What is a popular coin to collect and complete date runs with?

[Stuntman]

Fabulous half crown picture from @SidS!

Loads of history there.  I wonder what those coins actually bought over the centuries...

Edited August 5, 2022 by Stuntman

[pricha]

What ever happened to the Royal Mint Valiant? Came out in 2018 with a nice design.  A year later a slightly different design. Then oddly and disappointedly the same design the next two years. Haven't seen anything for 2022

[Stuntman]

The 2018 10 oz Valiant coin is a fantastic thing, in my opinion.  I have four 10 oz silver coins and the Valiant was the first one that I bought.  

The subsequent Valiant coins are quite nice, but not a patch on the 2018 coin in my opinion.

Gratuitous large silver coin/bar photo!

 

[stefffana]

Another interesting silver date run could be 5 Francs Belgium Leopold I (1849-1865) + Leopold II (1865-1878) 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces261.html?lang=en

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces276.html?lang=&lang=.

[Stuntman]

On 05/08/2022 at 08:12, SidS said:

I know, I keep looking at the sixpences and thinking why. But I've always like tanners.

I think of the shillings I'm only missing the 1850, 1863 iirc.

Anything that's really rare, I'm just going to omit. The florins are so much harder to get than half crowns, that said the 1839 and 1841 half crowns are unseen and 1831 is even harder - there is some dispute as to whether the circulation issue even exists it's that seldom seen. Some catalogues state it's a proof only year, others state it's a thing.

No worry about the 1835 and 1837, got a few of those! Working on £5 face in William IV coinage.

I've come to really love half crowns from 1825-1850 - they're just well designed coins. The 1874+ half crowns are pitiful in comparison.

@SidS - if you're feeling particularly flush, the Colin Cooke online dealers have got an 1841, and also 1831 and 1839 proof halfcrowns for sale currently:

https://colincooke.com/coin_pages/halfcrowns.html

(Lovely coins but loads of money)

And they have a particularly fantastic 1818 halfcrown for sale currently.  I would LOVE that one.

 

 

[SidS]

On 06/08/2022 at 11:40, Stuntman said:

@SidS - if you're feeling particularly flush, the Colin Cooke online dealers have got an 1841, and also 1831 and 1839 proof halfcrowns for sale currently:

https://colincooke.com/coin_pages/halfcrowns.html

(Lovely coins but loads of money)

And they have a particularly fantastic 1818 halfcrown for sale currently.  I would LOVE that one.

 

 

Colin Cooke have always been a little on the pricy side for me, not that it's unwarranted by any means, they have some phenomenal coins.

I just live in the VF to EF zone though, a bit of wear to be honest, not enough to lose the detail. I'm like Goldilocks... 😁

Edited August 7, 2022 by SidS

[PrivateStacker195]

I was quite interested in doing a Good Standard date run but I think the royal mint stopped doing those coins as bullion. Maybe I'm wrong but 2021 was only in proof version? 

For a few years I have been collecting every royal mint 50p, £1, £2 and £5 coin Bunc package. The 2009 Kew Gardens Bunc and 2009 blue Peter Olympic 50p both are quite expensive (250-300 quid each)

The 1/10th gold coin from different mints and the gillick sovereign is what I'm focused on currently 

[MonkeysUncle]

On 04/08/2022 at 12:55, Petra said:

Sovereign… family birth years? Unfortunately there were no sovereigns at all minted the year I was born!🙁🤡

Some Chinese bloke won't know that and will be knocking out fakes I would reckon!

Been looking for a '72 Krug for literally years, Chinky fake until I snag one!