Lots of old money e.g sixpences etc

ViksB

I have been given a big tin full of old pennies, farthings, sixpences etc. Is there anything I can do with them. The oldest is 1897 and the newest 1960's.

Surely there is something I can do with them?

fatblokexl

send the old one to me!!!!! i collect old/oldish coins for no other reason than i like them, or you could sell them on ebay and ...wait for it....coin it in. ha ha

Volcano

I believe that a certain date for the old pennies is worth quite a bit as they didn't make many that year.....

You could do a bit of research on the 'net and find out if any of them are worth anything. I got a winston churchill crown from my dad last year and was well chuffed......until I found out they made thousands of them and it was worth about £1.95

Little_John

get a tub of cilit bang and clean them, I was bored earlier sat on the loo and there was a bottle of it on the bath so out came some money all dirty a couple of squirts of the stuff left them for 30 seconds and they were nice and shinny again

ViksB

I am currently selling a 1966 sixpence on ebay as an unusual 40th birthday present!! I wasn't sure what to set the opening price at but settled for 15p as ebay had the halfprice selling fees on Friday. I do have a bid so I will have to see if it is worth doing, but at 15p a time, probably not.!!

Do you think they could be turned into some form of jewellery or sculpture??

Viks

carol_a_3

I think some silver coins are worth more than others (pre 1937?) because they have a higher silver content. You could do some research online. I remember in the 80s there was a big rush on them and people were paying 13 x face value!

Rhino666

Pre 1947 British coins have silver content, whereas 1947 + are made of cupro nickel.

1920 - 1946 contain 50% silver
pre 1920 contain 92.5% silver

Silver sells for somewhere around £4 an ounce. People seem to pay scrap value + for pre 1947 British silver coins.

I love silver - have bought/collected loads of old British silver coins.
https://www.cointrader.co.uk

pappadruid

Little_John wrote:

get a tub of cilit bang and clean them, I was bored earlier sat on the loo and there was a bottle of it on the bath so out came some money all dirty a couple of squirts of the stuff left them for 30 seconds and they were nice and shinny again

Noooo!!! Dont ever clean them if you plan to sell them!! It will seriously devalue them! I did the same with loads of old coins when I was young and wrecked the lot!! Came up nice and shiny though!!

By all means, give them a clean if you want to display them or are not going to sell them.

jos22

Man on local market selling old six pence & three pence for 10p each.

Nile

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virgin_moneysaver

keep the ones that are worth something (see earlier posts re research, internet coin sites etc) any that aren't take to your bank, they have a conversion chart to exchange pre-decimal to current coinage. I took my old neighbours coin into my bank (Natwest) & they worked out what it was worth in todays money & gave it to me there & then