance that I get (I learned not to keep my duplicates in the same album as the coins in my collection).
@DontLikeMondays I never bought sanitiser after everyone went crazy panic buying it before the first lockdown. I had already been told to isolate myself because I had a chest infection at the time. I knew what it was, I was trying to get a course of antibiotics to clear it up.
Speaking of paying contactless... my mother did that the other day - my mother officially knows more than I do about modern technology!!! 😮
She probably kept them to annoy you with years down the line... 🤣
Does it look anything like a date that is significant to your family??? If her eyes or mind were failing - then that could explain it... 🤔 It's possible to have sight and memory issues slip through undetected by loved ones.
@HootyTheNightOwl I had a stash already, as I love hiking and camping, always use it regardless. Hahaha! I didn;t have a clue about it til 2 years ago, didn't even know the symbol was on my card 🤣 You have a point, a practical joke, like mine yesterday on here when i said this name is an anagram of my real one! She would only have been in her late 50s in 1959 and her mind didn't fail at all, she was bright as a button at 94 when she passed. I need to get to the bottom of this! calling Miss Marple 🤣
@DontLikeMondays I hate sanitiser... its doing a number on the skin of my hands. I'm having to moisturise them all year round ever since Covid19 became an issue.
"Her late 50's" - maybe she was 59 in 1959 and that could explain the mystery??? The year matches her age that year. 🤔
