https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/#comment-1491315 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:31:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=129000#comment-1491315 Hey thanks for pointing out that some old coins still have its value. I do appreciate that this post highlighted that it is best that we have it checked and authenticated. I think I will research on some reputable coin dealers to ensure I choose the right dealer.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/#comment-849463 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:42:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=129000#comment-849463 Your coin collection is a historical treasure–time travel! I was going to ask if the coins were devalued by the piercing, and another reader gave an answer for the value of the coin. I was hoping that the coins would have had more value by being an antiquity with a story. I personally pierced some Mexican coins and felt ashamed to know I had devalued a treasure. But, I also know “miners’ cut gems” cut in the American Civil War during the blockade have gained by historical value, even though they don’t have the artistry of an European cut. Coins with bullet holes and soldier’s teeth marks have value–but perhaps only to Civil War buffs. Just curious in Arizona.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/#comment-813161 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:09:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=129000#comment-813161 I love all of your posts but I always particularly enjoy the posts that give a l’il window into the life of TGA him/herself-like this one.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/#comment-811449 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:04:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=129000#comment-811449 I remember farthings – but never suspected there were half-farthings!
What would they be worth in today’s money?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/#comment-811094 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:46:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=129000#comment-811094 I love that you wear the past not just in your “shadow cloak” — that keen awareness of the layered streets and lives of other Londons — but also tangibly in the tokens that other Londoners have worn through the centuries.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/#comment-810108 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:18:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=129000#comment-810108 Fascinating. Thank you for sharing this wonderful collection with us. Your coins are treasures!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/#comment-809893 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:07:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=129000#comment-809893 I never knew there was a half farthing coin! Valerie

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/#comment-809804 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:35:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=129000#comment-809804 Fascinating: and reminds me of Charles Roach Smith, a druggist with a shop in Lothbury, who began his collection of Roman artefacts when navvies working on new sewers and other ‘redevelopment’ in the City offered him the odd bits of things they were discovering. We’re about to reissue his ‘Illustrations of Roman London’ (http://bit.ly/1BjIFS9), which, apart from being a great archaeological read, has a brilliant polemic against the small-minded penny-pinchers who ran the City in the 1850s. Nothing much changes…

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/#comment-809378 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:56:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=129000#comment-809378 It’s interesting to see the half farthing. I inherited a Victorian coin in mint condition which is a ‘third of a farthing’. I also believe that ‘quarter farthings’ were in circulation. That equates to about one tenth of a new penny. It’s hard to believe that, even with inflation, such coins could buy something.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/01/27/my-coin-collection/#comment-808943 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 09:08:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=129000#comment-808943 Lovely coins but what a shame they all have HOLES in them: this has totally spoiled & devalued them. Makes me sad. We have a huge old coin collection starting from 1245.
Old Coins are rare & precious & need lots of TLC

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