hello there today i'm going to review your fabulous coin collection that you've managed
to build up over the years i'll also be jotting down some notes as to the approximate evaluation
of your coin collection and i'll also be inspecting your coins with the illuminated magnifier
just checking for any defects or potential skullduggery in terms of forgery so first
up you have a
two pound coin here a british two pound coin right there now this coin has a flag bearer
engraved and it commemorates the 2000 and two commonwealth games do you know where those
games were held? the 2002 commonwealth games were held in Manchester fabulous piece there
let's make some written notes of that
and evaluation
in keeping with the sporting events we have a 50 pence piece here with a high jumper engraved
now this commemorates the 2012 Olympic games held in London what do you think of this piece
here?
here's Her Majesty sorry sorry madam let's get it the right way there good just checking
for any potential defects forgery both sides looking pristine there and pristine there
good condition excellent okay what do we have next oh yes we have a 50 pence piece
minted in 2017 commemorating 375 years since the birth of the scientist and mathematician
Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton what do you think of this piece is it one of your
personal favorites there sir?
oh suit you sir suit you sir let me just examine the finer details yes yes Her Majesty looking
fine there and wonderful form
excellent we have a historic 50 pence coin here the 1918 Representation of the People's
Act which essentially gave men the over 21 over 21 the right to vote and the women over
30 with qualifying property the right to vote as well
so that is that coin there with the folk of 1918
engraved people's act good condition on that side and on the other side excellent excellent
i'll make some notes so that's four coins two pence and 3 50p's
this is the next 50 pence coin you were brought in today and it says peace prosperity and
friendship with all nations with a small date marked on which is let's have a little look
under the light
31st of January 2020 do you know what this date represents?
this is when the UK left the European Union this is a Brexit commemorative 50 pence piece
there
excellent
that one is on the rarer side so i'll price that up accordingly for you
okay are you a fan of Paddington Bear because you've certainly accumulated three from the
collection here let's have a little look what you have
first up here is Paddington Bear outside St Paul's Cathedral in London there is Paddington
outside St Paul's cathedral
marvelous piece
okay good we have Paddington Bear outside what looks like Buckingham Palace holding
a Union Jack flag
there's Paddington outside Buckingham Palace there
Her Majesty
is untainted, looking marvelous
and we have Paddington Bear outside of the Tower of London the Tower of London Paddington
just there
excellent so pricing up those three coins for you
now there's quite a few million of those minted so they're not worth an awful lot next up
we have another historical
coin this is the 50 pence coin which bears the words Baliwick of Jersey 50 pence
this coin features Jersey's Grosnez castle that is the Grosnez castle of Jersey
what do you think of that piece there? one of my personal favorites
there can you see the castle
for a closer inspection
this doesn't appear to be a forgery minimal scuffs on either side damn near perfect condition
okay next up we have who is this?
the Tailor of Gloucester okay we have a little mouse, presbyopic with his ready readers or
near correction hanging on the bottom of his nose reading the newspaper I believe this
was a novel written by Beatrix Potter the Tailor of Gloucester
very nice
yes yes yes
good
excellent piece keeping with the Beatrix Potter theme we have another book she written another
book she wrote here we have Mr Jeremy Fisher a frog who can be seen on the coin here in
his famous mackintosh jacket there can you see him there
a very discerning
character there pretty discerning character from the Beatrix Potter novel
he looks a little bit stern but full of wealth and wisdom mackintosh is looking pristine
no scuffs there and on the reverse everything appears normal good okay so i see you have
some ten pence coins from the alphabet collection
this one has an R engraved with a robin perched within the arc of the R with some falling
snowflakes possibly snow on the ground and on top of the R this would be the Christmas
robin coin from the alphabet collection there have a little look let's provide you with
some illumination for better viewing that's a very wonderful piece there 10 pence piece
10 pence piece okay and look at the fine work that's gone into creating those snowflakes
super super yes correct perfect
and the robin looks immaculate there
i also see you have another 10 pence coin here you have the letter Y what does this
represent well we can see a very heavy set gentleman with a top hat and a key this is
likely a Yeoman warder, Yeoman warder there he is, he's the gentleman there with
the key
now what does it say about this piece the Yeoman warder was responsible for guarding
the Tower of London, looking after prisoners and safeguarding the British crown jewels
it's a very important piece excellent okay let's price those up
lovely and we have just a few more 50 pence pieces from the collection here let's have
a little look we have diversity built Britain 50 pence coin there
we have a coin from the Peter Rabbit collection
there and
we have Peter Rabbit there is Peter Rabbit
and another from the collection we have Benjamin Button who apparently was Peter Rabbit's best
friend there we go
that's from the Peter Rabbit collection there good okay so pricing up all the coins from
your collection
30 36 46 47 49 51.
56 pound for your total
that is my appraisal and thank you for coming in today