Coin Collecting On-The-Cheap (My Experiences...)

You know it is surprising what you can get for relatively little money. I have always found coins so fascinating. But you know, from an early age, I found, that if we had anything in the house of value, it had to go to the safety deposit box. So much for that.

But you know, Victoria pennies are surprisingly accessible, pricewise, at least. I guess they must've made a lot of them. And I just love the graphics on it. On the back is Britannia holding her trident. And looking over her shoulder, you see sailing ships! I mean, they were designed in the 19th century. I'm thinking the person who designed them might've even been working by candlelight. Think about it.

Ancient Roman coins are too. If they're small, and made of a cheaper metal (no gold, certainly—now get serious). And think of the history held in those coins, too. May even have some remnant of some ancient plague (probably not—but if they do, we have a cure now).

If your kids are interested in coins, tell them about Victoria pennies and ancient Roman coins. They probably could easily afford them too.

 

I was lucky to work in a bank and so got many sourced this way and first dabs on new issues .

I also only had to pay face value for them and so was a cheap way to collect. A farmer who was a customer of the bank gave me many silver British coins ( pre 1948 ) of which form the basis of my collection . These he had lying around the farm and felt he had no need for them.

 

I was also going to tell you all, I might as well, the 1955 double die penny (i.e., the date was mistakenly stamped twice), is, or at least was still in circulation at one time. And if it still is, it is worth quite a pretty penny (no pun intended).

The ironic thing is, banks automatically take all the worn coinage out of circulation. But if they take this one out, they're destroying a fortune.

Anyone work in a bank ?

 

Not now I left Nat West Bank in 2006

 

I have this sealed up .

Bought for £5.00 when I worked for the bank . One unsealed is being sold fo r£80 on Fleabay