George V 1919 Silver Three Pence as Jewellery

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hello

This is a donation to our Oxfam shop, where I'm a volunteer. I've seen coins used as jewellery before, but this one is a gold colour. Does it mean it's been gold-plated? Anyone any idea what I should price it at.

Thanks in advance for your help

Hi,

Pictures are always helpful for getting valuations.

 

If the coin isn't silver in colour, then it almost certainly has been plated as the coin itself is silver. 

Plating could be gold, although another option is zinc which once heated after plating does make it “gold” in colour. Other plating options are possible too. Its a really easy experiment & great for impressing kids so it's usually done on low value coins with low value metals.

 

Either way, plating uses such a tiny amount of metal that it doesn't really increase the value, even if it is gold (which I doubt).

In terms of value: the silver content of the coin is about £1 which is what it'd be worth if the coin was really worn out. A fair condition circulation coin is maybe £2-3.

If the coin has been damaged (e.g. a hole punched into it to make for a necklace chain), that would lower the value.

 

As mentioned, the plating doesn't add any intrinsic value though it might add a small novelty value.

 

Any further value is determined by the jewellery itself. E.g. is it in a sterling silver ring or precious metal necklace, things like that.

 

If it's set into just cheap novelty metal, I'd price it as “costume jewellery” with a small premium of ~£1 or so.

 

If it's set in precious metal, use that as your baseline instead of the coin.

 

Top & bottom of it is the original coin is very common so doesn't hold any special collector value. Plating adds only novelty value. And as I say, the precious metal value is only ~£1 as it is so small & light.

 

Hope that's not too disappointing.

Thanks, no it's not disappointing because I wasn't optimistic that it would be worth very much, but I don't want to make a mistake and not get the maximum I can for Oxfam. It;s surprising what valuable stuff we get. We've had a Chinese coin that have sold for over £200, and we've recently had two half sovereigns donated. I did mean to add the photos which I had taken, but then forgot. I'll add them here for completeness, but no need to reply

Always worth asking, definitely. Judging by those pics, I'd say that's a cheaper metal than gold. So, just price it as costume charm jewellery.

 

I used to volunteer for the PDSA & British Heart, it is amazing what people would donate.

My favourite finds were a mills & boons book which had £500 in £20s stuffed in it. Amazingly, the book had been out on display at least once before it was rotated round to our store. I almost put it out on our 3 for £1 shelf.

 

We also won the “weirdest donation" award when we received a huge amount of AstroTurf.

 

Anyway, hope your next find is a valuable one! 

love those stories and thanks for your help :-)

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