Collectors Coins Great Britain 2005 (32nd Edition).pdf

Collectors’ Coins Great Britain

A compilation of averaged selling-prices drawn from the online Rotographic database,

dealers’ lists, coin auctions, numismatic magazines and experience in the trade.

Covering from 1797 in rising order of face-value.

CONTENTS

Introduction and The New Layout

How to use this book

Section 1: Circulation Coins and Mass produced Proof Coins

Fractional Farthings

Farthings

Halfpennies

Pennies

Threehalfpences

Cartwheel Twopence

Threepences

Groats

Sixpences

Shillings

Florins

Half Crowns

Three Shilling Tokens

Double Florins

Bank of England Dollars

Crowns

Section 2: Non circulated coins

Section 3: Maundy sets and single Coins

Section 4: Decimal Coinage

Glossary and Bibliography

Concept: R J Marles. Author of this edition: Chris Henry Perkins.

Special thanks to everyone who helped with this edition, particularly:

J Bochmann, O Kenyon, W Marshall, J Styles, P Reeves, D Dandridge,

G Thomason, T Carroll, S M Hawley, S Simon, D Ayling-Smith, J Donnelly

and E Shuldt.

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Introduction

Welcome to the all-new “Collectors’ Coins Great Britain 2005”. Thank-you for purchasing

this book.

Those of you that have purchased any previous edition of “Collectors’ Coins Great

Britain” will instantly notice that this 2005 edition is quite different to any of its pred-

ecessors. In fact, in the long history of Rotographic there hasn’t been such a big change

like this since decimalisation put an abrupt stop to the reign of “Check your Change” as

the nation’s favourite pocket coin book in 1971, and it had to be remarketed as “Collec-

tors’ Coins Great Britain” .

This book, the 32nd annual edition of that title, features a different, hopefully more

useful layout and most importantly all new higher quality images. There have also been a

few additions in terms of varieties and snippets of information, and the book stretches

further back in time to cover the major re-coinage of 1816, and the Soho mint copper

coins.

There have also been many changes behind the scenes; new technology is being used to

create and produce the books. A new editor/author is now responsible for the content of

all the Rotographic titles. The price data is collected by a new team of numismatists, and

the new www.rotographic.co.uk website is also able to gather coin prices, with the help of

you, the reader. The 2005 changes were made after careful research with the readership,

but if you as a reader feel something else could be improved or even if there is something

you don’t like about this “new” book, please feel free to visit the website, or call the

number overleaf to have your say. I want to try to ensure that this book gets better every

year, and I’m grateful for any kind of feedback.

Good luck with your collection or your price research.

Chris Perkins, www.predecimal.com .

The New Layout

Collectors’ Coins Great Britain 2005 is laid out in four sections:

The first section covers the period 1797-1970 and contains the main “Collectors’ Coins”,

that is; all non-proof coins that were issued for circulation and the common mass

produced proof coins. This section also covers some of the extremely rare coins of Edward

VIII.

The second section contains all the strictly limited proof coins that were never intended

for circulation, and most of which are quite rare. It was thought that these rarities got in

the way of the normal listings when they were grouped with the circulated coinage. This

section covers 1797-1967.

The third section contains Maundy sets and singles. These were never meant for

circulation and aren’t proofs, so they too have been moved away from the general

circulation and proof sections.

The fourth section contains listings of British decimal coins 1968-2004.

How to Use this Priceguide

The first and second sections of this book are ordered in ascending order of face value,

starting with the Fractional Farthing and working right up to Crowns (as with all

previous editions, gold coins are not included in this book). Each denomination is

ordered in ascending date order, with each change in monarch clearly stated as well as

major changes in the coin type. All listings are split into columns, with a column each

for the Date, Reference number (see below), Mintage figure (also see below) and the

market values in 2-4 different grades. The Gothic florins have an extra column for the

date in Roman numerals and some of the Crowns have an extra column for the regnal

edge year. Each column is clearly labelled.

Mintage figures

It is very important to realise that the mintage figures quoted in this book are very rarely

accurate. Until the 1950’s the Royal mint did not record the number of coins with a

given date, but rather the number of coins struck in a particular year. So for example,

the mintage of 1836 Farthings may be quoted as 1,290,240, but it is perfectly possible

that a large proportion of those could have been dated 1835 (or even 1837). The mintage

numbers do not record the number of coins that for certain types were re-melted either,

so don’t place any real relevance on the mintage numbers. They are just there to give a

general feel for the numbers of coins produced.

Information about the Reference Numbers

Throughout this whole book, usually in the second column, you will notice there are

reference numbers. The column in which these numbers appear with either be labelled

‘ PECK ’, ‘ FMAN ’ or ‘ ESC ’ and those abbreviations represent the books from which the

reference number is taken. Many dealers will quote the numbers in these books when

selling coins, as well as the date and condition. Although they are not normally referred

to with newer coins, every coin in this catalogue has been labelled with its reference

number from the following publications

PECK = English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum 1558-1958, by C

Wilson Peck. All the Peck numbers in this book are preceded with a ‘P’ and all the Copper

and Brass coins in this book are cross referenced with the Peck volume. Peck Numbers

are sometimes referred to by other publications as ‘BMC’ (British Musuem Collection).

FMAN = The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, by Micheal J Freeman. This book, which is

generally thought of as more up to date with Bronze coinage has been used to provide

the reference numbers for all the Bronze coins in this book.

ESC = English Silver Coinage since 1649, by P Alan Rayner. This book has been used to

provide reference numbers for all the Silver coins and Cupro-Nickel coins in this book.

It is also important to bear in mind that not all of the coins listed in this book are

referred to in the above reference volumes, and where this is the case the initials ND (Not

Distinguished) will appear in the reference number column. The initials MV are also used

in places to indicate Minor Varieties are in existance.

An introduction to British Coin Grading

The columns containing the market values in this book are headed by 2-4 Standard

British coin grade names. Even novice coin collectors will probably realise that coins that

are in better than average condition are always worth more than coins that have seen

lots of circulation. Grading coins accurately takes a lot of experience in looking at the

same types of coins, but, just as a rough idea this is what the grade columns stand for

and mean:

F = Fine: Fine coins show considerable wear to all raised surfaces. Some detail should

be visible on the designs and some of the main hair volume should be visible on the

Monarch’s head. Not individual strands, but maybe a parting or signs of head-dress.

Many of the coins in your pocket even after just 30 years or less of normal use would

probably be Fine or less.

VF = Very Fine: A coin with some wear to the highest areas of the design but which

has seen limited circulation. More hair detail is evident and also detail on the other

designs. Just as an average guide a coin that has been in normal circulation for

approximately 5 years may qualify for VF status.

EF = Extremely Fine: A coin with little sign of being circulated. There may be only the

slightest wear to the highest areas and minimal scratches and other marks. Often

some of the mint lustre is visible on coins of this grade. As a rough idea a coin in your

change would probably be an EF if it had been lucky and was minted just 1 year ago.

UNC = Uncirculated: Like the name suggests, the coin should be as it left the mint

with no signs of circulation or wear. Not necessarily perfect though, because coins can

pick up scratches and what are known as ‘bag marks’ during mass production and

contact with other coins at the mint. The coin should have most of its lustre present

and some dealers may expect 100% lustre on coins stated as Uncirculated. An

Uncirculated coin would be given to you in your change from a freshly opened bag of

new coins. So, as you can imagine, Uncirculated coins that are 30, 60 or even 200

years old, are often pretty rare, and very collectable, hence the higher prices for coins

in this grade.

BU = Brilliant Uncirculated: BU is not really an official grade but is increasingly used

to refer to an Uncirculated coin with full mint lustre. Such coins are also allowed to

exhibit minor signs of mass production. In previous editions of “Collectors’ Coins” the

last grade column was AFDC (About Fleur de Coin) but FDC is usually used when

referring to Proof coins, so BU appears in the last column of this issue.

You may also see some other grades referred to in this book: FDC: Generally only used

when talking about special proof strikings, and it means absolutely perfect in every

way. Fair/Good: Heavily worn, but with clear writing and being identifiable. Only very

rare ‘Fair’ coins have any value.

As well as the basic grades listed on this page, collectors will often encounter grades

like ‘GVF’ for example. This indicates the coin is not exactly a ‘VF’ (Very Fine). In fact

the ‘G’ stands for ‘Good’ so a GVF coin would be better that VF but not quite EF. ‘N’

stands for ‘Near’ and ‘A’ for ‘About’

So, the range between VF and EF for example looks like this: VF, GVF, NEF, AEF, EF.

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