Rare Coin Dates

We not only offer some of the UKs best gold prices but provide a stream of other useful information that customers constantly ask and query via our regular gold blog articles. For example the following dates are worth looking up in a coin catalogue but, beware, the catalogue price ('book price') is not necessarily the price you will get, you must phone a coin dealer to get a realistic price. The letter after each date refers to the minimum condition the coin must be, to be of value.

Illustrations of each grade can be found at the front of any coin catalogue. A proof coin is made from a special blank polished to a mirror finish and presented in a box for collectors - the slightest finger mark on one of these will ruin its value as a proof coin. The grade of a coin is objective - it is not relative to its age. Thus, a coin which is grade vf (Very Fine) is of that grade irrespective of its age - there is no such grade as 'slightly worn but very good for its age'.