Suitcase of Coins

[bergie]

Our family lived in England in the 1960s and I recalled a large coin collection. Talked to my dad about it and we found the old suitcase and was very cool to look through. Nothing of big value, but still a fun time to uncover. Silver half crowns and crowns, florins, shillings, tons of pennies. Oldest I found is 1797 penny as described below. All others are early to mid 1900s coins. A good number of silvers, too bad no golds.

A British 1797 copper Penny (KG III)(36 mm diameter, 10 leaves in wreath) (aka a "Cartwheel coin"), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £1,000 GBP. If it has been circulated but still in good condition, it might fetch up to £12 to £300 GBP.

Here are photos...

 

[bootybay]

Thats totally neat.. what a cool suprise to remember.. thank heavens it wasnt tossed out.. cool cool beans for ya..

 

[HISPAN]

These family treasures are best to find ..... congrats !
This collection was arisen I deem their parents in the UK? ..... has much work these next few months to put all the coins in boxes and albums, catalogs investigate .... fun!

 

[DigginThePast]

Awesome re-find. Must have been a blast going through all those coins.

 

[Iron Patch]

That would be fun!

The problem with getting any kind of money for a cartwheel in that grade (decent but definitely not high) is you can buy one on Ebay 365 days a year, and that definitely keeps the price down. But I know the coins I was given as a kid aren't worth much but I wouldn't sell them for a 1000 pounds.... so I doubt yours are for sale anyway.

 

[hollowpointred]

i have always wanted to dig a cartwheel! although i would take one in a suitcase as well! very cool stuff!

 

[EARTHWORKS]

Come to England with us and find some more!

 

[Night Stalker]

It would be nice to find something like this at a yard sale ......uummm, would you take 5 bucks for it? lol sweet