Going through my Grandad's old collection

[CoinCupboard]

30 minutes ago, EvilLandlord said:

Wow.. I just googled this coin dealer to see if he was still knocking around but it looks like he moved on from coins! 

The man who became Britain's biggest crystal meth dealer - BBC News

Richard Lubbock of Lubbock Coins London (taxfreegold.co.uk)

 

More interesting stories to come out of your grandfather's story. Sorry for the kind of post hijack, but that picture in that article with the magnum ice creams next to that meth is wild! 😂

[BullionBuyerUK]

Just now, CoinCupboard said:

More interesting stories to come out of your grandfather's story. Sorry for the kind of post hijack, but that picture in that article with the magnum ice creams next to that meth is wild! 😂

How did you know that was the crystal meth and not ice cream? 👀

[kimchi]

2 hours ago, BullionBuyerUK said:

How did you know that was the crystal meth and not ice cream? 👀

Yes, looks like the 'sprinkles' we get at my local ice cream place 🤔

Mind you, we always enjoy them and have a lot of fun after, even if things sometimes get a bit surreal!

 

[Roy]

Are these the fellas that allegedly set fire to £1,000,000?

Hampstead Heath maybe 🤔

[kimchi]

1 hour ago, Roy said:

Are these the fellas that allegedly set fire to £1,000,000?

Hampstead Heath maybe 🤔

The moors I think, but yes, 'weird' chaps!

Note they didn't burn their gold or silver, 'just' worthless paper...almost prophetic...or just plain crazy?  🧐

[Petra]

KLF burned £1,000,000 of cash up on a Scottish island a few years back🤔🔥🔥

[AaaGee]

Was funny money. Just a PR stunt.

[kimchi]

20 minutes ago, AaaGee said:

Was funny money. Just a PR stunt.

If so why did they immediately delete their entire back catalogue? No-one could buy their (suddenly very much in demand - that stunt and others made them famous) back catalogue after that, and so they didn't earn a penny (from sales). It's a rhetorical question, largely, just meant to make folk think

Anyway! Back on topic!

[Stuntman]

Just had another look at some of your photos - that's actually quite an interesting collection of shillings, including coins of George III, George IV, Victoria, Edward VII and maybe William IV too.  Nothing in particularly high grade, but certainly an interesting type set.

And I noted that there are 3 1952 sixpences on the list - they won't make your fortune, but they are quite scarce and always popular with collectors. 

Lovely stuff!  The pennies might be worth checking for certain dates and varieties too.

[Stuntman]

And there is a William IV halfcrown and a Victoria Young Head halfcrown in there.  All in pretty low grade, but check the dates because they might still be worth a few quid (especially if the Victoria coin is an 1841...)

Edited April 26 by Stuntman
Only one young head Vicky!

[EvilLandlord]

1 hour ago, Stuntman said:

And there is a William IV halfcrown and a Victoria Young Head halfcrown in there.  All in pretty low grade, but check the dates because they might still be worth a few quid (especially if the Victoria coin is an 1841...)

Wow! Fantastic thank you! Could do with some software or app recommendations for keeping track of all these! Ideally I don't want to start a database only to discover I should have used different software and end up redoing them all!

Edited April 26 by EvilLandlord

[Stuntman]

I'd just put them all into an Excel file line-by-line. Perhaps to start with, have columns for denomination, date and monarch.  Then perhaps add mintage (just for interest) and estimate of grade, and then maybe estimate of value. 

Shouldn't take you too long!

[EvilLandlord]

14 hours ago, Stuntman said:

I'd just put them all into an Excel file line-by-line. Perhaps to start with, have columns for denomination, date and monarch.  Then perhaps add mintage (just for interest) and estimate of grade, and then maybe estimate of value. 

Shouldn't take you too long!

Thanks! 🙂

[Stuntman]

Thinking about it further, you might want to add a column showing what the coin is made of.  I would label the column 'Material' or some such.  Your options would be (for example) bronze, copper, cupro-nickel, silver 925, silver 500, gold 22ct (etc).  You could then add a 'Count' column (where every row entry is the number 1) and then you'll be able to filter for how many coins you have of different denominations, materials, monarchs, grades, etc...

[EvilLandlord]

31 minutes ago, Stuntman said:

Thinking about it further, you might want to add a column showing what the coin is made of.  I would label the column 'Material' or some such.  Your options would be (for example) bronze, copper, cupro-nickel, silver 925, silver 500, gold 22ct (etc).  You could then add a 'Count' column (where every row entry is the number 1) and then you'll be able to filter for how many coins you have of different denominations, materials, monarchs, grades, etc...

Good thinking. I’m going to brush off my excel skills and see what I can do 🙂

 

thanks again!

[dicker]

On 23/04/2024 at 21:44, EvilLandlord said:

Happy to take any and all opinions and thoughts on the collection that he had! I imagined as much regarding these predecimal coins and I assume he knew too, but just enjoyed the experience. As I mentioned above I'll probably keep the best one of each example and then try and fill the gaps over time as sort of a side quest in his memory while I search around and see what tickles my interest!

Currently looking at what app/program to use to catalogue them so I hopefully won't have to do the exercise twice! Any recommendations on that front are welcomed too.

I do wonder what history they have seen. Plenty has been going on while these little chaps have been going from pocket to pocket!

Once I have sorted the wheat from the chaff I'll report back!

Honestly - Excel would be best here.

[dicker]

I like the paper records - very cool.

I have all editions of Marsh’s “The Gold Sovereign” and Half Sovereign books.  Three of them came with the original invoices from Michael, signed and dated - one with a letter thanking someone for being one of the first people to buy his first book!  The signed invoices are, in some way more valuable to me than the books themselves.