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  • #392
    hexosan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭hexosan


    Ill chance another one the 2007 Ivan Mèstrovic €15 & 150 kuna double set, the Croatian version in the blue box not the Irish one


  • #393
    Blade
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,499 Mod ✭✭✭✭Blade


    hexosan wrote: »
    Ill chance another one the 2007 Ivan Mèstrovic €15 & 150 kuna double set, the Croatian version in the blue box not the Irish one

    I think 200 would be a fair valuation for that.

    As regards the 1986 set, they have also sold for as little as EUR 314.71:
    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/IRELAND-1986-YEAR-SET-/171132528632?nma=true&si=tPNTiqmxgiZ5mmAXx84s9c9xhsw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

    These sets usually had a glue leakage problem, so how much that leakage affected the folder or any of the coins will determine the value. If I remember correctly one sold on Adverts for between 400 to 500 Euro. The auction I posted above might have been a one off 'lucky' auction, so to be fair I think a more realistic valuation for a set in reasonable condition (with no coins affected by glue) would be around 600 Euro.


  • #394
    pimpmyhat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭pimpmyhat


    • Hi guys just wondering would anyone have any info on the following? its a 1971 penny im assuming its a mistrike of some kind ive attached some photos! any opinions would be great I couldnt find much info on it.


  • #395
    Dominik Kind Sludge
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Dominik Kind Sludge


    Just wonder if anybody knows anything about this, i found it in my grandfathers shed. Much appreciated.


  • #396
    Blade
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,499 Mod ✭✭✭✭Blade


    Dominik Kind Sludge wrote: »
    Just wonder if anybody knows anything about this, i found it in my grandfathers shed. Much appreciated.

    Well there's not really much to know about it, it's an English half penny cut out by hand. You see these with lots of different types of coins, including Irish ones. That one is probably contemporary but they still do this today, some nice work here for example: http://coincutter.net/


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  • #397
    Dominik Kind Sludge
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Dominik Kind Sludge


    Blade wrote: »
    Well there's not really much to know about it, it's an English half penny cut out by hand. You see these with lots of different types of coins, including Irish ones. That one is probably contemporary but they still do this today, some nice work here for example: http://coincutter.net/
    Thanks Blade:)


  • #398
    Hownowcow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Hownowcow


    pimpmyhat wrote: »
    • Hi guys just wondering would anyone have any info on the following? its a 1971 penny im assuming its a mistrike of some kind ive attached some photos! any opinions would be great I couldnt find much info on it.
    I can only offer the following theory.

    There is a comparatively simple chemical process by which copper can be coated in zinc, which has a silvery colour. The 1971 penny was minted in bronze which is an alloy of copper and tin. Perhaps someone coated your penny in zinc.


  • #399
    pimpmyhat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭pimpmyhat


    Thanks for the reply! It has the same weight as the regular penny so I dont know would that have any bearing on it. When i was researching I read a case in england where there was a mistrike penny made of silver which is worth a fortune but mine doesnt appear to be silver


  • #400
    Hownowcow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Hownowcow


    pimpmyhat wrote: »
    Thanks for the reply! It has the same weight as the regular penny so I dont know would that have any bearing on it. When i was researching I read a case in england where there was a mistrike penny made of silver which is worth a fortune but mine doesnt appear to be silver

    I'm just offering a theory. You may be lucky and your penny could indeed be worth something.


  • #401
    pimpmyhat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭pimpmyhat


    Hopefully you never know i'll keep researching I dont know how we ever managed without google


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  • #402
    Hownowcow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Hownowcow


    pimpmyhat wrote: »
    Hopefully you never know i'll keep researching I dont know how we ever managed without google

    Hello again pimpmyhat,

    Something struck me today. I said in an earlier post that 1971 pennies were made out of bronze. Later ones from the 1990s were made out of steel plated with copper. Your penny shouldn't be made out of steel but it might be no harm to check. Bronze isn't magnetic but steel is, run you penny by a magnet.

    (If you haven't got a magnet to hand, try it against the seal on the door of your fridge, there's magnets underneath it)


  • #403
    pimpmyhat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭pimpmyhat


    Thanks hownowcow I tried it against a magnet be it not a very strong one but there was no reaction!


  • #404
    Hownowcow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Hownowcow


    pimpmyhat wrote: »
    Thanks hownowcow I tried it against a magnet be it not a very strong one but there was no reaction!

    Fair enough, I'm all out of ideas.

    If you do ever figure it out, it would be interesting to know what the answer is.

    Good luck.


  • #405
    pimpmyhat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭pimpmyhat


    Thanks ya hopefully I'll get to the bottom of it will let you know.. Cheers


  • #406
    Gorman700
    Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭Gorman700


    Hi Lads, I have a fairly large collection of various coins, I was going to have them valued however I just dont have the time to stand around all day while someone values them. I have over 300 of the 1988 millenium 50p coins and 100 of the millenium pound coins, any idea what these are worth. Also does anyone even buy these coins/collections? I'd like to sell mine ideally as I've lost interest.


  • #407
    ow9654
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭ow9654


    Gorman700 wrote: »
    Hi Lads, I have a fairly large collection of various coins, I was going to have them valued however I just dont have the time to stand around all day while someone values them. I have over 300 of the 1988 millenium 50p coins and 100 of the millenium pound coins, any idea what these are worth. Also does anyone even buy these coins/collections? I'd like to sell mine ideally as I've lost interest.
    People don't generally pay too much for the coins you've named, generally around the exchange rate, especially when buying in bulk.
    Sometimes you might get €1-€3 per coin if sold separately.


  • #408
    Gorman700
    Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭Gorman700


    ow9654 wrote: »
    People don't generally pay too much for the coins you've named, generally around the exchange rate, especially when buying in bulk.
    Sometimes you might get €1-€3 per coin if sold separately.

    Yeah, I partly guessed I wasnt sitting on a goldmine. I see what you mean about selling them individually, but 3/400 times over.....no thanks haha!!!


  • #409
    corballi
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭corballi


    I have about 45 old Irish penny's (1968). Do you know what the value of them would be


  • #410
    Blade
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,499 Mod ✭✭✭✭Blade


    corballi wrote: »
    I have about 45 old Irish penny's (1968). Do you know what the value of them would be

    Very little value, sorry. It's the most common date for Irish pennies and nobody really wants them.


  • #411
    Listrydude
    Registered Users Posts: 192 ✭✭Listrydude


    Is there much of a difference in the value of coins with Saorstait na hEireann on them and the corresponding coins from a few years earlier?


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  • #412
    ow9654
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭ow9654


    Listrydude wrote: »
    Is there much of a difference in the value of coins with Saorstait na hEireann on them and the corresponding coins from a few years earlier?

    http://www.irishcoinage.com/MODCOIN.HTM
    That site should answer that, though I don't fully understand your question.


  • #413
    caminocat
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭caminocat


    Hi I have a 100 lavery note 1963 in fine condition and was considering selling it but not sure of its value...any one help???


  • #414
    notuslimited
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭notuslimited


    When you say fine condition, are there any visible folds in the note. I remember at the coin fare one of the dealers I spoke to told me that the 50 and 100 note tend to fetch around the same prices, between €250 to €300.


  • #415
    caminocat
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭caminocat


    I was just thinking that the year was good because I have seen 1973 100 go for 250:):)


  • #416
    amber2
    Registered Users Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭amber2


    Just wondering if these are of any value two Lady Lavery £1 notes dated 1974 and serial numbers are in sequence these are unused notes.


  • #417
    ow9654
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭ow9654


    amber2 wrote: »
    Just wondering if these are of any value two Lady Lavery £1 notes dated 1974 and serial numbers are in sequence these are unused notes.
    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Series-A-Lavery-1-x-2-in-sequence-1974-/281182269504?pt=UK_Coins_Banknotes_GL&hash=item4177c4f040
    A recent example so yeah around €30, yours have some folds so €25-€30 is about right


  • #418
    dolittle
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭dolittle


    wondering the value of these notes
    certainly not mint but not in bad condition


  • #419
    Anthony O Brien
    Registered Users Posts: 266 ✭✭Anthony O Brien


    dolittle wrote: »
    wondering the value of these notes
    certainly not mint but not in bad condition

    without seeing the backs of the notes -

    ten shilling note is worth around €5 - common year, average condition

    five pound note is worth around €10 - common year, writing reduces the value alot
    one pound note is worth around €20 - has alot of folds but a good war code year


  • #420
    Demosthenese
    Registered Users Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭Demosthenese


    Hi guys,

    looking for some advice and this seems to be the right place ;). I was down in my Dads house yesterday and he has a coin collection that he bought through the dublin mint office. Commemorative coins etc. He was buying them for 3-4 years - doesn't quite know why ;). Anyway, he was thinking of selling them so i need some advice on where to go and who to see about this? I had no idea he was buying these so i guess some reassurance that he wasn't ripped off would also help as he's spent quite a bit of money on them.

    All help appreciated,

    thanks.

    (Edit - just been reading the Boards.ie thread on the dublin Mint office ... sending shivers down my spine ;(


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  • #421
    ow9654
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭ow9654


    Demosthenese wrote: »
    Hi guys,

    looking for some advice and this seems to be the right place ;). I was down in my Dads house yesterday and he has a coin collection that he bought through the dublin mint office. Commemorative coins etc. He was buying them for 3-4 years - doesn't quite know why ;). Anyway, he was thinking of selling them so i need some advice on where to go and who to see about this? I had no idea he was buying these so i guess some reassurance that he wasn't ripped off would also help as he's spent quite a bit of money on them.

    All help appreciated,

    thanks.

    (Edit - just been reading the Boards.ie thread on the dublin Mint office ... sending shivers down my spine ;(

    Post a few pictures of what he bought or list some of the things and i'll get a few prices for ya.

    Though I can say I received a letter from them labelled 'Strictly Private' and it was simply an ad for a rip off silver plated coin...
    They put ads out there like they're a government company or something, almost assuring people that what they are getting is value for money and a sound investment...


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